# I got received plaintext http traffic on an https channel, closing connection Netty4HttpChannel

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-got-received-plaintext-http-traffic-on-an-https-channel-closing-connection-netty4httpchannel/302973>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 22, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-got-received-plaintext-http-traffic-on-an-https-channel-closing-connection-netty4httpchannel/302973 "2022-04-22T01:17:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![moazmahmoud\_saad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/moazmahmoud_saad/32/102296_2.png) [@moazmahmoud\_saad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/moazmahmoud_saad)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-got-received-plaintext-http-traffic-on-an-https-channel-closing-connection-netty4httpchannel/302973/1 "2022-04-22T01:17:04Z")

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i got this error on Elasticsearch 8.1.3 , how can i solve it i see many solutions but it doesn't work  
here is the output of the terminal when i go ot "[http://localhost:9200/](http://localhost:9200/)" it shows no data come and on the terminal i get  
" received plaintext http traffic on an https channel, closing connection Netty4HttpChannel "?

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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:** [April 26, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-got-received-plaintext-http-traffic-on-an-https-channel-closing-connection-netty4httpchannel/302973/2 "2022-04-26T01:13:41Z")

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It means you need to be using HTTPS instead of HTTP in the URL, ie `https://localhost:9200/`,

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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:** [May 24, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-got-received-plaintext-http-traffic-on-an-https-channel-closing-connection-netty4httpchannel/302973/3 "2022-05-24T01:13:58Z")

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