# Failed to start ES 2.1.1 after upgrading to Ubuntu 15.10

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-es-2-1-1-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-15-10/38864>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 11, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-es-2-1-1-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-15-10/38864 "2016-01-11T10:26:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![iladrero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/0ea827/32.png) [@iladrero](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iladrero)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-es-2-1-1-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-15-10/38864/1 "2016-01-11T10:26:44Z")

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Hi everyone,

ES fails to start after updating to Ubuntu 15.10, any hints would be appreciated...  
Was working fine before update.

```
● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since lun 2016-01-11 11:09:06 CET; 34s ago
     Docs: http://www.elastic.co
  Process: 2867 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} (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  Process: 2863 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-systemd-pre-exec (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 2867 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

ene 11 11:09:05 Pavilion systemd[1]: Stopped Elasticsearch.
ene 11 11:09:05 Pavilion systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch...
ene 11 11:09:05 Pavilion systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch.
ene 11 11:09:06 Pavilion elasticsearch[2867]: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: INFO: os::commit_memory(0x000000008...no=12)
ene 11 11:09:06 Pavilion systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
ene 11 11:09:06 Pavilion systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Unit entered failed state.
ene 11 11:09:06 Pavilion systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

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Java version 1.8.0\_66-b17

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**Author:** ![msimos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@msimos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/msimos)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-es-2-1-1-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-15-10/38864/2 "2016-01-12T00:37:39Z")

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Hi,

You should check /var/log/elasticsearch/clustername.log and /var/log/messages for any error messages.

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**Author:** ![iladrero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/0ea827/32.png) [@iladrero](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iladrero)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-es-2-1-1-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-15-10/38864/3 "2016-01-12T11:39:54Z")

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Thanks Mike but no clue there. Guess is something about user permissions. Had to reinstall ES. Back to normal now.

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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 5, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-es-2-1-1-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-15-10/38864/4 "2017-07-05T23:25:12Z")

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