# Standalone apm-server with elasticsearch 8 in docker not able to connect

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-apm-server-with-elasticsearch-8-in-docker-not-able-to-connect/319892>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** docker, server\
**Created:** [November 27, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-apm-server-with-elasticsearch-8-in-docker-not-able-to-connect/319892 "2022-11-27T20:56:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/standalone-apm-server-with-elasticsearch-8-in-docker-not-able-to-connect/319892/3 "2022-11-28T01:45:18Z")

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Ok I got mine working...

I think you did not setup / load the APM integration... kibana weird but you still need to do that... you need to do that **before** you start the APM Server

 ![Screen Shot 2022-11-27 at 5.38.09 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/7/9772861a5d0e176f3c311532dbcdcbba6246b159.jpeg)

Then I see the assets

```auto
GET _cat/indices/.*?v
GET _cat/templates/tra*

# GET _cat/indices/.*?v 200 OK
health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
green open .fleet-enrollment-api-keys-7 0JXPxyXpRFarcWU-7QBuBw 1 0 1 0 6.1kb 6.1kb
green open .apm-agent-configuration Y2n3cINATZyg9xhOVsJmmw 1 0 0 0 225b 225b
green open .kibana_security_session_1 dFOtc-OnTMqevxUGc9p5tw 1 0 1 0 5.7kb 5.7kb
green open .kibana-event-log-8.4.0-000001 LWUfHiPDShyzT_POBu23SA 1 0 1 0 6.2kb 6.2kb
green open .geoip_databases C_e4xhUBSQa5IrvzeBfUJQ 1 0 41 0 39.2mb 39.2mb
green open .security-7 SxKjtS3wQy2V4UU-G3q5CA 1 0 111 0 336kb 336kb
green open .kibana_task_manager_8.4.0_001 --xVYRnoSt2H4yKCNPD7vw 1 0 25 1397 238.1kb 238.1kb
green open .apm-custom-link 3lBvbBxQSgW6bd4PWKfiiQ 1 0 0 0 225b 225b
green open .kibana_8.4.0_001 jBOCGWxGQT-iTKg5OZ_QOA 1 0 2385 1226 8.9mb 8.9mb
green open .security-profile-8 NT5vs6sOQfW113PXPh0zvA 1 0 1 0 7.7kb 7.7kb
green open .fleet-policies-7 Sz0IgOoDSuepT3uvZBzEoQ 1 0 3 0 22kb 22kb
green open .ds-.logs-deprecation.elasticsearch-default-2022.11.28-000001 cQDV1sFnSyyrDGAOGImXNg 1 0 1 0 12.3kb 12.3kb
green open .ds-ilm-history-5-2022.11.28-000001 W5owRm08QAmWpKbotz9DrQ 1 0 9 0 35.6kb 35.6kb

# GET _cat/templates/tra* 200 OK
traces-apm [traces-apm-*] 200 [traces-apm@package, traces-apm@custom, .fleet_globals-1, .fleet_agent_id_verification-1]
traces-apm.sampled [traces-apm.sampled-*] 200 [traces-apm.sampled@package, traces-apm.sampled@custom, .fleet_globals-1, .fleet_agent_id_verification-1]
traces-apm.rum [traces-apm.rum-*] 200 [traces-apm.rum@package, traces-apm.rum@custom, .fleet_globals-1, .fleet_agent_id_verification-1]

```

Then my apm-server.docker.yml looks like this

```auto
apm-server:
  # Defines the host and port the server is listening on. Use "unix:/path/to.sock" to listen on a unix domain socket.
  host: "0.0.0.0:8200"

#-------------------------- Elasticsearch output --------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (`http` and `9200`).
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: `http://elasticsearch:9200/path`.
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: `https://[2001:db8::1]:9200`.
  hosts: ["https://host.docker.internal:9200"]
  ssl.verification_mode: none
  username: "elastic"
  password: "password"

```

Then I ran...

```auto
docker run -d \
  -p 8200:8200 \
  --name=apm-server \
  --user=apm-server \
  --volume="$(pwd)/apm-server.docker.yml:/usr/share/apm-server/apm-server.yml:ro" \
  docker.elastic.co/apm/apm-server:8.5.2 \
  --strict.perms=false -e

```

Then I got this

 ![Screen Shot 2022-11-27 at 5.42.49 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/3/332536e07ed62732311b135a2b1fe3d3a0341167.png)

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