# Getting error in MAC OS

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-in-mac-os/240500>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 9, 2020, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-in-mac-os/240500 "2020-07-09T09:14:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![inandi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/inandi/32/40801_2.png) [@inandi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/inandi)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-in-mac-os/240500/1 "2020-07-09T09:14:32Z")

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getting this error while starting elasticsearch in macOS Catalina via brew

> [2020-07-09T14:38:59,510][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-testgobinda] initialized  
> [2020-07-09T14:38:59,512][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-testgobinda] starting ...  
> [2020-07-09T14:38:59,764][ERROR][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [node-testgobinda] uncaught exception in thread [main]  
> org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: BindTransportException[Failed to bind to [9300-9400]]; nested: BindException[Can't assign requested address];  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:174) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:125) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> Caused by: org.elasticsearch.transport.BindTransportException: Failed to bind to [9300-9400]  
> at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.bindToPort(TcpTransport.java:389) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.bindServer(TcpTransport.java:355) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> at org.elasticsearch.transport.netty4.Netty4Transport.doStart(Netty4Transport.java:135) ~[?:?]  
> at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.transport.netty4.SecurityNetty4Transport.doStart(SecurityNetty4Transport.java:81) ~[?:?]  
> at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.transport.netty4.SecurityNetty4ServerTransport.doStart(SecurityNetty4ServerTransport.java:43) ~[?:?]  
> at org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractLifecycleComponent.start(AbstractLifecycleComponent.java:59) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> at org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService.doStart(TransportService.java:231) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> at org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractLifecycleComponent.start(AbstractLifecycleComponent.java:59) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:697) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:273) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:358) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.1.jar:7.6.1]  
> ... 6 more  
> Caused by: java.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address  
> at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind0(Native Method) ~[?:?]  
> at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:469) ~[?:?]  
> at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:458) ~[?:?]  
> at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:220) ~[?:?]  
> at io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketChannel.doBind(NioServerSocketChannel.java:134) ~[?:?]  
> at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AbstractUnsafe.bind(AbstractChannel.java:551) ~[?:?]  
> at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.bind(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1346) ~[?:?]  
> at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeBind(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:503) ~[?:?]  
> at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.bind(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:488) ~[?:?]  
> at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.bind(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:985) ~[?:?]  
> at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel.bind(AbstractChannel.java:247) ~[?:?]  
> at io.netty.bootstrap.AbstractBootstrap$2.run(AbstractBootstrap.java:344) ~[?:?]  
> at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.safeExecute(AbstractEventExecutor.java:163) ~[?:?]  
> at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor.runAllTasks(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:510) ~[?:?]  
> at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:518) ~[?:?]  
> at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$6.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:1050) ~[?:?]  
> at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74) ~[?:?]  
> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:830) [?:?]  
> uncaught exception in thread [main]  
> BindTransportException[Failed to bind to [9300-9400]]; nested: BindException[Can't assign requested address];  
> Likely root cause: java.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address  
> at java.base/sun.nio.ch.Net.bind0(Native Method)  
> at java.base/sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:469)  
> at java.base/sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:458)  
> at java.base/sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:220)  
> at io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketChannel.doBind(NioServerSocketChannel.java:134)  
> at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AbstractUnsafe.bind(AbstractChannel.java:551)  
> at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.bind(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1346)  
> at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeBind(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:503)  
> at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.bind(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:488)  
> at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.bind(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:985)  
> at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel.bind(AbstractChannel.java:247)  
> at io.netty.bootstrap.AbstractBootstrap$2.run(AbstractBootstrap.java:344)  
> at io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.safeExecute(AbstractEventExecutor.java:163)  
> at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor.runAllTasks(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:510)  
> at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:518)  
> at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$6.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:1050)  
> at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74)  
> at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:830)  
> For complete error details, refer to the log at /usr/local/var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch\_dynaguest\_gobinda.log  
> [2020-07-09T14:39:00,548][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-testgobinda] stopping ...  
> [2020-07-09T14:39:00,552][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-testgobinda] stopped  
> [2020-07-09T14:39:00,553][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-testgobinda] closing ...  
> [2020-07-09T14:39:00,570][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-testgobinda] closed  
> [2020-07-09T14:39:00,572][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.NativeController] [node-testgobinda] Native controller process has stopped - no new native processes can be started

what could be the issue?

thanks in advance 🙂

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**Author:** ![inandi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/inandi/32/40801_2.png) [@inandi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/inandi)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-in-mac-os/240500/2 "2020-07-09T11:22:30Z")

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found the bug, needed to update network.host in "elasticsearch.yml "

> /usr/local/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml

> # ---------------------------------- Network -----------------------------------
> 
> # 
> 
> # Set the bind address to a specific IP (IPv4 or IPv6):
> 
> # 
> 
> network.host: localhost
> 
> # 
> 
> # Set a custom port for HTTP:
> 
> # 
> 
> http.port: 9200
> 
> # 
> 
> # For more information, consult the network module documentation.
> 
> # 
> 
> # --------------------------------- Discovery ----------------------------------

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-in-mac-os/240500/3 "2020-08-06T11:22:30Z")

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