# Error starting elastic search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-starting-elastic-search/238821>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 26, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-starting-elastic-search/238821 "2020-06-26T09:27:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![dorcas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dorcas/32/71176_2.png) [@dorcas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dorcas)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-starting-elastic-search/238821/1 "2020-06-26T09:27:02Z")

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Commons Daemon procrun stderr initialized  
ERROR: the system property [es.path.conf] must be set

can someone help with this error

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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 24, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-starting-elastic-search/238821/2 "2020-07-24T09:27:15Z")

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