# I am trying to connect to http://localhost:9200 in my browser and I am getting an error that says check the proxy or firewall. I am using windows 11

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 25, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-connect-to-http-localhost-9200-in-my-browser-and-i-am-getting-an-error-that-says-check-the-proxy-or-firewall-i-am-using-windows-11/323876 "2023-01-25T03:05:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![aaaaaaaaaaaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@aaaaaaaaaaaa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaaaaaaaaaaa)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-connect-to-http-localhost-9200-in-my-browser-and-i-am-getting-an-error-that-says-check-the-proxy-or-firewall-i-am-using-windows-11/323876/1 "2023-01-25T03:05:15Z")

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I am using windows 11 and google chrome.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/3/735869d28a678afdcd3c2a7f8e578730cd6f69de.jpeg "How to Install Elastic Search 8 on Windows Machine and Configure Username and Password and Roles") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhlwEf5AZf0)

I followed all the steps in the video above. It was working . Then I try again a few days later when I try to go [http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200). I even tried [https://localhost:9200](https://localhost:9200) and get the error below.

I turned off firewall in Norton.

Here is the exact error.

"

This site can’t be reached

**localhost** refused to connect.

Try:

- Checking the connection
- Checking the proxy and the firewall

ERR\_CONNECTION\_REFUSED

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Can someone please help me fix this?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-connect-to-http-localhost-9200-in-my-browser-and-i-am-getting-an-error-that-says-check-the-proxy-or-firewall-i-am-using-windows-11/323876/2 "2023-01-31T04:06:30Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

Can you check Elasticsearch is running by looking at the logs it's generating? It looks like it has stopped, but that's an easy way to see.

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**Author:** ![aaaaaaaaaaaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@aaaaaaaaaaaa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaaaaaaaaaaa)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-connect-to-http-localhost-9200-in-my-browser-and-i-am-getting-an-error-that-says-check-the-proxy-or-firewall-i-am-using-windows-11/323876/3 "2023-02-07T21:16:20Z")

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Thanks for the response I am going to make a new post that is more organized.

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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:** [March 7, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-connect-to-http-localhost-9200-in-my-browser-and-i-am-getting-an-error-that-says-check-the-proxy-or-firewall-i-am-using-windows-11/323876/4 "2023-03-07T21:16:45Z")

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