# Unable to Access Kibana Remotely

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-kibana-remotely/99607>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 6, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-kibana-remotely/99607 "2017-09-06T15:18:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![satej.ramdin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@satej.ramdin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/satej.ramdin)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-kibana-remotely/99607/1 "2017-09-06T15:18:11Z")

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Hello I have ELK hosted on Azure VM Windows 2012 server , i am able to access kibana via local host , even after changing the server.host replacing with IP address of the server , but still unable to access the Kibana locally on my laptop or any other machine

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-kibana-remotely/99607/2 "2017-09-06T17:36:36Z")

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@satej.ramdin so you've set the `server.host` setting in the `kibana.yml` to the publicly exposed IP address of the VM; but you're still unable to access Kibana remotely? Does the VM have a firewall running? And is it configured correctly in Azure to be publicly accessible?

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**Author:** ![satej.ramdin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@satej.ramdin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/satej.ramdin)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-kibana-remotely/99607/3 "2017-09-06T23:48:48Z")

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Thanks for the reply Brandon , Yes I have open the port 5601 in Azure as well as in the firewall of the server .

I have also update server.host to public IP address of the VM but still no luck , i have tried searching on the web as my ELK is hosted on windows didnt found much help anywhere .

i am always getting ERR\_CONNECTION\_TIMED\_OUT

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-kibana-remotely/99607/4 "2017-09-07T11:27:31Z")

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@satej.ramdin from the Azure VM are you able to access Kibana on [http://publicipaddress:5601](http://publicipaddress:5601) or only [http://localhost:5601](http://localhost:5601) ?

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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:** [October 5, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-access-kibana-remotely/99607/5 "2017-10-05T11:27:46Z")

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