Troubleshooting: Elastic API Port numbers
Last Updated: 2021-08-17
Affects:
Humio™
Filebeat™
Winllogbeat™
Metricbeat™
Packetbeat™
Condition or Error
Using using a log-shipper with Humio that uses the Elasticsearch port, the correct port should be used depending on the Humio target and where it is hosted.
Log shippers cannot communicate with Humio
Humio doesn't receive data from log shippers
Causes
The default port used for Elasticsearch is port 9200, while the port for use with Humio Cloud you must use port 443.
Solutions
Use the following ports
Configuration Port URL Humio EU Cloud 443 https://cloud.humio.com:443/ Humio EU Cloud Bulk Ingest 443 https://cloud.humio.com:443/_bulk Humio EU Cloud Bulk Ingest 443 https://cloud.humio.com:443/api/v1/ingest/elastic-bulk Humio US Cloud 443 https://cloud.us.humio.com:443/ Humio US Cloud Bulk Ingest 443 https://cloud.us.humio.com:443/_bulk Humio US Cloud Bulk Ingest 443 https://cloud.us.humio.com:443/api/v1/ingest/elastic-bulk