# Elasticsearch 5.6.0 not starting (no logs in logfiles made)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-6-0-not-starting-no-logs-in-logfiles-made/100836>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 18, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-6-0-not-starting-no-logs-in-logfiles-made/100836 "2017-09-18T08:42:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![sLuvpreet33](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sluvpreet33/32/50626_2.png) [@sLuvpreet33](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sLuvpreet33)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-6-0-not-starting-no-logs-in-logfiles-made/100836/1 "2017-09-18T08:42:41Z")

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I am having trouble starting elasticsearch.

I upgraded it to 5.6.0 2 days ago.

Today, I stopped it, and installed searchguard for 5.6.0.

Now, when I started elasticsearch, it is not getting started.

No logs are being made in the `/ var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.log`

```
monitoring-server@monitoring-server:/var/log/elasticsearch$ sudo service elasticsearch status
● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2017-09-18 07:40:58 UTC; 1h 0min ago
     Docs: http://www.elastic.co
  Process: 30809 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -p ${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet -Edefault.path.logs=${LOG_DIR} -E
  Process: 30796 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-systemd-pre-exec (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 30809 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Sep 18 07:40:58 monitoring-server elasticsearch[30809]: at org.elasticsearch.node.InternalSettingsPreparer.prepareEnvironment(InternalS
Sep 18 07:40:58 monitoring-server elasticsearch[30809]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.createEnv(EnvironmentAwareComm
Sep 18 07:40:58 monitoring-server elasticsearch[30809]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareComman
Sep 18 07:40:58 monitoring-server elasticsearch[30809]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:134)
Sep 18 07:40:58 monitoring-server elasticsearch[30809]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90)
Sep 18 07:40:58 monitoring-server elasticsearch[30809]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91)
Sep 18 07:40:58 monitoring-server elasticsearch[30809]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84)
Sep 18 07:40:58 monitoring-server systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 18 07:40:58 monitoring-server systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Unit entered failed state.
Sep 18 07:40:58 monitoring-server systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

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What is the problem here and how to solve it ?

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**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:** [September 18, 2017, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-6-0-not-starting-no-logs-in-logfiles-made/100836/2 "2017-09-18T08:50:26Z")

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Does it start if you remove the plugin?

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**Author:** ![sLuvpreet33](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sluvpreet33/32/50626_2.png) [@sLuvpreet33](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sLuvpreet33)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-6-0-not-starting-no-logs-in-logfiles-made/100836/3 "2017-09-18T09:15:34Z")

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yes, it did start when I remove the plugin.

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**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:** [September 18, 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-6-0-not-starting-no-logs-in-logfiles-made/100836/4 "2017-09-18T09:30:58Z")

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Then it sounds like a problem with that plugin, you may want to contact the author of it for support.

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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:** [October 16, 2017, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-6-0-not-starting-no-logs-in-logfiles-made/100836/5 "2017-10-16T09:31:06Z")

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