# ElasticSearch crashing - where are the log files? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 5, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-crashing-where-are-the-log-files/11009 "2013-03-05T01:49:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![inZania](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/inzania/32/2305_2.png) [@inZania](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/inZania)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-crashing-where-are-the-log-files/11009/1 "2013-03-05T01:49:35Z")
I'm running ElasticSearch on my EC2 servers. I'm having trouble understanding the logging / debugging of ElasticSearch. Occasionally, the service disappears, after having been running fine for days (I expect that it's crashing). Eg: # curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/](http://localhost:9200/) curl: (7) couldn't connect to host Per [this ElasticSearch page](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/setup/configuration.html), I expected that my logs would be available in /var/log/elasticsearch... however... # ls /var/data/elasticsearch ls: /var/data/elasticsearch: No such file or directory I have not changed the /config/logging.yml file in any way. ElasticSearch is running as root, so there should be no problem with permissions. What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![Igor\_Motov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/igor_motov/32/45193_2.png) [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-crashing-where-are-the-log-files/11009/2 "2013-03-05T04:15:46Z")
Answered on stackoverflow: [amazon ec2 - ElasticSearch disappearing / crashing -- cannot find log files or any other information - Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15213764/elasticsearch-disappearing-crashing-cannot-find-log-files-or-any-other-info) On Monday, March 4, 2013 8:49:36 PM UTC-5, Zane Claes wrote: > I'm running Elasticsearch on my EC2 servers. I'm having trouble > understanding > the logging / debugging of Elasticsearch. > > Occasionally, the service disappears, after having been running fine for > days (I expect that it's crashing). Eg: > > # curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/](http://localhost:9200/) > > curl: (7) couldn't connect to host > Per this Elasticsearch page > [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/setup/configuration.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/setup/configuration.html) > , I > expected that my logs would be available in /var/log/elasticsearch... > however... > > # ls /var/data/elasticsearch > > ls: /var/data/elasticsearch: No such file or directory > I have not changed the /config/logging.yml file in any way. Elasticsearch > is > running as root, so there should be no problem with permissions. > > What am I missing? > > -- > View this message in context: > [http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/ElasticSearch-crashing-where-are-the-log-files-tp4031005.html](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/ElasticSearch-crashing-where-are-the-log-files-tp4031005.html) > Sent from the Elasticsearch Users mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-crashing-where-are-the-log-files/11009/3 "2017-07-06T02:48:22Z")