Can't connect to ElasticSearch server using Java API

Question

I am trying to connect to an ElasticSearch server using the Java API. I using elasticsearch service to start/stop and elasticsearch head for visualising the cluster. The clu

Answer 1

First, version is really important, Java API is strong related with the version you are using,

This solution works in elasticSearch v 5.4.1 with java 8

make sure that you are getting all dependencies, and the child dependencies (not only elasticSearch jar), use maven, ivy etc for getting the dependencies tree.

in ivy for example :

//--------------------- then in a class you can call:

 TransportClient client;

    client = new PreBuiltTransportClient(Settings.EMPTY).addTransportAddress(new InetSocketTransportAddress(InetAddress.getByName("localhost"), 9300));