# Elastic Search installation on ubuntu GCP image not starting

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-installation-on-ubuntu-gcp-image-not-starting/125923>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 28, 2018, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-installation-on-ubuntu-gcp-image-not-starting/125923 "2018-03-28T11:44:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kaviya\_Rawat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@Kaviya\_Rawat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaviya_Rawat)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-installation-on-ubuntu-gcp-image-not-starting/125923/1 "2018-03-28T11:44:29Z")

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Hi .. I created a GCP instance and installed elasticsearch in it .. The first time, the REST APIs of elasticsearch work fine, but after a restart of the elasticsearch or reconnecting to the instance ..  
I just does not start up.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-installation-on-ubuntu-gcp-image-not-starting/125923/2 "2018-03-28T12:57:58Z")

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May be you did not install it as a service?

Did you follow the setup guide entirely?

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**Author:** ![Kaviya\_Rawat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@Kaviya\_Rawat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaviya_Rawat)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-installation-on-ubuntu-gcp-image-not-starting/125923/3 "2018-03-30T05:52:27Z")

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Hi

I followed the .deb distribution guide.  
But when I install the .zip distribution. It worked.

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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:** [April 27, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-installation-on-ubuntu-gcp-image-not-starting/125923/4 "2018-04-27T05:52:45Z")

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