# How to find elastic search version?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-find-elastic-search-version/8737>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 14, 2012, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-find-elastic-search-version/8737 "2012-08-14T07:06:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kiruba\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e79b87/32.png) [@kiruba\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kiruba_2)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-find-elastic-search-version/8737/1 "2012-08-14T07:06:35Z")

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Hello all,

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        I have a doubt about to find elasticsearch version in linux.

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Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Rafal\_Kuc\_3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rafal_kuc_3/32/799_2.png) [@Rafal\_Kuc\_3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rafal_Kuc_3)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 7:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-find-elastic-search-version/8737/2 "2012-08-14T07:09:57Z")

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Hello!

Just send: curl -XGET 'localhost:9200'

And ElasticSearch will return its version.

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Regards,

Rafał Kuć

Sematext :: [http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) _:: Solr - Lucene - Nutch - ElasticSearch_

Hello all,

```
        I have a doubt about to find elasticsearch version in linux.

```

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![kiruba\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e79b87/32.png) [@kiruba\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kiruba_2)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-find-elastic-search-version/8737/3 "2012-08-14T07:18:29Z")

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Thanks Rafał Kuć.

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Rafał Kuć [r.kuc@solr.pl](mailto:r.kuc@solr.pl) wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> Just send: curl -XGET 'localhost:9200'
> 
> And Elasticsearch will return its version.
> 
> \*--  
> Regards,  
> Rafał Kuć  
> Sematext :: _[http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/)_ :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch -  
> Elasticsearch
> 
> - 
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> ```
> I have a doubt about to find elasticsearch version in linux.
> 
> ```
> 
> ## Thanks.
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_Best Regards,_  
_Kirubakaran  
| BambeeQ Solutions Pvt Ltd | Chennai,India |_

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**Author:** ![ginger8990](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@ginger8990](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ginger8990)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-find-elastic-search-version/8737/4 "2015-04-01T21:43:57Z")

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I got error when using curl -XGET 'localhost:9200'

couldn't connect to host

I am new to logstash and elasticsearch.

I follow this link to set it up but not 100% working.

[http://logstash.net/docs/1.4.2/tutorials/getting-started-with-logstash](http://logstash.net/docs/1.4.2/tutorials/getting-started-with-logstash)

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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 6, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-find-elastic-search-version/8737/5 "2017-07-06T00:22:12Z")

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