# Elasticsearch using systemd and different JAVA\_HOME path
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-using-systemd-and-different-java-home-path/37768
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 22, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-using-systemd-and-different-java-home-path/37768 "2015-12-22T15:23:15Z")
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### Author:  [@Stelios2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stelios2)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-using-systemd-and-different-java-home-path/37768/1 "2015-12-22T15:23:15Z")
I have installed elasticserach on debian jessie and although i have successfully got it running on ubuntu 14.04 this time i am having an issue with starting the service.
starting elasticsearch from systemd is complaiing that it
Could not find any executable java binary. Please install java in your PATH or set JAVA\_HOME
Have tried the following :
1)setting JAVA\_HOME as a global enviroment variable
2)setting the custom JAVA\_HOME path in /etc/init.d/elasticsearch
3)adding JAVA\_HOME icustom path in /etc/defaults/elasticsearch
Looking at /usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service
i can see that to start the service the following is called
ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch
-Des.pidfile=${PID\_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid
-Des.default.path.home=${ES\_HOME}
-Des.default.path.logs=${LOG\_DIR}
-Des.default.path.data=${DATA\_DIR}
-Des.default.path.conf=${CONF\_DIR}
Is there a ways to specify java\_home within elasticsearch.service?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-using-systemd-and-different-java-home-path/37768/2 "2017-07-05T23:29:16Z")