# Elasticsearch stopped and can't start again

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-stopped-and-cant-start-again/230121>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 28, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-stopped-and-cant-start-again/230121 "2020-04-28T09:33:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Goran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Goran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Goran)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-stopped-and-cant-start-again/230121/1 "2020-04-28T09:33:16Z")

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Here is log:

```auto
Apr 28 08:07:19 scw-fcc8a8 elasticsearch[3388]: 2020-04-28 08:07:18,907 main ERROR Null object returned for RollingFile in Appenders.
Apr 28 08:07:19 scw-fcc8a8 elasticsearch[3388]: 2020-04-28 08:07:18,907 main ERROR Null object returned for RollingFile in Appenders.
Apr 28 08:07:19 scw-fcc8a8 elasticsearch[3388]: 2020-04-28 08:07:18,908 main ERROR Null object returned for RollingFile in Appenders.
Apr 28 08:07:19 scw-fcc8a8 elasticsearch[3388]: 2020-04-28 08:07:18,908 main ERROR Unable to locate appender "rolling" for logger config "root"
Apr 28 08:07:19 scw-fcc8a8 elasticsearch[3388]: 2020-04-28 08:07:18,909 main ERROR Unable to locate appender "index_indexing_slowlog_rolling" for logger config "index.indexing.slowlog.index"
Apr 28 08:07:19 scw-fcc8a8 elasticsearch[3388]: 2020-04-28 08:07:18,909 main ERROR Unable to locate appender "index_search_slowlog_rolling" for logger config "index.search.slowlog"
Apr 28 08:07:19 scw-fcc8a8 elasticsearch[3388]: 2020-04-28 08:07:18,909 main ERROR Unable to locate appender "deprecation_rolling" for logger config "org.elasticsearch.deprecation"
Apr 28 08:07:19 scw-fcc8a8 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 28 08:07:19 scw-fcc8a8 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Unit entered failed state.
Apr 28 08:07:19 scw-fcc8a8 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

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It is a single node 8GB RAM, 4GB heap size.  
Before it is stopped it had a 90 indices, 3 shards each. So it can be too much. How can I recover it?

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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 28, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-stopped-and-cant-start-again/230121/2 "2020-04-28T10:01:27Z")

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Could you share elasticsearch logs?

With 4gb of HEAP, I'd not put more than 80 shards. Here you have 270 shards which is probably too much.

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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 26, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-stopped-and-cant-start-again/230121/3 "2020-05-26T10:01:30Z")

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Closed on May 26, 2020, 10:01am UTC

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