# Head plugin unable to connect to Elasticsearch 5.3 - cluster health: not connected

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/head-plugin-unable-to-connect-to-elasticsearch-5-3-cluster-health-not-connected/83327>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 23, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/head-plugin-unable-to-connect-to-elasticsearch-5-3-cluster-health-not-connected/83327 "2017-04-23T16:23:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Piper0804](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Piper0804](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Piper0804)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/head-plugin-unable-to-connect-to-elasticsearch-5-3-cluster-health-not-connected/83327/3 "2017-05-05T23:50:48Z")

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I'm having the same issue.

Also cloned the repo, installed and ran. Since plugins are not supported with version 5.x.

I have the same result, I can bring the "plugin" up in the browser but elasticsearch-head cannot connect to my es instance.

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