# Getting log":{"message":"Exception during establishing a SSL connection: HttpRequestOnTransportException\[This is not an HTTP port\]"}}

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-log-message-exception-during-establishing-a-ssl-connection-httprequestontransportexception-this-is-not-an-http-port/266627>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [March 9, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-log-message-exception-during-establishing-a-ssl-connection-httprequestontransportexception-this-is-not-an-http-port/266627 "2021-03-09T03:56:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mayank\_Srivastava](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mayank_srivastava/32/68708_2.png) [@Mayank\_Srivastava](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mayank_Srivastava)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-log-message-exception-during-establishing-a-ssl-connection-httprequestontransportexception-this-is-not-an-http-port/266627/1 "2021-03-09T03:56:01Z")

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Hi , we are getting this ERROR flooding logs in elasticsearch ,Can you please help us on this why its coming.

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{"type":"log","host":"btel-belk-elasticsearch-master-0","level":"ERROR","systemid":"2106a117733f42d697284fbc54927928","system":"BELK","time": "2021-03-02T09:59:21.048Z","logger":"c.f.s.s.t.SearchGuardSSLNettyTransport","timezone":"UTC","marker":"[btel-belk-elasticsearch-master-0] ","log":{"message":"Exception during establishing a SSL connection: HttpRequestOnTransportException[This is not an HTTP port]"}}{"type":"log","host":"btel-belk-elasticsearch-master-0","level":"ERROR","systemid":"2106a117733f42d697284fbc54927928","system":"BELK","time": "2021-03-02T09:59:21.048Z","logger":"c.f.s.s.t.SearchGuardSSLNettyTransport","timezone":"UTC","marker":"[btel-belk-elasticsearch-master-0] ","log":{"message":"Exception during establishing a SSL connection: HttpRequestOnTransportException[This is not an HTTP port]"}}org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport$HttpRequestOnTransportException: This is not an HTTP port at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.readHeaderBuffer(TcpTransport.java:720) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.readMessageLength(TcpTransport.java:713) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.transport.InboundDecoder.internalDecode(InboundDecoder.java:62) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.transport.InboundDecoder.decode(InboundDecoder.java:53) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.transport.InboundPipeline.doHandleBytes(InboundPipeline.java:101) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.transport.InboundPipeline.handleBytes(InboundPipeline.java:82) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.transport.netty4.Netty4MessageChannelHandler.channelRead(Netty4MessageChannelHandler.java:73) ~[transport-netty4-client-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.handler.logging.LoggingHandler.channelRead(LoggingHandler.java:271) [netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.unwrap(SslHandler.java:1518) [netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decodeJdkCompatible(SslHandler.java:1267) [netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decode(SslHandler.java:1314) [netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.decodeRemovalReentryProtection(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:501) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.callDecode(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:440) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.channelRead(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:276) [netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.channelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1410) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.fireChannelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:919) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioByteChannel$NioByteUnsafe.read(AbstractNioByteChannel.java:163) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:714) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysPlain(NioEventLoop.java:615) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:578) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:493) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:989) [netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74) [netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834) [?:?]

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**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-log-message-exception-during-establishing-a-ssl-connection-httprequestontransportexception-this-is-not-an-http-port/266627/2 "2021-04-06T03:56:08Z")

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