# Help: Metricbeat to elasticsearch using ipv6 **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** metricbeat\ **Created:** [December 10, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-metricbeat-to-elasticsearch-using-ipv6/211373 "2019-12-10T20:27:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![briank5400](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/briank5400/32/59155_2.png) [@briank5400](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/briank5400)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-metricbeat-to-elasticsearch-using-ipv6/211373/1 "2019-12-10T20:27:49Z")
I have elasticsearch/Kibana setup on another host and configured basic authentication. now I am trying to configure metricbeat to send some data (over ipv6) but I cant seem to figure out why its failing to authenticate when I try to run metricbeat setup. (ive tried both with and without using keystore). It works fine if I do a test curl -6 -u. e.g. root@10-245-76-9:/etc/metricbeat# curl -6 http://[2a00:47c0:511:1297:7aae:5e12:607f:7372]:9200 -u bk-test:Testing1234 { "name" : "10-245-76-12", "cluster\_name" : "elasticsearch", "cluster\_uuid" : "NOvxDXzaSVaOJynxfr8a6A", "version" : { "number" : "7.5.0", "build\_flavor" : "default", "build\_type" : "deb", "build\_hash" : "e9ccaed468e2fac2275a3761849cbee64b39519f", "build\_date" : "2019-11-26T01:06:52.518245Z", "build\_snapshot" : false, "lucene\_version" : "8.3.0", "minimum\_wire\_compatibility\_version" : "6.8.0", "minimum\_index\_compatibility\_version" : "6.0.0-beta1" }, "tagline" : "You Know, for Search" root@10-245-76-9:/etc/metricbeat# metricbeat setup Exiting: Couldn't connect to any of the configured Elasticsearch hosts. Errors: [Error connection to Elasticsearch http://[2a00:47c0:511:1297:7aae:5e12:607f:7372]:9200: 401 Unauthorized: {"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"security\_exception","reason":"missing authentication credentials for REST request [/]","header":{"WWW-Authenticate":"Basic realm="security" charset="UTF-8""}}],"type":"security\_exception","reason":"missing authentication credentials for REST request [/]","header":{"WWW-Authenticate":"Basic realm="security" charset="UTF-8""}},"status":401}] root@10-245-76-9:/etc/metricbeat# metricbeat test output elasticsearch: http://[2a00:47c0:511:1297:7aae:5e12:607f:7372]:9200... parse url... OK connection... parse host... ERROR address 2a00:47c0:511:1297:7aae:5e12:607f:7372:9200: too many colons in address my metricbeat.yml has the following elements: #-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------ output.elasticsearch: # Array of hosts to connect to. hosts: ["http://[2a00:47c0:511:1297:7aae:5e12:607f:7372]:9200"] # Optional protocol and basic auth credentials. #protocol: "https" username: "bk-test" password: "${bk-test}" any advise? ---
**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-metricbeat-to-elasticsearch-using-ipv6/211373/2 "2019-12-11T09:08:35Z")
Hey! could you try with `https://...` and see if this changes anything? > Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![briank5400](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/briank5400/32/59155_2.png) [@briank5400](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/briank5400)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-metricbeat-to-elasticsearch-using-ipv6/211373/3 "2019-12-11T10:36:07Z")
Hi, I tried to make it https but still the same error. metricbeat test output elasticsearch: https://[2a00:47c0:511:1297:7aae:5e12:607f:7372]:9200... parse url... OK connection... parse host... ERROR address 2a00:47c0:511:1297:7aae:5e12:607f:7372:9200: too many colons in address ---
**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-metricbeat-to-elasticsearch-using-ipv6/211373/4 "2019-12-11T15:56:24Z")
I think that the command is `test output` is buggy here since it removes `[` from the address. I will check it further. However did you try with `metricbeat setup` or `metricbeat -e -d "*"`? This is irrelevant to `test output`. ---
**Author:** ![briank5400](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/briank5400/32/59155_2.png) [@briank5400](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/briank5400)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-metricbeat-to-elasticsearch-using-ipv6/211373/5 "2019-12-13T10:56:46Z")
Thanks Chris. Yes looks broken. separate from this I have found an issue with the formatting in my .yml file (usuername/password in the wrong column). So metricbeat is now running (despite the output error msg). regards, Brian. ---
**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-metricbeat-to-elasticsearch-using-ipv6/211373/6 "2019-12-13T13:06:48Z")
Good to know! Here is the Github issue for reference: [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/15078](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/15078) Regards! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-metricbeat-to-elasticsearch-using-ipv6/211373/7 "2020-01-10T13:07:03Z")
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