# esrally.exceptions.LaunchError: Daemon startup failed with exit code \[1\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-exceptions-launcherror-daemon-startup-failed-with-exit-code-1/302323>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** rally\
**Created:** [April 13, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-exceptions-launcherror-daemon-startup-failed-with-exit-code-1/302323 "2022-04-13T11:26:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![likhith1995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@likhith1995](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/likhith1995)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-exceptions-launcherror-daemon-startup-failed-with-exit-code-1/302323/1 "2022-04-13T11:26:01Z")

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Hi Team,

When we try to run esrally on linux server, we are getting an exception.

Exception:  
esrally.exceptions.LaunchError: Daemon startup failed with exit code [1]

Kindly help in resolving this error.

Thanks and regards,  
Likhith P

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**Author:** ![RickBoyd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rickboyd/32/80022_2.png) [@RickBoyd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RickBoyd)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-exceptions-launcherror-daemon-startup-failed-with-exit-code-1/302323/2 "2022-04-13T13:02:54Z")

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Hi!

I've opened a change to Rally which will log ES startup errors [Surface ES startup errors to the Rally log by DJRickyB · Pull Request #1476 · elastic/rally · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/rally/pull/1476)

In the meantime, the way that I troubleshoot this is:

1. Run my failing race/start command with `--preserve-install`
2. Navigate to the installation. Its directory should be printed in the console log, but by default it is at `$HOME/.rally/benchmarks/races/<race-id>/rally-node-0/install`
3. In the nested `elasticsearch-$VERSION` directory, you can simulate what Rally was trying to do by invoking `bin/elasticsearch -d`. The result of that command should be the same as what Rally was getting when it tried to start your node.

Hope that helps!  
Rick B

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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 11, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/esrally-exceptions-launcherror-daemon-startup-failed-with-exit-code-1/302323/3 "2022-05-11T13:02:59Z")

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