# Unable to connect filebeat to elastic search host

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-filebeat-to-elastic-search-host/326260>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** docker, filebeat\
**Created:** [February 23, 2023, 5:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-filebeat-to-elastic-search-host/326260 "2023-02-23T05:42:53Z")\
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@Shrivatsa_Rao

Perhaps Take a look at this ... Localhost within your docker container is not localhost of the host/ server

> [@Filebeat Docker - Elasticsearch Host Issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-docker-elasticsearch-host-issue/320083/2):
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> Hi @mwsprotte Welcome to the community! Docker Networking Issue not Elastic... Another explanation Might be worth reading... if you are new to docker try using host.docker.internal docker run \ --net=elastic docker.elastic.co/beats/filebeat:7.17.4 \ setup -E setup.kibana.host=host.docker.internal:5601 \ -E output.elasticsearch.hosts=["https://host.docker.internal:9200"]

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