# Elasticsearch not starting on redhat7 bootup but does manually post reboot

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-not-starting-on-redhat7-bootup-but-does-manually-post-reboot/199453>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 13, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-not-starting-on-redhat7-bootup-but-does-manually-post-reboot/199453 "2019-09-13T15:00:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![jsterli1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jsterli1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsterli1)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-not-starting-on-redhat7-bootup-but-does-manually-post-reboot/199453/1 "2019-09-13T15:00:43Z")

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Hi,

I'm running Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2, and elasticsearch-7.1.1-1. I used the standard RPM installation and enabled elastic to start on bootup. During the bootup I see..

Sep 11 17:07:55 xxxxx systemd[1]: [/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service:62] Unknown lvalue 'LimitMEMLOCK' in section 'Install'  
Sep 11 17:08:19 xxxxx systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch.  
Sep 11 17:08:19 xxxxx elasticsearch[20719]: Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /tmp/elasticsearch-4853629912132676055  
Sep 11 17:08:19 xxxxx elasticsearch[20719]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:92)  
Sep 11 17:08:19 xxxxx elasticsearch[20719]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111)  
Sep 11 17:08:19 xxxxx elasticsearch[20719]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116)  
Sep 11 17:08:19 xxxxx elasticsearch[20719]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:389)  
Sep 11 17:08:19 xxxxx elasticsearch[20719]: at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:692)  
Sep 11 17:08:19 xxxxx elasticsearch[20719]: at java.base/java.nio.file.TempFileHelper.create(TempFileHelper.java:135)  
Sep 11 17:08:19 xxxxx elasticsearch[20719]: at java.base/java.nio.file.TempFileHelper.createTempDirectory(TempFileHelper.java:172)  
Sep 11 17:08:19 xxxxx elasticsearch[20719]: at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createTempDirectory(Files.java:1009)  
Sep 11 17:08:19 xxxxx elasticsearch[20719]: at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.Launchers.createTempDirectory(Launchers.java:66)  
Sep 11 17:08:19 xxxxx elasticsearch[20719]: at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.TempDirectory.main(TempDirectory.java:54)  
Sep 11 17:08:20 xxxxx systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE  
Sep 11 17:08:20 xxxxx systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state.  
Seyp 11 17:08:20 xxxxx systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service failed.

If i start it using "systemctl start elasticsearch" post reboot it works fine and stays running.

I can see that systemd-tmpfiles-setup does seem to start prior to elasticsearch starting.

Any tips / advice on resolving this greatly appreciated. This is my first post so apologies if I've not provided all the required information.

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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:** [October 11, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-not-starting-on-redhat7-bootup-but-does-manually-post-reboot/199453/2 "2019-10-11T15:00:47Z")

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