# First start fails

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/first-start-fails/184875>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 9, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/first-start-fails/184875 "2019-06-09T10:45:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![WilliWichtel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/58f4c7/32.png) [@WilliWichtel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/WilliWichtel)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/first-start-fails/184875/1 "2019-06-09T10:45:55Z")

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HI,

I want to do my first steps to elk. I followed the installation guide lines, but on startup I get the following error:

org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: ElasticsearchException[Failed to create native process factories for Machine Learning]; nested: FileNotFoundException[/tmp/elasticsearch-12865225761041882086/controller\_log\_3133 (file or directory not found)

I tried on a fresh centOS and openSuSE. On both I got this error, with different numbers.

Did I something wrong, or is it a bug?

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**Author:** ![Adello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Adello](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Adello)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/first-start-fails/184875/2 "2019-06-09T13:56:12Z")

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I suggest to do my first experiments with docker ... it's usually simpler:

1. `docker pull docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.1.1`
2. `docker run -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 -e "discovery.type=single-node" http://docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.1.1`
3. `curl localhost:9200` should contain `"tagline" : "You Know, for Search"`

That's it

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/first-start-fails/184875/3 "2019-06-10T22:34:46Z")

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Welcome!

What version are you installing and how are you installing things?

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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 8, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/first-start-fails/184875/4 "2019-07-08T22:34:59Z")

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