# Elasticsearch dead but pid file exits

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dead-but-pid-file-exits/138198>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 2, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dead-but-pid-file-exits/138198 "2018-07-02T12:07:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Manoj\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Manoj\_13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Manoj_13)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dead-but-pid-file-exits/138198/1 "2018-07-02T12:07:32Z")

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HI,  
I tried restarting the elasticsearch cluster by stop/start all the nodes.  
After service start, we see the following error:  
Elasticsearch dead but pid file exits.  
Logs are not getting populated also.  
Checked for space issues on var/log elasticsearch. It seems okay.  
Any help?

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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:** [July 30, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dead-but-pid-file-exits/138198/2 "2018-07-30T12:07:32Z")

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