# ElasticSearch: Service start error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-start-error/184370>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 5, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-start-error/184370 "2019-06-05T13:36:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![narendral](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/narendral/32/47558_2.png) [@narendral](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/narendral)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-start-error/184370/1 "2019-06-05T13:36:04Z")

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I'm facing some issue while start elasticsearch service using Linux command line `sudo systemctl status elasticsearch.service`.

Service status saying: `elasticsearch[31315]: java.security.policy: error adding Entry: elasticsearch[31315]: java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: jrt systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE`

In log, showing something like `java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/tools.jar (No such file or directory)`

**UPDATE**  
To apply the symbolic link, I used: `sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0/lib/tools.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/`  
And `JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle`

Please Help! Thanks!

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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 3, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-start-error/184370/2 "2019-07-03T13:36:07Z")

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