$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:07:cb:03:2f:8b
          inet addr:10.1.8.72  Bcast:10.1.9.255  Mask:255.255.254.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::207:cbff:fe03:2f8b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:9000  Metric:1
          RX packets:125763 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:71830 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:532
          RX bytes:291501381 (291.5 MB)  TX bytes:1379601040 (1.3 GB)
          Interrupt:24

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:184 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:184 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:13229 (13.2 KB)  TX bytes:13229 (13.2 KB)


$ curl 127.0.0.1:8031
It looks like you are making an HTTP request to a Hadoop IPC port. This is not the correct port for the web interface on this daemon.


$ curl 10.1.8.72:8031
curl: (7) Failed to connect to 10.1.8.72 port 8031: Connection refused