# Xpack and Logstas: Elasticsearch Unreachable: \[http://localhost:9200/\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 24, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-and-logstas-elasticsearch-unreachable-http-localhost-9200/109048 "2017-11-24T15:27:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saad/32/17214_2.png) [@saad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saad)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-and-logstas-elasticsearch-unreachable-http-localhost-9200/109048/1 "2017-11-24T15:27:51Z")
Hi I installed x-pack on logstash. logstash was running successfully before x-pack. After installation of x-pack, I disable seucirty in elasticseach and logstash by using below command in .yml file xpack.security.enabled: false I directed logstash as below xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.url: ["[http://x.x.x.x:9200](http://x.x.x.x:9200)"] x.x.x.x is the elasticsearch server Logstash is not running and when I run the below command for test bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/sample.conf The result is as below WARNING: Could not find logstash.yml which is typically located in $LS\_HOME/config or /etc/logstash. You can specify the path using --path.settings. Continuing using the defaults Could not find log4j2 configuration at path /usr/share/logstash/config/log4j2.properties. Using default config which logs errors to the console Elasticsearch Unreachable: [[http://localhost:9200/](http://localhost:9200/)][Manticore::SocketException] Connection refused [ERROR] 2017-11-24 09:17:41.606 [[.monitoring-logstash]-pipeline-manager] licensemanager - Unable to retrieve license information from license server {:message=\>"Elasticsearch Unreachable: [[http://localhost:9200/](http://localhost:9200/)][Manticore::SocketException] Connection refused", :class=\>"LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch::HttpClient::Pool::HostUnreachableError"} The stdin plugin is now waiting for input: [ERROR] 2017-11-24 09:17:43.431 [Ruby-0-Thread-1: /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/stud-0.0.23/lib/stud/task.rb:22] metrics - Monitoring is not available: License information is currently unavailable. Please make sure you have added your production elasticsearch connection info in the xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch settings. No Available connections [ERROR] 2017-11-24 09:18:11.634 [monitoring-license-manager] licensemanager - Unable to retrieve license information from license server {:message=\>"No Available connections", :class=\>"LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch::HttpClient::Pool::NoConnectionAvailableError"} No Available connections ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-and-logstas-elasticsearch-unreachable-http-localhost-9200/109048/2 "2017-11-24T17:20:47Z")
Hi @saad , As pointed out in the logs > WARNING: Could not find logstash.yml which is typically located in $LS\_HOME/config or /etc/logstash. You can specify the path using --path.settings. Continuing using the defaults So logstash can't find the logstash.yml where you set the `xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.url` and it attempts to use default value for the elasticsearch url, which is `http://localhost:9200` . No, nothing is listening on 9200 on your machine, hence you get a > Elasticsearch Unreachable: [[http://localhost:9200/](http://localhost:9200/)][Manticore::SocketException] Connection refused - Where is your logstash.yml located ? - Are your `$LS_HOME` or `$LS_SETTINGS_DIR` environment variable set ? You can check with `echo $LS_HOME` or `echo $LS_SETTINGS_DIR`. Alternatively you can try and pass the configuration dir path with `--path.settings=/path/to/your/logstash/config/dir/` , such as `bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/sample.conf --path.settings=/path/to/your/logstash/config/dir/` ---
**Author:** ![saad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saad/32/17214_2.png) [@saad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saad)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-and-logstas-elasticsearch-unreachable-http-localhost-9200/109048/3 "2017-11-24T19:40:03Z")
Thank you, I am using the default directory /etc/logstash and the file is logstash.yml I run bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/sample.conf --path.settings=/etc/logstash and was successful Now, how can I run logstash from systemctl and let it go to that /etc/logstash to read the yml file? ---
**Author:** ![saad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saad/32/17214_2.png) [@saad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saad)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-and-logstas-elasticsearch-unreachable-http-localhost-9200/109048/4 "2017-11-24T20:31:05Z")
$LS\_HOME and $LS\_SETTINGS\_DIR are empty with no values by running echo $LS\_HOME ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-and-logstas-elasticsearch-unreachable-http-localhost-9200/109048/5 "2017-11-27T07:48:37Z")
> [@saad](#): > > how can I run logstash from systemctl Assuming your OS is [supported](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#matrix_os), is it an option for you to install logstash using one of the [available packages](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/installing-logstash.html) for your distribution ? That way you can take advantage of the service conf files and [run it as a service using Systemd](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/running-logstash.html) ---
**Author:** ![saad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saad/32/17214_2.png) [@saad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saad)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-and-logstas-elasticsearch-unreachable-http-localhost-9200/109048/6 "2017-11-27T12:22:11Z")
i installed logstash by using rpm way. the OS i am using is Centos 7 ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-and-logstas-elasticsearch-unreachable-http-localhost-9200/109048/7 "2017-11-27T12:24:15Z")
Great, then as stated in the [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/running-logstash.html#running-logstash-systemd), start logstash with > sudo systemctl start logstash.service ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-and-logstas-elasticsearch-unreachable-http-localhost-9200/109048/8 "2017-12-25T12:24:29Z")
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