# Elasticsearch 6.5.1 does not start on ubuntu 16.04

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-5-1-does-not-start-on-ubuntu-16-04/158424>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 27, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-5-1-does-not-start-on-ubuntu-16-04/158424 "2018-11-27T21:53:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![zozo6015](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zozo6015/32/12117_2.png) [@zozo6015](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zozo6015)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-5-1-does-not-start-on-ubuntu-16-04/158424/1 "2018-11-27T21:53:19Z")

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Hello,

I have a newly installed elasticsearch 6.5.1 on an ubuntu 16.04 system. One of the nodes does not want to start. However if I start the process manually by running /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch it does start properly. In logs I cannot see any errors. It is like the init scripts does not trigger the startup of the service. Any idea how to fix this?

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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:** [December 25, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-5-1-does-not-start-on-ubuntu-16-04/158424/2 "2018-12-25T21:53:22Z")

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Closed on December 25, 2018, 9:53pm UTC

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