# Failed to start elasticsearch 7.0 from service

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-from-service/177798>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 22, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-from-service/177798 "2019-04-22T05:27:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![yama2k](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yama2k/32/44526_2.png) [@yama2k](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yama2k)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-from-service/177798/1 "2019-04-22T05:27:54Z")

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Hi all. I' m trying to start elasticsearch from service following this instruction.  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.0/starting-elasticsearch.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.0/starting-elasticsearch.html)  
I cannot start elasticsearch.  
Cannot find java even though PATH and JAVA\_HOME are set.

How can i fix this ?

```
user1@ubuntu-trusty-1:~$ sudo -i service elasticsearch start
Could not find any executable java binary. Please install java in your PATH or set JAVA_HOME

user1@ubuntu-trusty-1:~$ su -
Password: 

root@ubuntu-trusty-1:~# echo $JAVA_HOME
/opt/jdk-11.0.2

root@ubuntu-trusty-1:~# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/jdk-11.0.2/bin

root@ubuntu-trusty-1:~# java -version
openjdk version "11.0.2" 2019-01-15
OpenJDK Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.2+9)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.2+9, mixed mode)

root@ubuntu-trusty-1:~# which java
/opt/jdk-11.0.2/bin/java
```

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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 22, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-from-service/177798/2 "2019-04-22T06:01:25Z")

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The service is not using the `root` user to run.

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**Author:** ![yama2k](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yama2k/32/44526_2.png) [@yama2k](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yama2k)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-from-service/177798/3 "2019-04-22T06:58:19Z")

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Thank you very much to taking your time.  
I'm not familiar with Ubuntu. How can I fix this.  
By editting /etc/environment is correct ?

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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 22, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-from-service/177798/4 "2019-04-22T08:08:42Z")

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Not familiar either. But in 7.0 you don't normally need to provide a jvm yourself.  
So I'd just try to follow the installation guide, step by step.

May be someone else can help though.

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**Author:** ![shrikantgulia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@shrikantgulia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shrikantgulia)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-from-service/177798/5 "2019-04-22T10:51:26Z")

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@dadoonet @yama2k  
Same issue being faced by me also  
I tried to download as a tar

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**Author:** ![yama2k](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yama2k/32/44526_2.png) [@yama2k](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yama2k)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-from-service/177798/6 "2019-04-23T08:41:04Z")

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@shrikantgulia  
Thank you for additional information.  
in my case, installed with apt-get.

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**Author:** ![yama2k](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yama2k/32/44526_2.png) [@yama2k](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yama2k)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-from-service/177798/7 "2019-04-25T02:21:45Z")

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@dadoonet @shrikantgulia  
Thank you very much. I resolved it by own.

I installed Elasticsearch by apt-get, but installed java by tar.  
That's the reason why I faced to this issue.  
By installing java by apt-get was the way to resolve.  
Thank you.

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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 23, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-elasticsearch-7-0-from-service/177798/8 "2019-05-23T02:21:48Z")

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