# Unable to connect to Elasticsearch at http://localhost:9200

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-to-elasticsearch-at-http-localhost-9200/48633
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 28, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-to-elasticsearch-at-http-localhost-9200/48633 "2016-04-28T06:55:58Z")
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### Author: ![Nanhe\_Kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nanhe_kumar/32/18650_2.png) [@Nanhe\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nanhe_Kumar)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-to-elasticsearch-at-http-localhost-9200/48633/8 "2017-05-30T20:44:26Z")

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I have solved this issue in macOS sierra by starting elasticsearch you can also check your elasticsearch is running or not.  
`brew services start elasticsearch`

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