# Use the java API client to connect to an ES instance at a given URL

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-the-java-api-client-to-connect-to-an-es-instance-at-a-given-url/305622>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** language-clients\
**Created:** [May 25, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-the-java-api-client-to-connect-to-an-es-instance-at-a-given-url/305622 "2022-05-25T14:51:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![vmassol](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vmassol/32/17398_2.png) [@vmassol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vmassol)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-the-java-api-client-to-connect-to-an-es-instance-at-a-given-url/305622/6 "2022-06-01T11:42:25Z")

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Thanks @swallez .

I'm now trying to configure security for anonymous users: [Configuring and debugging anonmyous access to Elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-and-debugging-anonmyous-access-to-elasticsearch/306116) Doesn't seem that easy to know what's wrong! 😉

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