# Elasticsearch is not running on Linux VM **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 5, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-not-running-on-linux-vm/231079 "2020-05-05T05:45:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aman97](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce73a5/32.png) [@aman97](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aman97)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-not-running-on-linux-vm/231079/1 "2020-05-05T05:45:55Z")
Hi, @LizaD I am trying to run Elasticsearch on my Linux VM. but it shows the following status sudo systemctl status elasticsearch.service ● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-05-05 05:30:14 UTC; 35s ago Docs: http://www.elastic.co Process: 17554 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -p {PID\_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 17554 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) CPU: 288ms May 05 05:30:14 elkpoc elasticsearch[17554]: at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:693) May 05 05:30:14 elkpoc elasticsearch[17554]: at java.base/java.nio.file.TempFileHelper.create(TempFileHelper.java:135) May 05 05:30:14 elkpoc elasticsearch[17554]: at java.base/java.nio.file.TempFileHelper.createTempDirectory(TempFileHelper.java:172) May 05 05:30:14 elkpoc elasticsearch[17554]: at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createTempDirectory(Files.java:1010) May 05 05:30:14 elkpoc elasticsearch[17554]: at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.Launchers.createTempDirectory(Launchers.java:66) May 05 05:30:14 elkpoc elasticsearch[17554]: at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.TempDirectory.main(TempDirectory.java:54) May 05 05:30:14 elkpoc systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE May 05 05:30:14 elkpoc systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. May 05 05:30:14 elkpoc systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Unit entered failed state. May 05 05:30:14 elkpoc systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Can you please help to resolve this !! ---
**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:** [May 5, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-not-running-on-linux-vm/231079/2 "2020-05-05T05:53:05Z")
> [@aman97](#): > > Hi, @LizaD I am trying to run Elasticsearch on my Linux VM. Please don't ping people like that that aren't already in the thread and assisting you 🙂 > [@aman97](#): > > Can you please help to resolve this !! You will need to check the logs of Elasticsearch, usually located in `/var/log/elasticsearch`. ---
**Author:** ![aman97](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce73a5/32.png) [@aman97](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aman97)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-not-running-on-linux-vm/231079/3 "2020-05-05T06:11:52Z")
Sorry, @warkolm by mistake I mentioned the name. Please find below logs May 05 04:54:32 elkpoc kibana[2375]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2020-05-05T04:54:32Z","tags":["error","plugins","taskManager","taskManager"],"pid":2375,"message":" Failed to poll for work: Error: No Living connections"} May 05 04:54:32 elkpoc kibana[2375]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2020-05-05T04:54:32Z","tags":["warning","elasticsearch","admin"],"pid":2375,"message":"Unable to re vive connection: [http://104.198.232.132:9200/](http://104.198.232.132:9200/)"} May 05 04:54:32 elkpoc kibana[2375]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2020-05-05T04:54:32Z","tags":["warning","elasticsearch","admin"],"pid":2375,"message":"No living co nnections"} May 05 04:54:32 elkpoc kibana[2375]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2020-05-05T04:54:32Z","tags":["error","plugins","taskManager","taskManager"],"pid":2375,"message":" Failed to poll for work: Error: No Living connections"} May 05 04:54:32 elkpoc kibana[2375]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2020-05-05T04:54:32Z","tags":["warning","elasticsearch","admin"],"pid":2375,"message":"Unable to re vive connection: [http://104.198.232.132:9200/](http://104.198.232.132:9200/)"} May 05 04:54:32 elkpoc kibana[2375]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2020-05-05T04:54:32Z","tags":["warning","elasticsearch","admin"],"pid":2375,"message":"No living co nnections"} May 05 04:54:32 elkpoc kibana[2375]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2020-05-05T04:54:32Z","tags":["error","plugins","taskManager","taskManager"],"pid":2375,"message":" Failed to poll for work: Error: No Living connections"} ---
**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:** [May 5, 2020, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-not-running-on-linux-vm/231079/4 "2020-05-05T06:14:43Z")
Those are Kibana logs, you need the Elasticsearch ones 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-not-running-on-linux-vm/231079/6 "2020-06-02T06:37:12Z")
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