# Unable to connect es in docker

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-es-in-docker/170880>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 5, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-es-in-docker/170880 "2019-03-05T11:32:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZQbd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zqbd/32/41514_2.png) [@ZQbd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ZQbd)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-es-in-docker/170880/1 "2019-03-05T11:32:55Z")

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My es is deployed in docker ，cannot be connected using TransportClient。  
debug：After accessing the es cluster through an external network port, the internal network is used, so the connection cannot be made。

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-es-in-docker/170880/2 "2019-03-05T17:20:33Z")

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Did you add `discovery.type: single-node`?

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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:** [April 2, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-es-in-docker/170880/3 "2019-04-02T17:20:43Z")

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