# Failing to start issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-start-issue/357735>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 18, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-start-issue/357735 "2024-04-18T15:57:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-start-issue/357735/2 "2024-04-18T18:05:07Z")

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You need to check the system log to get more information on why the services are failing to start.

Try to start them again to generate fresh logs and look into `/var/log/messages` or `/var/log/syslog`, not sure what is the right file for your distribution.

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