# Health Check URL

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/health-check-url/110673>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 7, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/health-check-url/110673 "2017-12-07T13:06:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jerjef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@Jerjef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jerjef)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/health-check-url/110673/1 "2017-12-07T13:06:45Z")

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I have Elasticsearch 6.0.0.1 installed and operating fine, but none of the URL functions are working for me. For example, I enter http://:9200/\_  
cat/health?v into a web browser (with the applicable IP address of course), but it never works. I've tried some other parameters such as /indices?v still with no luck. Is this a function I need to enable in the elasticsearch.yml?

Thanks

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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:** [December 7, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/health-check-url/110673/2 "2017-12-07T16:11:23Z")

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No. Nothing has to be set in `elasticsearch.yml` file unless your elasticsearch node is not on the same machine.

If it's the case, you need to fix the `network.host` setting as by default elasticsearch only listen on localhost.

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**Author:** ![Jerjef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@Jerjef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jerjef)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/health-check-url/110673/3 "2017-12-07T16:13:48Z")

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Thanks for the reply. They are both on the same machine as it's a quick test environment. Through all this though I never actually tried "localhost". That worked for me.

Thanks a million!

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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:** [December 7, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/health-check-url/110673/4 "2017-12-07T16:14:31Z")

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Yeah the logs tell you on which interface the service is bound. This is the address to use.

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**Author:** ![Jerjef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@Jerjef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jerjef)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/health-check-url/110673/5 "2017-12-07T16:15:16Z")

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Yeah I'm still learning the ins and outs of this animal. Got a long way to go. lol.

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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:** [January 4, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/health-check-url/110673/6 "2018-01-04T16:15:31Z")

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