# LS-ES connection issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ls-es-connection-issue/169205>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [February 20, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ls-es-connection-issue/169205 "2019-02-20T12:15:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ls-es-connection-issue/169205/4 "2019-02-20T13:49:12Z")

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> ssl =\> true

doesn't make much sense if you are accessing elasticsearch over http

> hosts =\> ["[http://HOSTNAME:9200](http://HOSTNAME:9200)"]

> [@Kanthasamyraja](#):
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> No error message in Elasticsearch.

Are you sure ?

Whats the output when you hit the \_authenticate API with that user, i.e.

```auto
curl -ulogstash_system:t0p.s3cr3t -X GET http://HOSTNAME:9200/_xpack/security/_authenticate

```

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