# Kibana in docker while elasticsearch in host machine - is it possible? - please help
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-docker-while-elasticsearch-in-host-machine-is-it-possible-please-help/228917
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** docker
**Created:** [April 20, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-docker-while-elasticsearch-in-host-machine-is-it-possible-please-help/228917 "2020-04-20T18:26:55Z")
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### Author:  [@Venkatesh\_Murthy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Venkatesh_Murthy)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-docker-while-elasticsearch-in-host-machine-is-it-possible-please-help/228917/1 "2020-04-20T18:26:56Z")
i Pulled Docker image for Kibana 7.6.2. Is there a way the kibana connects to host machine elasticsearch ? if yes what parameter should i give in the docker run command ?
i tried
docker run -d --name kibana761 -e ELASTICSEARCH\_HOSTS=http://localhost:9200 -p 5601:5601 [docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:7.6.2](http://docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:7.6.2)
when i run the container it says no living connectsions. Should the elasticsearch also be in another container ?
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### Author:  [@LizaD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LizaD)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-docker-while-elasticsearch-in-host-machine-is-it-possible-please-help/228917/2 "2020-04-21T02:12:30Z")
Hi @Venkatesh_Murthy,
To have Kibana connect to Elasticsearch you need to use the --link parameter. See example from: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/docker.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/docker.html)
```auto
docker run --link YOUR_ELASTICSEARCH_CONTAINER_NAME_OR_ID:elasticsearch -p 5601:5601 {docker-repo}:{version}
```
Hope this helps,
Thanks
Liza
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### Author:  [@Venkatesh\_Murthy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Venkatesh_Murthy)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-docker-while-elasticsearch-in-host-machine-is-it-possible-please-help/228917/3 "2020-04-21T17:18:48Z")
the example you provided is giving link to another container, my question is about linking it to host machine's instance and not to another container.
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### Author:  [@LizaD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LizaD)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-docker-while-elasticsearch-in-host-machine-is-it-possible-please-help/228917/4 "2020-04-21T18:20:29Z")
Hi @Venkatesh_Murthy,
Yes you can connect the host machine, sorry I missed that. Add `--network host` to your docker run command for starting Kibana.
Thanks,
Liza
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### Author:  [@Venkatesh\_Murthy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Venkatesh_Murthy)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-docker-while-elasticsearch-in-host-machine-is-it-possible-please-help/228917/5 "2020-04-22T18:53:09Z")
> [@LizaD](#):
>
> `--network host`
i provided the following command:
docker run -d --name kibana761 --network host -p 5601:5601 [docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:7.6.2](http://docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:7.6.2)
and the container is still unable to connect and says unable to revive connections, no living connections as errors
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### Author:  [@LizaD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LizaD)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-docker-while-elasticsearch-in-host-machine-is-it-possible-please-help/228917/6 "2020-04-22T19:30:44Z")
Thanks @Venkatesh_Murthy,
For your command above did you also include:
` -e ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS=http://localhost:9200` ?
If so, can you try to run curl command on elasticsearch to see if it is running
`curl -X GET 'localhost:9200/_cluster/health?pretty`
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-in-docker-while-elasticsearch-in-host-machine-is-it-possible-please-help/228917/7 "2020-05-20T19:30:51Z")
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