# Elasticsearch refuses to run

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-run/148945>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-run/148945 "2018-09-18T09:19:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ml\_Alasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@Ml\_Alasta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ml_Alasta)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-run/148945/21 "2018-09-20T06:21:09Z")

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I'am on RHEL 6, with the last rpm of ES 6, logs are sharing in

- /var/log/elasticsearch
- /usr/share/elasticsearch/logs/

Have you modify any config file ?

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**Author:** ![adrwer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/adrwer/32/35629_2.png) [@adrwer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adrwer)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-run/148945/22 "2018-09-20T12:34:32Z")

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Yes I did but for the right reasons. I sorted the issue out though. I reduced my heap size to 256Mbs. It now works.

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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 18, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-run/148945/23 "2018-10-18T12:34:50Z")

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Closed on October 18, 2018, 12:34pm UTC

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