# Is HTTP on each node will enable by default

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-http-on-each-node-will-enable-by-default/248325>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 11, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-http-on-each-node-will-enable-by-default/248325 "2020-09-11T13:09:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve\_Mushero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steve_mushero/32/22441_2.png) [@Steve\_Mushero](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steve_Mushero)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-http-on-each-node-will-enable-by-default/248325/3 "2020-09-12T04:00:05Z")

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Can I ask why, as I assume you want to route all client traffic to your coordinating nodes, usually done with a LB. Or to avoid rogue clients talking to random nodes?

I see someone else asking this exactly same question today, for master nodes, which is certainly a good place to disable it, but you still have to control where clients connect to.

> [@How to disable http in elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-disable-http-in-elasticsearch/248359):
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> How to disable http on data or master nodes , how to specify in cr file. Please anyone help me out.

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