# Failure to elect master, v7.17 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** docker\ **Created:** [August 4, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failure-to-elect-master-v7-17/340149 "2023-08-04T16:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failure-to-elect-master-v7-17/340149/12 "2023-08-05T10:24:50Z")
> [@bobus](#): > > `handshake failed because connection reset` This is the issue: you can connect to this node at `172.16.0.149:9307` but when it tries its publish address of `172.16.0.149:9300` it gets a `Connection reset` error. See [these docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-network.html#modules-network-binding-publishing) for more information, particularly: > [... each node must be] accessible at its transport publish address by all other nodes in its cluster ... --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failure-to-elect-master-v7-17/340149)._