# Can't start elastic elasticsearch-8.9.0

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-elastic-elasticsearch-8-9-0/339299>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 26, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-elastic-elasticsearch-8-9-0/339299 "2023-07-26T11:29:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-elastic-elasticsearch-8-9-0/339299/10 "2023-07-27T05:01:42Z")

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yes...i did but didn't work

```auto
[root@SI3417-9 ~]# sudo systemctl start elasticsearch.service
Job for elasticsearch.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status elasticsearch.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

[root@SI3417-9 ~]# sudo systemctl status elasticsearch.service
● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2023-07-27 14:00:17 KST; 20s ago
     Docs: https://www.elastic.co
  Process: 21675 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/systemd-entrypoint -p ${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 21675 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jul 27 14:00:17 SI3417-9 systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch...
Jul 27 14:00:17 SI3417-9 systemd-entrypoint[21675]: /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-env: line 78: /etc/sysconfig/elasticsearch: Permission denied
Jul 27 14:00:17 SI3417-9 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jul 27 14:00:17 SI3417-9 systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch.
Jul 27 14:00:17 SI3417-9 systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state.
Jul 27 14:00:17 SI3417-9 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service failed.type or paste code here

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