# IP is 127.0.0.1 is this a problem?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ip-is-127-0-0-1-is-this-a-problem/24984>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 6, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ip-is-127-0-0-1-is-this-a-problem/24984 "2015-07-06T20:22:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bdunbar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@bdunbar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bdunbar)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ip-is-127-0-0-1-is-this-a-problem/24984/1 "2015-07-06T20:22:29Z")

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\_cat/nodes?v&h=id,ip,pid,port,v,m

Returns

```
id ip pid port v m 
IQSZ 127.0.0.1 4913 9300 1.6.0 * 
5Gko 10.1.88.21 29677 9300 1.5.1 - 
-Xcj 127.0.0.1 5579 9300 1.6.0 m 
Bdha 127.0.0.1 15776 9300 1.6.0 m 

```

5Gko is a client, the rest are ES nodes.

1. I have a feeling these should be reporting their actual IP not their localhost. Where do I set that?

2. Client is using version 1.51, the cluster is all on 1.6.0. Problem, or no?

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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, 12:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ip-is-127-0-0-1-is-this-a-problem/24984/2 "2017-07-06T00:03:22Z")

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