# Elasticsearch 6.3.0 is not running

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-is-not-running/145689
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 23, 2018, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-is-not-running/145689 "2018-08-23T09:17:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![vivekranjan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@vivekranjan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vivekranjan)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-is-not-running/145689/1 "2018-08-23T09:17:37Z")

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`When I am trying to run ES 6.3.0 on my system it is giving the following error. Kindly help with the same.`  
 ![ES_Error](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/2/42e51c7484a5d8f730c8ae3e91ff895cfa1a7a8d.png)

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### Author: ![\_Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/54ee81/32.png) [@\_Alex](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/_Alex)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-is-not-running/145689/2 "2018-08-23T10:59:37Z")

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What version of Java are you running? You need at least Java 8 to run Elasticsearch. Check using

```
java -version
```

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### Author: ![ravian100](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ravian100/32/33941_2.png) [@ravian100](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ravian100)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-is-not-running/145689/3 "2018-08-23T11:59:55Z")

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Did you tried to run with administrator rights? I mean run shell as administrator

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### Author: ![\_Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/54ee81/32.png) [@\_Alex](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/_Alex)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-is-not-running/145689/4 "2018-08-23T12:01:57Z")

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One more thing - could you try running `elasticsearch.bat` instead of `elasticsearch`?

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### Author: ![vivekranjan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@vivekranjan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vivekranjan)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-is-not-running/145689/5 "2018-08-23T12:05:15Z")

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Java-version 1.8  
@_Alex

I have tried running it with elasticsearch.bat as well but I am getting same output/error msg

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### Author: ![vivekranjan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@vivekranjan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vivekranjan)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-is-not-running/145689/6 "2018-08-23T12:07:34Z")

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@ravian100

I have tried it but nothing is working for me.

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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: [September 20, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-is-not-running/145689/7 "2018-09-20T12:07:38Z")

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