# Tribe using HTTP **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 9, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tribe-using-http/23170 "2015-04-09T13:08:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fredrik\_Carlsen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fredrik_carlsen/32/775_2.png) [@Fredrik\_Carlsen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fredrik_Carlsen)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tribe-using-http/23170/1 "2015-04-09T13:08:18Z")
Hi, is it possible to make Tribe connect to clusters using HTTP? I want to use a single connection when querying the clusters. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7f2a4b26-82d8-426f-af44-68376799629b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7f2a4b26-82d8-426f-af44-68376799629b%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![javanna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/javanna/32/4698_2.png) [@javanna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/javanna)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tribe-using-http/23170/2 "2015-04-09T14:30:36Z")
Hi Fredrik, you can connect from your client to the tribe node via http, but the tribe node effectively joins the different tribes using the transport layer, that cannot be changed. Hope this helps, maybe you can elaborate a bit on why you are asking and what your requirements would be. Thanks Luca On Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 3:08:18 PM UTC+2, Fredrik Carlsen wrote: > Hi, is it possible to make Tribe connect to clusters using HTTP? > > I want to use a single connection when querying the clusters. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/23c9b3e1-f677-4109-8398-12f3c30d8777%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/23c9b3e1-f677-4109-8398-12f3c30d8777%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Fredrik\_Carlsen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fredrik_carlsen/32/775_2.png) [@Fredrik\_Carlsen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fredrik_Carlsen)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tribe-using-http/23170/3 "2015-04-10T10:44:38Z")
Hi Luca, The request for using a single connection is due to restrictions in our infrastructure. We have multiple data centers running ELK and one "global" data center with a Tribe node connecting to the ELK cluster in each data center. The problem is that the number of open ports between the data centers are limited, making it impossible to create two connections per data center with a port range. For that reason, it would be very convenient to use a single connection (using one port) from Tribe to connect to each data center (ELK cluster). - Fredrik On Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 4:30:36 PM UTC+2, Luca Cavanna wrote: > Hi Fredrik, > you can connect from your client to the tribe node via http, but the tribe > node effectively joins the different tribes using the transport layer, that > cannot be changed. > > Hope this helps, maybe you can elaborate a bit on why you are asking and > what your requirements would be. > > Thanks > Luca > > On Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 3:08:18 PM UTC+2, Fredrik Carlsen wrote: > > > Hi, is it possible to make Tribe connect to clusters using HTTP? > > > > I want to use a single connection when querying the clusters. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ab642a49-d45a-4846-a7b1-6af5c78b6d49%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ab642a49-d45a-4846-a7b1-6af5c78b6d49%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tribe-using-http/23170/4 "2017-07-06T00:20:27Z")