# Elasticsearch Service won't active long

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-active-long/175965
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 9, 2019, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-active-long/175965 "2019-04-09T07:10:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![levi\_munthe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/levi_munthe/32/42202_2.png) [@levi\_munthe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/levi_munthe)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2019, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-active-long/175965/1 "2019-04-09T07:10:53Z")

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I start elasticsearch service on centos 7, but a few second after it active,  
it turn deactive and status = 1 / failure.

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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: [April 9, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-active-long/175965/2 "2019-04-09T07:48:46Z")

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Please don't post images of text as they are hardly readable and not searchable.

Instead paste the text and format it with `</>` icon. Check the preview window.

Could you share elasticsearch logs?

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### Author: ![levi\_munthe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/levi_munthe/32/42202_2.png) [@levi\_munthe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/levi_munthe)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2019, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-active-long/175965/3 "2019-04-09T09:40:07Z")

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Here the elasticsearch log.

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Thanks

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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: [April 9, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-active-long/175965/4 "2019-04-09T12:25:48Z")

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Please don't post images of text as they are hardly readable and not searchable.

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It sounds like a node is already running.

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### Author: ![levi\_munthe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/levi_munthe/32/42202_2.png) [@levi\_munthe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/levi_munthe)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-active-long/175965/5 "2019-04-10T05:02:44Z")

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Halo, thank you for the response.

i solve it, the node in var/lib/elasticsearch permision is not elasticsearch, and i change the permission elasticsearch on all file in the node. and running the service again. it run normal now.

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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: [May 8, 2019, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-active-long/175965/6 "2019-05-08T05:02:48Z")

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