# Head plugin not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/head-plugin-not-working/41533>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 11, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/head-plugin-not-working/41533 "2016-02-11T17:49:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mc1392](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mc1392](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mc1392)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/head-plugin-not-working/41533/1 "2016-02-11T17:49:43Z")

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I installed head but the browser cannot access the plugin.

Here is what i get:

```
ubuntu@ip-10-0-0-230:~$ ./elasticsearch-2.0.0/bin/plugin list
Installed plugins in /home/ubuntu/elasticsearch-2.0.0/plugins:
    - license
    - head
    - watcher
    - delete-by-query

```

I am using an Amazon EC2 instance and the ports open are: 5601, 9200

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/head-plugin-not-working/41533/2 "2016-02-11T18:11:25Z")

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try locally to do a `curl localhost:9200/_plugin/head/`  
May be you did not define `network.host` which is a common error.

By default, it's bound to local only so your server is protected by default.

BTW: it's a bad thing to open elasticsearch to the internet without any security layer like Shield.

Also, if you want something ready out of the box, have a look at [https://www.elastic.co/found](https://www.elastic.co/found). Might help.

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**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/head-plugin-not-working/41533/3 "2016-02-11T20:39:43Z")

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Opening ports on AWS does not mean opening the server to the internet. You  
are still behind the security group/firewall.

Quite simply, head does not work with Elasticsearch 2.x. I think you should  
at least be able to see it, but it will not work since the APIs have  
changed.

Ivan

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/head-plugin-not-working/41533/4 "2017-07-05T23:16:59Z")

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