# Cannot install Elasticsearch service in server 2012 R2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-elasticsearch-service-in-server-2012-r2/130595>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 4, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-elasticsearch-service-in-server-2012-r2/130595 "2018-05-04T09:16:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![peterch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@peterch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peterch)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-elasticsearch-service-in-server-2012-r2/130595/1 "2018-05-04T09:16:46Z")

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Dear all,

I tried to use powershell to install Elasticsearch service in server 2012 R2 but fail. It show following message. Please advice. Thanks

Installing service : "elasticsearch-service-x64"  
Using JAVA\_HOME (64-bit): "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0\_171"  
-Xms1g;  
-Xmx1g;  
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC;  
-XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75;  
-XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly;  
-XX:+Alwa  
ysPreTouch;  
-Xss1m;  
-Djava.awt.headless=true;  
-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8;  
-Djna.nosys=true;-XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow;  
-Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true;  
-Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true;  
-Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0;  
-Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false;  
-Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true;  
-Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Temp\elasticsearch;  
-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError;  
-XX:+PrintGCDetails;  
-XX:+PrintGCDateStamps;  
-XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution;  
-XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime;  
-Xloggc:logs/gc.log;  
-XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation;  
-XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=32;  
-XX:GCLogFileSize=64m  
Failed installing 'elasticsearch-service-x64' service

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**Author:** ![Glen\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/glen_smith/32/111656_2.png) [@Glen\_Smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Glen_Smith)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-elasticsearch-service-in-server-2012-r2/130595/2 "2018-05-05T03:52:49Z")

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Hello,

Did you follow the instructions detailed here?  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/windows.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/windows.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-elasticsearch-service-in-server-2012-r2/130595/3 "2018-06-02T03:52:56Z")

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Closed on June 2, 2018, 3:52am UTC

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