# Elasticsearch is stoping immediately after start

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-stoping-immediately-after-start/185375>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 12, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-stoping-immediately-after-start/185375 "2019-06-12T09:51:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![arunsaini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@arunsaini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arunsaini)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-stoping-immediately-after-start/185375/1 "2019-06-12T09:51:29Z")

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Hi all,  
When I am starting the elasticsearch it is stopping immediately. First time status showing active but immediately stops.

the error is as-  
elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch  
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)  
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2019-06-12 14:42:06 IST; 622ms ago  
Docs: [http://www.elastic.co](http://www.elastic.co)  
Process: 7514 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -p ${PID\_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)  
Main PID: 7514 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jun 12 14:42:00 arun systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch.  
Jun 12 14:42:00 arun elasticsearch[7514]: warning: Falling back to java on path. This behavior is deprecated. Specify JAVA\_HOME  
Jun 12 14:42:06 arun systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE  
Jun 12 14:42:06 arun systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

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**Author:** ![KrishnaShah7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krishnashah7/32/66810_2.png) [@KrishnaShah7](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KrishnaShah7)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-stoping-immediately-after-start/185375/2 "2019-06-27T01:42:57Z")

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Check whether your JAVA jdk is in sync with your ES version. You can try upgrading to the latest ES 7.x where there is an option to go for bundled jdk plus ES.

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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 25, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-stoping-immediately-after-start/185375/3 "2019-07-25T01:43:04Z")

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