# Elasticsearch 6.7 not working

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-7-not-working/175583
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 5, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-7-not-working/175583 "2019-04-05T11:50:23Z")
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### Author: ![Vikash\_Singh1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikash_singh1/32/42119_2.png) [@Vikash\_Singh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vikash_Singh1)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-7-not-working/175583/1 "2019-04-05T11:50:23Z")

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I've installed elasticsearch 6.7 on centos 7, but it wasn't working. I was getting error saying couldn't file startup file.

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### Author: ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-7-not-working/175583/2 "2019-04-05T12:48:30Z")

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please include an excerpt of a logfile here, which version you are using exactly, which distribution format you picked and what java version you are on.

Thanks!

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### Author: ![Vikash\_Singh1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikash_singh1/32/42119_2.png) [@Vikash\_Singh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vikash_Singh1)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-7-not-working/175583/3 "2019-04-08T04:35:22Z")

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openjdk version "1.8.0\_191"  
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0\_191-b12)  
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.191-b12, mixed mode)

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### Author: ![Thomas1J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@Thomas1J](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thomas1J)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-7-not-working/175583/4 "2019-04-08T05:23:10Z")

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Lucene has no concept of inner objects, so Elasticsearch flattens object hierarchies into a simple list of field names and values [bluestacks](https://www.bluestacks.onl/).

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### Author: ![Vikash\_Singh1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikash_singh1/32/42119_2.png) [@Vikash\_Singh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vikash_Singh1)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-7-not-working/175583/5 "2019-04-08T05:45:55Z")

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mmm????

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### Author: ![Vikash\_Singh1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikash_singh1/32/42119_2.png) [@Vikash\_Singh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vikash_Singh1)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2019, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-7-not-working/175583/6 "2019-04-11T05:48:32Z")

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Even if I am trying to install elasticsearch 6.7 or 7.0 I am getting error  
elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch  
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)  
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2019-04-11 11:10:07 IST; 176ms ago  
Docs: [http://www.elastic.co](http://www.elastic.co)  
Process: 16593 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -p ${PID\_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)  
Main PID: 16593 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

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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: [May 9, 2019, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-7-not-working/175583/7 "2019-05-09T05:48:35Z")

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