# Elasticsearch failed to start

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-start/65140>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 6, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-start/65140 "2016-11-06T15:38:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![habeebnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/71e660/32.png) [@habeebnet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/habeebnet)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-start/65140/1 "2016-11-06T15:38:07Z")

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centos 6.7  
elasticsearch 5

```
error: permission denied on key 'vm.max_map_count'
Starting elasticsearch: /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch: line 198: 875 Killed exec "$JAVA" $ES_JAVA_OPTS -Des.path.home="$ES_HOME" -cp "$ES_CLASSPATH" org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch "$@" 0>&-
                                                           [FAILED]
```

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-start/65140/2 "2016-11-06T15:53:31Z")

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Did you follow [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/important-settings.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/important-settings.html) and [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/system-config.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/system-config.html)?

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**Author:** ![habeebnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/71e660/32.png) [@habeebnet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/habeebnet)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-start/65140/3 "2016-11-06T16:45:30Z")

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Sorry, I'm a newbie in elasticsearch. I have installed it in my Ubuntu system without any issues and without changing any configuration.

But now this issue is in my servint VPS.

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**Author:** ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 5:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-start/65140/4 "2016-11-07T05:08:27Z")

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ok put any screen shot what the error might so that we can find solution for that without any queue it is impossible to solve the problem.

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**Author:** ![habeebnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/71e660/32.png) [@habeebnet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/habeebnet)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-start/65140/5 "2016-11-07T05:21:09Z")

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error is already there in my first post.

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**Author:** ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-start/65140/6 "2016-11-07T05:22:45Z")

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Which flavour have you installed like debian,tar etc and what os are you using?

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**Author:** ![habeebnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/71e660/32.png) [@habeebnet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/habeebnet)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-start/65140/7 "2016-11-07T05:36:05Z")

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centos 6.7, elaaticsearch 5.0 rpm. its a VPS

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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 5, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failed-to-start/65140/8 "2016-12-05T05:36:05Z")

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