# Cannot start ElasticSearch service

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch-service/270873>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 21, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch-service/270873 "2021-04-21T16:50:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Egdar\_Navvasardyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/egdar_navvasardyan/32/87521_2.png) [@Egdar\_Navvasardyan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Egdar_Navvasardyan)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch-service/270873/1 "2021-04-21T16:50:54Z")

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I am trying to run Elasticsearch doing the following:

sudo su  
systemctl start elasticsearch

My .yml file looks like this:

```auto
cluster.name: petlon-app
node.name: my-app-node
path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch
path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
network.host: 127.0.0.1
http.port: 9200
discovery.type: single-node

```

The error message looks like this:

> Job for elasticsearch.service failed because a fatal signal was delivered to the control process. See "systemctl status elasticsearch.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

When I run

`journalctl -xe`

here's what is output:

```auto
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB kernel: br-6f050fa6218c: port 2(veth19babe9) entered blocking state
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB kernel: br-6f050fa6218c: port 2(veth19babe9) entered disabled state
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB kernel: device veth19babe9 entered promiscuous mode
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB charon[1828]: 10[KNL] interface veth19babe9 activated
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB NetworkManager[757]: <info> [1619021784.2920] manager: (veth8fd9f3d): new Veth device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/423)
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB systemd-udevd[39880]: ethtool: autonegotiation is unset or enabled, the speed and duplex are not writable.
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB NetworkManager[757]: <info> [1619021784.2934] manager: (veth19babe9): new Veth device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/424)
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB kernel: br-6f050fa6218c: port 2(veth19babe9) entered blocking state
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB kernel: br-6f050fa6218c: port 2(veth19babe9) entered forwarding state
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB systemd-udevd[39880]: Using default interface naming scheme 'v245'.
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB systemd-udevd[39880]: veth19babe9: Could not generate persistent MAC: No data available
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB systemd-udevd[39877]: ethtool: autonegotiation is unset or enabled, the speed and duplex are not writable.
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB dockerd[1804]: time="2021-04-21T19:16:24.298236681+03:00" level=info msg="No non-localhost DNS nameservers are left in resolv.conf. Using def>
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB dockerd[1804]: time="2021-04-21T19:16:24.298287953+03:00" level=info msg="IPv6 enabled; Adding default IPv6 external servers: [nameserver 200>
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB systemd-udevd[39877]: Using default interface naming scheme 'v245'.
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB systemd-udevd[39877]: veth8fd9f3d: Could not generate persistent MAC: No data available
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB containerd[851]: time="2021-04-21T19:16:24.328926349+03:00" level=info msg="starting signal loop" namespace=moby path=/run/containerd/io.cont>
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB charon[1828]: 11[KNL] interface veth8fd9f3d deleted
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB kernel: eth0: renamed from veth8fd9f3d
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): veth19babe9: link becomes ready
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB NetworkManager[757]: <info> [1619021784.8637] device (veth19babe9): carrier: link connected
Apr 21 19:16:24 my-pc-15IKB gnome-shell[5088]: Removing a network device that was not added
Apr 21 19:16:26 my-pc-15IKB avahi-daemon[748]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface veth19babe9.IPv6 with address fe80::a0c2:a3ff:feb8:587a.
Apr 21 19:16:26 my-pc-15IKB charon[1828]: 12[KNL] fe80::a0c2:a3ff:feb8:587a appeared on veth19babe9
Apr 21 19:16:26 my-pc-15IKB avahi-daemon[748]: New relevant interface veth19babe9.IPv6 for mDNS.
Apr 21 19:16:26 my-pc-15IKB avahi-daemon[748]: Registering new address record for fe80::a0c2:a3ff:feb8:587a on veth19babe9.*.

```

Could you please help me understand the meaning of these error messages ?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch-service/270873/2 "2021-04-21T23:17:20Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

Is there anything in `/var/log/elasticsearch/`?

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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:** [May 19, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-elasticsearch-service/270873/3 "2021-05-19T23:17:21Z")

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