# Elasticsearch refuses to start

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-start/213108>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 26, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-start/213108 "2019-12-26T19:36:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![emilio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f475e1/32.png) [@emilio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emilio)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-start/213108/1 "2019-12-26T19:36:09Z")

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ES refuses to start.

What is wrong with this config?

```
    path.data: /d02/elastic/data
    #
    # Path to log files:
    #
    path.logs: /d02/elastic/logs
    #
    path.work: /d02/elastic/data/work
    #
    path.conf: /etc/elasticsearch
    # ----------------------------------- Memory -----------------------------------
    #
    # Lock the memory on startup:
    #

bootstrap.system_call_filter: false

bootstrap.memory_lock: true

network.host: "xx.xx.xxx.xx"
#
# Set a custom port for HTTP:
#
http.port: 9200
#
# #
discovery.type: single-node

index.codec: best_compression

#
xpack.security.enabled: true

xpack.security.authc.accept_default_password: false

#
xpack.security.authc:
  realms:
    file:
      type: file
      order: 0

    native:
      type: native
      order: 1
    authentication.enabled: true/>
```

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-start/213108/2 "2019-12-27T01:41:20Z")

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Please format your code, logs or configuration files using `</>` icon as explained in [this guide](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21) and not the citation button. It will make your post more readable.

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There's a live preview panel for exactly this reasons.

Lots of people read these forums, and many of them will simply skip over a post that is difficult to read, because it's just too large an investment of their time to try and follow a wall of badly formatted text.  
If your goal is to get an answer to your questions, it's in your interest to make it as easy to read and understand as possible.  
Please update your post.

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**Author:** ![emilio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f475e1/32.png) [@emilio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emilio)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-start/213108/3 "2019-12-27T05:52:14Z")

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Done

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**Author:** ![krokodil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krokodil/32/45616_2.png) [@krokodil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krokodil)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-start/213108/4 "2019-12-27T14:45:18Z")

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Please paste your elasticsearch logs here so it makes it easier to debug...

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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:** [January 25, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-start/213108/6 "2020-01-25T06:33:33Z")

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