# Elastic search is not starting **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 19, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520 "2018-03-19T09:34:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![prahlad574](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@prahlad574](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prahlad574)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/1 "2018-03-19T09:34:12Z")
root@:/# service elasticsearch start Starting Elasticsearch Server [OK] root@:/# service elasticsearch status elasticsearch is not running this is the issue i am facing. earlier port 9200 is to be in close wait state. i thought closing it forcely will resolve my issue. But, it did not solve my issue. ---
**Author:** ![Shaik\_Thowsif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Shaik\_Thowsif](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shaik_Thowsif)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/2 "2018-03-19T09:36:08Z")
can you tell me what message displays in command prompt when you typed "service elasticsearch status" command ---
**Author:** ![prahlad574](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@prahlad574](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prahlad574)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/3 "2018-03-19T09:37:17Z")
root@:/# service elasticsearch status elasticsearch is not running ---
**Author:** ![Shaik\_Thowsif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Shaik\_Thowsif](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shaik_Thowsif)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/4 "2018-03-19T09:38:11Z")
can you take screenshot and upload it ---
**Author:** ![prahlad574](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@prahlad574](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prahlad574)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/5 "2018-03-19T09:44:59Z")
![Screenshot%20(265)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/0/80a24b6675cf4821d66ed03a35dc0d3dbd9ed242.png) ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/6 "2018-03-19T09:45:59Z")
Is there anything of interest in the Elasticsearch logs? ---
**Author:** ![prahlad574](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@prahlad574](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prahlad574)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/7 "2018-03-19T09:55:19Z")
there are no recent logs ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/8 "2018-03-19T09:56:12Z")
What do you see in the logs if you restart the service? ---
**Author:** ![Shaik\_Thowsif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Shaik\_Thowsif](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shaik_Thowsif)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/9 "2018-03-19T09:58:00Z")
once you have to restart your system.. then type this command "netstat -nlp|grep 9200" if port is in use then kill it by this command "kill -9 pid" (pid means u will seen one id by typing previous command). After killing the port then u have to start elastic search. ---
**Author:** ![prahlad574](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@prahlad574](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prahlad574)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/10 "2018-03-19T10:02:37Z")
i already killed the port which is in close\_wait state ---
**Author:** ![prahlad574](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@prahlad574](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prahlad574)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/11 "2018-03-19T10:06:24Z")
there are no logs. only two logs of the previous dates are present. I had this problem right from the begining of the installation. after restrating multiple times. the problem got resolved. But my server went down for 3 days. after the server is up the same problem arised. ---
**Author:** ![Shaik\_Thowsif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Shaik\_Thowsif](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shaik_Thowsif)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/12 "2018-03-19T10:10:33Z")
> [@prahlad574](#): > > close\_wait you can kill that close\_wait state connection also then try it ---
**Author:** ![prahlad574](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@prahlad574](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prahlad574)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/13 "2018-03-19T10:15:25Z")
![Screenshot%20(266)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/6/f64d9cf36e11f4e06e3ea5723eb2c160182fae5e.png) this is the output ---
**Author:** ![Shaik\_Thowsif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Shaik\_Thowsif](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shaik_Thowsif)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/14 "2018-03-19T10:23:03Z")
have you set all configurations, and check port in configuration file ---
**Author:** ![Shaik\_Thowsif](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Shaik\_Thowsif](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shaik_Thowsif)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/15 "2018-03-19T10:25:00Z")
![Screenshot%20from%202018-03-19%2015-54-03](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/4/348573af84d355761ea801c17bb7ac75dca57d7e.png) ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/16 "2018-03-19T10:25:34Z")
Are you sure there is nothing in the Elasticsearch logs? The location depends on how you installed Elasticsearch, but should be `/var/log/elasticsearch` if you installed it using a package. ---
**Author:** ![prahlad574](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@prahlad574](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prahlad574)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/17 "2018-03-19T10:30:44Z")
![Screenshot%20(267)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/4/e4fc3c74b3b26158a6c598d6208df9ed9f428b13.png) ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/18 "2018-03-19T10:31:54Z")
What is in `elasticsearch.log`? Please copy and paste (with formatting) rather than paste images of text. ---
**Author:** ![prahlad574](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@prahlad574](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prahlad574)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/19 "2018-03-19T10:35:35Z")
it is running fine in the virtual box.. but in the vps it is creating the issue. but after some multiple restarts it worked fine. but the vps denied acceess for 3 days . after 3 days.. it started responding.. but showing same error. i restarted multipe times and killed the port which is in time wait state....and restarted the service again but the problem didnt solved. ---
**Author:** ![prahlad574](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@prahlad574](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prahlad574)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520/20 "2018-03-19T10:38:45Z")
[2018-03-16 02:05:21,536][WARN][monitor.jvm] [Ms. Steed] [gc][you ng][16111][23] duration [2.5d], collections [1]/[2.5d], total [2.5d]/[2.5d], mem ory [117.6mb]-\>[51.6mb]/[1015.6mb], all\_pools {[young] [65.9mb]-\>[296.7kb]/[66.5 mb]}{[survivor] [3.6mb]-\>[3.3mb]/[8.3mb]}{[old] [48mb]-\>[48mb]/[940.8mb]} [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-starting/124520.md?page=2)