# Elasticsearch (2.3.5) is not starting in Debian Jessie

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-2-3-5-is-not-starting-in-debian-jessie/57487>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 8, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-2-3-5-is-not-starting-in-debian-jessie/57487 "2016-08-08T14:24:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Edely\_Gomes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/edely_gomes/32/9872_2.png) [@Edely\_Gomes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Edely_Gomes)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-2-3-5-is-not-starting-in-debian-jessie/57487/1 "2016-08-08T14:24:09Z")

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I am running Elasticsearch (2.3.5) as a daemon in Debian Jessie. I was having trouble to connect to Elasticsearch via curl until I realized Elasticsearch wasn't booting at all, despite the commands `sudo service elasticsearch status`, `sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch status` and `sudo /bin/systemctl status elasticsearch.service` show me that the service was indeed initializing.

If I check a list of running services on my system, Elasticsearch does not show up.

`ps -A | grep elasticsearch`

In elasticsearhc.yml, http.port is 9200, so I checking the port I should get some response, which does not happen . This is the command I am using:

`sudo lsof -i TCP | grep 9200`

Unfortunatelly, /var/log/elasticsearch is empty so I cannot look for possible errors.

Does someone knows what could be causing this? What where should I start look for errors?

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-2-3-5-is-not-starting-in-debian-jessie/57487/2 "2016-08-08T14:34:36Z")

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I recommend checking the journal for error messages:

```bash
$ sudo journalctl | grep elasticsearch | less

```

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**Author:** ![Edely\_Gomes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/edely_gomes/32/9872_2.png) [@Edely\_Gomes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Edely_Gomes)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-2-3-5-is-not-starting-in-debian-jessie/57487/4 "2016-08-08T15:49:59Z")

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Thanks. I just reinstalled Elasticsearch and now it is working. I must have made a mistake at previous installation.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-2-3-5-is-not-starting-in-debian-jessie/57487/5 "2017-07-05T22:29:22Z")

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