# Cannot start elasticsearch on macOS Catalina

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch-on-macos-catalina/197389>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 29, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch-on-macos-catalina/197389 "2019-08-29T17:48:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ChadTaljaardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e495f1/32.png) [@ChadTaljaardt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChadTaljaardt)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch-on-macos-catalina/197389/1 "2019-08-29T17:48:43Z")

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I am getting this error:

 ![07%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/7/47dddbd52885a7cd755d7206e639df6e782747cd.png)

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**Author:** ![rjernst](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rjernst/32/6363_2.png) [@rjernst](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rjernst)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch-on-macos-catalina/197389/2 "2019-08-29T22:43:09Z")

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There are known issues in Catalina that we are actively working on resolving. See [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/43319](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/43319)

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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:** [September 26, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch-on-macos-catalina/197389/3 "2019-09-26T22:43:13Z")

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