# Running ray status doesn't show usage when my cluster started with global ip

**URL:** <https://discuss.ray.io/t/running-ray-status-doesnt-show-usage-when-my-cluster-started-with-global-ip/8934>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 12, 2023, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/running-ray-status-doesnt-show-usage-when-my-cluster-started-with-global-ip/8934 "2023-01-12T08:10:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Krout0n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ray.io/krout0n/32/3613_2.png) [@Krout0n](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Krout0n)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/running-ray-status-doesnt-show-usage-when-my-cluster-started-with-global-ip/8934/1 "2023-01-12T08:10:49Z")

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**How severe does this issue affect your experience of using Ray?**

- High: It blocks me to complete my task.

I started a Ray cluster with the following command The startup itself seemed to work, but when I ran ray status, I noticed that nothing was displayed in the Usage section.

```auto
RAY_TLS_SERVER_CERT=/home/krouton/certificate.crt RAY_TLS_SERVER_KEY=/home/krouton/private.key RAY_TLS_CA_CERT=/home/krouton/ca_bundle.crt ray start --head --node-ip-address="<the-global-ip-for-this-machine>" --port="20000" --include-dashboard=False --disable-usage-stats

```

Instead of the global IP address specified in `-node-ip-address`, I specified the local IP address of the NIC this machine has and it worked. However, I want to start the Ray head node with a global IP address. How should I do this? Is it correct to start Ray’s head node with a global IP address in the first place?

**What I have confirmed**

- Connect the worker node with `ray start -address="<the-global-ip-for-this-machine>:20000"`, and then run `Ray runtime started.` is displayed on the screen.
- In that state, I confirmed that headnoding `ray status` does not show anything in the Usage section.
- Furthermore, when I run `ray status` on a worker node, the UUIDs of the nodes in the Healthy section are all gone.
- If I then run `ray status` on the head node, `No cluster status.` is displayed.
- I confirmed that `Ray runtime started.` is displayed when the worker node is connected again in that state.

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**Author:** ![Krout0n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ray.io/krout0n/32/3613_2.png) [@Krout0n](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Krout0n)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/running-ray-status-doesnt-show-usage-when-my-cluster-started-with-global-ip/8934/2 "2023-01-13T03:26:28Z")

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Oops, I forgot to submit the results of my commands run.

```auto
$ RAY_TLS_SERVER_CERT=/home/krouton/certificate.crt RAY_TLS_SERVER_KEY=/home/krouton/private.key RAY_TLS_CA_CERT=/home/krouton/ca_bundle.crt ray start --head --node-ip-address="<the-global-ip-for-this-machine>" --port="20000" --include-dashboard=False --disable-usage-stats
Usage stats collection is disabled.

Local node IP: <the-global-ip-for-this-machine>

--------------------
Ray runtime started.
--------------------

Next steps
  To connect to this Ray runtime from another node, run
    ray start --address='<the-global-ip-for-this-machine>:20000'

  Alternatively, use the following Python code:
    import ray
    ray.init(address='auto', _node_ip_address='<the-global-ip-for-this-machine>')

  To connect to this Ray runtime from outside of the cluster, for example to
  connect to a remote cluster from your laptop directly, use the following
  Python code:
    import ray
    ray.init(address='ray://<head_node_ip_address>:None')

  If connection fails, check your firewall settings and network configuration.

  To terminate the Ray runtime, run
    ray stop

```

```auto
$ ray status
======== Autoscaler status: 2023-01-13 03:24:40.005890 ========
Node status
---------------------------------------------------------------
Healthy:
 1 node_79a1abc083c7a86fe6e9266ff000a40ed2896a51b4e8449ba167ada4
Pending:
 (no pending nodes)
Recent failures:
 (no failures)

Resources
---------------------------------------------------------------
Usage:

Demands:
 (no resource demands)

```

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**Author:** ![Krout0n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ray.io/krout0n/32/3613_2.png) [@Krout0n](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Krout0n)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/running-ray-status-doesnt-show-usage-when-my-cluster-started-with-global-ip/8934/3 "2023-01-16T02:11:52Z")

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## **Further to what I have confirmed.**

- If I set `-node-ip-address` to the local IP address, it works.
- If I set `RAY_USE_TLS=0` and use the global IP address, it works.