# Elastic search failed to start **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 29, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-failed-to-start/246845 "2020-08-29T13:54:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cosmin\_purcarea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e495f1/32.png) [@cosmin\_purcarea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cosmin_purcarea)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-failed-to-start/246845/1 "2020-08-29T13:54:23Z")
Hi I just try to install elasticsearch on my server but not start. ' yum info elasticsearch Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, universal-hooks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile \* EA4: 208.74.123.61 \* cpanel-addons-production-feed: 208.74.123.61 \* cpanel-plugins: 208.74.123.61 \* base: mirrors.oit.uci.edu \* extras: [centos-distro.cavecreek.net](http://centos-distro.cavecreek.net) \* updates: reflector.westga.edu Installed Packages Name : elasticsearch Arch : x86\_64 Version : 7.9.0 Release : 1 Size : 508 M Repo : installed From repo : elasticsearch-7.x Summary : Distributed RESTful search engine built for the cloud URL : [https://www.elastic.co/](https://www.elastic.co/) License : Elastic License Description : Reference documentation can be found at : [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index.html) : and the 'Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide' book can be found at : [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/index.html) ' and this is my OS: ' cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Linux release 7.8.2003 (Core) ' And here is the error output: ' sudo journalctl --unit elasticsearch -- Logs begin at Sat 2020-08-29 09:54:58 UTC, end at Sat 2020-08-29 13:52:39 UTC. -- Aug 29 10:10:28 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch... Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: fatal error in thread [main], exiting Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.sun.jna.Native Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at org.elasticsearch.systemd.Libsystemd.lambda$static$0(Libsystemd.java:34) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:312) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at org.elasticsearch.systemd.Libsystemd.(Libsystemd.java:33) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at org.elasticsearch.systemd.SystemdPlugin.sd\_notify(SystemdPlugin.java:126) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at org.elasticsearch.systemd.SystemdPlugin.onNodeStarted(SystemdPlugin.java:137) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1510) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:868) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:317) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:402) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd-entrypoint[3579]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. Aug 29 10:10:35 [meriadoc.dallas-idc.com](http://meriadoc.dallas-idc.com) systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state. ' Can you please help me, what I can do? Thank you ---
**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:** [August 31, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-failed-to-start/246845/2 "2020-08-31T02:05:05Z")
Can you provide more output from the logs please? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-failed-to-start/246845/3 "2020-09-28T02:05:14Z")
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