# Metricbeat to elasticsearch (same host with docker) connection failed \[forsaken\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** metricbeat\ **Created:** [November 20, 2018, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-to-elasticsearch-same-host-with-docker-connection-failed-forsaken/157525 "2018-11-20T11:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tyteck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tyteck/32/37863_2.png) [@tyteck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tyteck)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-to-elasticsearch-same-host-with-docker-connection-failed-forsaken/157525/1 "2018-11-20T11:24:13Z")
Hi there I'm pretty new on docker and elasticsearch and I'm trying to install a supervision for my company. The goal is to have one server hosting both elasticsearch and kibana and many node that are running beats. I started with elasticsearch, kibana and metricbeat as one mvp installed on my desktop (ubuntu 18.04). Elasticsearch and kibana are running well, each of them in their containers (I can curl both of them and access to kibana with my browser). But, metricbeat (container) cannot connect to Elasticsearch. here is my **docker-compose.xml** for elasticsearch & kibana ``` --- version: '3.6' services: elasticsearch: image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${TAG} hostname: elasticsearch container_name: elasticsearch ports: - "9200:9200" - "9300:9300" networks: ['stack'] volumes: - 'es_data:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data' healthcheck: test: curl -s https://elasticsearch:9200 >/dev/null; if [[$$? == 52]]; then echo 0; else echo 1; fi interval: 30s timeout: 10s retries: 5 kibana: image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:${TAG} hostname: kibana container_name: kibana ports: ['5601:5601'] networks: ['stack'] depends_on: ['elasticsearch'] healthcheck: test: curl -s https://kibana:5601 >/dev/null; if [[$$? == 52]]; then echo 0; else echo 1; fi interval: 30s timeout: 10s retries: 5 networks: {stack: {}} # use docker volume to persist ES data outside of a container. volumes: es_data: ``` $TAG is set with .env file (TAG=6.4.3). I run it with a single docker-compose up -d For metricbeat here is my **metricbeat.yml** configuration file ``` output.elasticsearch: hosts: ["elasticsearch:9200"] protocol: "http" setup.kibana: hosts: "kibana:5601" protocol: "http" metricbeat.modules: - module: system metricsets: - cpu # CPU usage - load # CPU load averages - memory # Memory usage - network # Network IO - process # Per process metrics - process_summary # Process summary - uptime # System Uptime #- core # Per CPU core usage #- diskio # Disk IO #- filesystem # File system usage for each mountpoint #- fsstat # File system summary metrics #- raid # Raid #- socket # Sockets and connection info (linux only) enabled: true period: 10s processes: ['.*'] # Configure the metric types that are included by these metricsets. cpu.metrics: ["percentages"] # The other available options are normalized_percentages and ticks. core.metrics: ["percentages"] # The other available option is ticks. ``` and the **docker-compose.yml** ``` --- version: '3.6' services: metricbeat: image: docker.elastic.co/beats/metricbeat:${TAG} environment: - cluster.name=docker-cluster container_name: metricbeat #networks: ['stack'] user: root volumes: - './metricbeat/metricbeat.yml:/usr/share/metricbeat/metricbeat.yml' - /proc:/hostfs/proc:ro - /sys/fs/cgroup:/hostfs/sys/fs/cgroup:ro - /:/hostfs:ro healthcheck: test: metricbeat test config interval: 30s timeout: 15s retries: 5 ``` Once every "module" is running I got this output with a docker ps -a 79a57ccca6fb [docker.elastic.co/beats/metricbeat:6.4.3](http://docker.elastic.co/beats/metricbeat:6.4.3) "/usr/local/bin/dock…" About a minute ago Up About a minute (healthy) 762ca9b0502e [docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:6.4.3](http://docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:6.4.3) "/usr/local/bin/kiba…" About an hour ago Up About an hour (healthy) 0.0.0.0:5601-\>5601/tcp c0f38f5212da [docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:6.4.3](http://docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:6.4.3) "/usr/local/bin/dock…" About an hour ago Up About an hour (healthy) 0.0.0.0:9200-\>9200/tcp, 0.0.0.0:9300-\>9300/tcp Everything seems running when I attach the container "docker exec -it metricbeat bash" and type "metricbeat export config" I have this output ``` metricbeat: modules: - core: metrics: - percentages cpu: metrics: - percentages enabled: true metricsets: - cpu - load - memory - network - process - process_summary - uptime module: system period: 10s processes: - .* output: elasticsearch: hosts: - elasticsearch:9200 protocol: http path: config: /usr/share/metricbeat data: /usr/share/metricbeat/data home: /usr/share/metricbeat logs: /usr/share/metricbeat/logs setup: kibana: hosts: kibana:5601 protocol: http ``` but, still from this container, when I'm trying to connect to the elasticsearch container it fails > metricbeat test output -e -d "\*" will give > 2018-11-20T11:21:06.506Z INFO instance/beat.go:565 Home path: [/usr/share/metricbeat] Config path: [/usr/share/metricbeat] Data path: [/usr/share/metricbeat/data] Logs path: [/usr/share/metricbeat/logs] > 2018-11-20T11:21:06.506Z DEBUG [beat] instance/beat.go:592 Beat metadata path: /usr/share/metricbeat/data/meta.json > 2018-11-20T11:21:06.506Z INFO instance/beat.go:572 Beat UUID: d34f8a92-ebfe-4746-9ef4-63f23d856fa0 > 2018-11-20T11:21:06.506Z INFO elasticsearch/client.go:163 Elasticsearch url: [http://elasticsearch:9200](http://elasticsearch:9200) > elasticsearch: [http://elasticsearch:9200](http://elasticsearch:9200)... > parse url... OK > connection... > parse host... OK > dns lookup... OK > addresses: 127.0.0.1 > dial up... ERROR dial tcp 127.0.0.1:9200: connect: connection refused same for > curl [http://127.0.0.1:9200/\_cat/health](http://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/health) > curl: (7) Failed connect to 127.0.0.1:9200; Connection refused The thing I fail to understand is that when I leave the container curl is accepted > curl [http://127.0.0.1:9200/\_cat/health](http://127.0.0.1:9200/_cat/health) > 1542713001 11:23:21 docker-cluster yellow 1 1 11 11 0 0 10 0 - 52.4% Any help will be greatly appreciated 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tyteck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tyteck/32/37863_2.png) [@tyteck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tyteck)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-to-elasticsearch-same-host-with-docker-connection-failed-forsaken/157525/2 "2018-11-20T16:13:55Z")
I gave up with docker and installed it with apt. Everything works fine now 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-to-elasticsearch-same-host-with-docker-connection-failed-forsaken/157525/3 "2018-12-18T16:14:03Z")
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