# Kibana ElasticSearch issue "Error Could not contact Elasticsearch at http:/address:9200. Please ensure that Elasticsearch is reachable from your system." **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 10, 2014, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-elasticsearch-issue-error-could-not-contact-elasticsearch-at-http-address-9200-please-ensure-that-elasticsearch-is-reachable-from-your-system/19704 "2014-09-10T09:31:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@Jonathan\_H](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonathan_H)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-elasticsearch-issue-error-could-not-contact-elasticsearch-at-http-address-9200-please-ensure-that-elasticsearch-is-reachable-from-your-system/19704/1 "2014-09-10T09:31:18Z")
Hey everyone. I have installed logstash, elasticsearch and Kibana 3 successfully, however when I ask a member on my team to view kibana he see this "Error Could not contact Elasticsearch at http:/address:9200. Please ensure that Elasticsearch is reachable from your system. " (Please find image attached). My understanding was that kibana was the one to query Elasticsearch. Why does the user need access to port 9200? Is there anyway around this issue with out opening the port up? Regards, Jonathan Hickey -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0d3f7aa5-69e0-4a6d-b8fa-9c10069d96d0%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0d3f7aa5-69e0-4a6d-b8fa-9c10069d96d0%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [September 10, 2014, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-elasticsearch-issue-error-could-not-contact-elasticsearch-at-http-address-9200-please-ensure-that-elasticsearch-is-reachable-from-your-system/19704/2 "2014-09-10T09:45:08Z")
Because kibana connects from the users desktop to ES. You can reverse proxy this very easily, there are a few example configs in the KB code to help ad it's worth doing. Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 10 September 2014 19:31, Jonathan H [hickeyjonathan02@gmail.com](mailto:hickeyjonathan02@gmail.com) wrote: > Hey everyone. > > I have installed logstash, elasticsearch and Kibana 3 successfully, > however when I ask a member on my team to view kibana he see this "Error > Could not contact Elasticsearch at http:/address:9200. Please ensure that > Elasticsearch is reachable from your system. " (Please find image > attached). > > My understanding was that kibana was the one to query Elasticsearch. Why > does the user need access to port 9200? Is there anyway around this issue > with out opening the port up? > > Regards, > Jonathan Hickey > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0d3f7aa5-69e0-4a6d-b8fa-9c10069d96d0%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0d3f7aa5-69e0-4a6d-b8fa-9c10069d96d0%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0d3f7aa5-69e0-4a6d-b8fa-9c10069d96d0%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0d3f7aa5-69e0-4a6d-b8fa-9c10069d96d0%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YeA9cvFu1kXOsT%2Bd6Z30t-oQ6qmNzgzGt4xR9mBdZZcQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YeA9cvFu1kXOsT%2Bd6Z30t-oQ6qmNzgzGt4xR9mBdZZcQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@Jonathan\_H](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonathan_H)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-elasticsearch-issue-error-could-not-contact-elasticsearch-at-http-address-9200-please-ensure-that-elasticsearch-is-reachable-from-your-system/19704/3 "2014-09-10T09:58:38Z")
Thanks very much Mark. On Wednesday, 10 September 2014 10:45:39 UTC+1, Mark Walkom wrote: > Because kibana connects from the users desktop to ES. > > You can reverse proxy this very easily, there are a few example configs in > the KB code to help ad it's worth doing. > > Regards, > Mark Walkom > > Infrastructure Engineer > Campaign Monitor > email: [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) \ > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > On 10 September 2014 19:31, Jonathan H \<[hickeyjo...@gmail.com](mailto:hickeyjo...@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > > Hey everyone. > > > > I have installed logstash, elasticsearch and Kibana 3 successfully, > > however when I ask a member on my team to view kibana he see this "Error > > Could not contact Elasticsearch at http:/address:9200. Please ensure that > > Elasticsearch is reachable from your system. " (Please find image > > attached). > > > > My understanding was that kibana was the one to query Elasticsearch. Why > > does the user need access to port 9200? Is there anyway around this issue > > with out opening the port up? > > > > Regards, > > Jonathan Hickey > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0d3f7aa5-69e0-4a6d-b8fa-9c10069d96d0%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0d3f7aa5-69e0-4a6d-b8fa-9c10069d96d0%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0d3f7aa5-69e0-4a6d-b8fa-9c10069d96d0%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0d3f7aa5-69e0-4a6d-b8fa-9c10069d96d0%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/55a734d0-04e2-46d8-b934-6c663f836d3b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/55a734d0-04e2-46d8-b934-6c663f836d3b%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 1:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-elasticsearch-issue-error-could-not-contact-elasticsearch-at-http-address-9200-please-ensure-that-elasticsearch-is-reachable-from-your-system/19704/4 "2017-07-06T01:03:26Z")