# Remote access to Elasticsearch from Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remote-access-to-elasticsearch-from-kibana/230953>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 4, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remote-access-to-elasticsearch-from-kibana/230953 "2020-05-04T10:38:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jfschaff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jfschaff/32/80288_2.png) [@jfschaff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jfschaff)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remote-access-to-elasticsearch-from-kibana/230953/1 "2020-05-04T10:38:27Z")

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Hi, I could not configure a local Kibana instance to query a remote Elasticsearch cluster...

I have access to the cluster from my local machine:

```auto
$ curl <IP>:9200
{
  "name" : "node-1",
  "cluster_name" : "<cluster name>",
  "cluster_uuid" : "<cluster uuid>",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "7.6.2",
    "build_flavor" : "default",
    "build_type" : "deb",
    "build_hash" : "ef48eb35cf30adf4db14086e8aabd07ef6fb113f",
    "build_date" : "2020-03-26T06:34:37.794943Z",
    "build_snapshot" : false,
    "lucene_version" : "8.4.0",
    "minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "6.8.0",
    "minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "6.0.0-beta1"
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}

```

and in Kibana, I could add the cluster as a remote cluster using its name and IP with port 9300 (and not 9200). Kibana tells me it is "Connected" to the remote cluster.

**From there, how can I query the remote indices?** They are not showing in Kibana, but the local ones are.

Note: I am connected to the remote host with a VPN. The node's IP I use is the IP on this VPN.

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remote-access-to-elasticsearch-from-kibana/230953/2 "2020-05-04T21:42:28Z")

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Hello,

You need to config the cluster for CCS as well, not only as a remote cluster: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.6/modules-cross-cluster-search.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.6/modules-cross-cluster-search.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remote-access-to-elasticsearch-from-kibana/230953/3 "2020-06-01T21:42:30Z")

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