# Elastic search is not working into ubuntu 18.04 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 19, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-working-into-ubuntu-18-04/259169 "2020-12-19T16:45:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Balwinder\_Singh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/balwinder_singh/32/77183_2.png) [@Balwinder\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Balwinder_Singh)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-working-into-ubuntu-18-04/259169/1 "2020-12-19T16:45:13Z")
Dear All, Please help me to sort out below mention problem. Dec 17 21:05:14 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch... Dec 17 21:06:29 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating. Dec 17 21:06:30 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. Dec 17 21:06:30 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. Dec 17 21:07:30 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch... Dec 17 21:08:45 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating. Dec 17 21:08:45 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. Dec 17 21:08:45 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. Dec 17 21:09:28 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch... Dec 17 21:10:43 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating. Dec 17 21:10:43 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. Dec 17 21:10:43 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. Dec 17 21:15:31 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch... Dec 17 21:16:46 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating. Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: uncaught exception in thread [main] Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Can't move to started state when closed Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: at org.elasticsearch.common.component.Lifecycle.canMoveToStarted(Lifecycle.java:120) Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: at org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractLifecycleComponent.start(AbstractLifecycleComponen Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:816) Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:317) Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:402) Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127) Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) Dec 17 21:16:47 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd-entrypoint[45391]: For complete error details, refer to the log at /var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.log Dec 17 21:16:48 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. Dec 17 21:16:48 zammad091212020-Virtual-Machine systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-working-into-ubuntu-18-04/259169/2 "2020-12-19T19:16:21Z")
What is in the Elasticsearch logs (`/var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.log`)? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-is-not-working-into-ubuntu-18-04/259169/3 "2021-01-16T19:16:35Z")
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