# Failed to connect to localhost port 9200: Connection refused，----elasticsearch SETUP
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused-elasticsearch-setup/225092
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 26, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused-elasticsearch-setup/225092 "2020-03-26T01:16:22Z")
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### Author:  [@Jennifer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jennifer)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused-elasticsearch-setup/225092/1 "2020-03-26T01:16:23Z")
oot@ubuntu1804:/usr/local/elasticsearch-7.6.1# /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start
No passwd entry for user 'elsearch'
elasticsearch is started
root@ubuntu1804:/usr/local/elasticsearch-7.6.1# /usr/local/elasticsearch-7.6.1
bash: /usr/local/elasticsearch-7.6.1: Is a directory
root@ubuntu1804:/usr/local/elasticsearch-7.6.1# curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200)
curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 9200: Connection refused
root@ubuntu1804:/usr/local/elasticsearch-7.6.1# /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start
No passwd entry for user 'elsearch'
elasticsearch is started
root@ubuntu1804:/usr/local/elasticsearch-7.6.1/config# curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200)
curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 9200: Connection refused
/usr/local/elasticsearch-7.6.1/config/elasticsearch.yml
# ------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for the node:
#
#node.name: node-1#自己的节点主机名
node.name: elasticsearch
#node.attr.rack: r1
# ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------
#
# Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma):
#
path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch
#
# Path to log files:
#
path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
#
# ----------------------------------- Memory -----------------------------------
#
# Lock the memory on startup:
#
#bootstrap.memory\_lock: true
#
# Make sure that the heap size is set to about half the memory available
# on the system and that the owner of the process is allowed to use this
# limit.
#
# Elasticsearch performs poorly when the system is swapping the memory.
#
# ---------------------------------- Network -----------------------------------
#
# Set the bind address to a specific IP (IPv4 or IPv6):
#
network.host:127.0.0.1
#
# Set a custom port for HTTP:
#
http.port: 9200
# For more information, consult the network module documentation.
#
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### Author:  [@Jennifer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jennifer)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused-elasticsearch-setup/225092/2 "2020-03-26T01:19:40Z")
When I started elasticsearch,these two folder have not generated. I do not known why.
path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch
path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
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### Author:  [@Yang\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yang_Wang)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused-elasticsearch-setup/225092/3 "2020-03-26T05:22:53Z")
> No passwd entry for user 'elsearch'
The above error message looks suspicious. Have you manually edit the `/etc/init.d/elasticsearch` file?
You could also check whether there are any error messages from systemd with
`journalctl -u elasticsearch -b`
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused-elasticsearch-setup/225092/4 "2020-03-26T07:17:21Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-localhost-port-9200-connection-refused-elasticsearch-setup/225092/5 "2020-04-23T07:17:25Z")
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