# Risk on using VPS

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/risk-on-using-vps/32056>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 13, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/risk-on-using-vps/32056 "2015-10-13T05:01:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ccir105](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@ccir105](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ccir105)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/risk-on-using-vps/32056/1 "2015-10-13T05:01:20Z")

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Hello elastic team. I am using elastic search 1.7 version in a linux VPS with the default configuration. I downloaded the tar file and ran it in my server. Can there any risk of using like this ?

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**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:** [October 13, 2015, 5:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/risk-on-using-vps/32056/2 "2015-10-13T05:18:23Z")

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There's always a risk in running anything in the cloud.

Do you have a firewall in place?

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**Author:** ![ccir105](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@ccir105](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ccir105)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/risk-on-using-vps/32056/3 "2015-10-13T05:31:24Z")

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Yes, we cannot access servername:9200 from the internet. What if I added the config network.host: 127.0.0.1 ?

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**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:** [October 13, 2015, 5:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/risk-on-using-vps/32056/4 "2015-10-13T05:42:43Z")

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That's a good idea as well.

If you want further security I'd encourage you to look at Shield as well.

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**Author:** ![ccir105](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@ccir105](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ccir105)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/risk-on-using-vps/32056/5 "2015-10-13T05:43:27Z")

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Thanks you for the support.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/risk-on-using-vps/32056/6 "2017-07-05T23:45:13Z")

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