# FSCrawler not running **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 27, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-not-running/121650 "2018-02-27T12:06:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@pkasson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pkasson)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-not-running/121650/1 "2018-02-27T12:06:17Z")
Hi group, I just tried to run FSCrawler for the first time, and it did not work. I have been asked to include any logs, etc, and don't see any. I created a test job and here is that ... following that, is the error message I received: ```auto { "name" : "test", "fs" : { "url" : "/Users/pkasson/Downloads", "update_rate" : "15m", "excludes" : ["~*"], "json_support" : false, "filename_as_id" : false, "add_filesize" : true, "remove_deleted" : true, "add_as_inner_object" : false, "store_source" : false, "index_content" : true, "attributes_support" : false, "raw_metadata" : true, "xml_support" : false, "index_folders" : true, "lang_detect" : false, "continue_on_error" : false, "pdf_ocr" : true, "ocr" : { "language" : "eng" } }, "elasticsearch" : { "nodes" : [ { "host" : "127.0.0.1", "port" : 9200, "scheme" : "HTTP" } ], "bulk_size" : 100, "flush_interval" : "5s" }, "rest" : { "scheme" : "HTTP", "host" : "127.0.0.1", "port" : 8085, "endpoint" : "fscrawler" } } ``` ```auto :fscrawler bin/fscrawler ./test test 07:02:17,566 WARN [f.p.e.c.f.c.ElasticsearchClientManager] failed to create elasticsearch client, disabling crawler... 07:02:17,570 FATAL [f.p.e.c.f.FsCrawler] Fatal error received while running the crawler: [Connection refused] 07:02:17,579 INFO [f.p.e.c.f.FsCrawlerImpl] FS crawler [test] stopped 07:02:17,580 INFO [f.p.e.c.f.FsCrawlerImpl] FS crawler [test] stopped ``` ---
**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:** [February 27, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-not-running/121650/2 "2018-02-27T14:11:19Z")
Please format your code, logs or configuration files using `` icon as explained in [this guide](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21) and not the citation button. It will make your post more readable. Or use markdown style like: ```` ``` CODE ``` ```` There's a live preview panel for exactly this reasons. I edited your post. Can you share the elasticsearch logs please? ---
**Author:** ![pkasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@pkasson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pkasson)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-not-running/121650/3 "2018-02-27T14:30:42Z")
Where do I find the logs "everyone always complains about the weather but no one does anything about it" ---
**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:** [February 27, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-not-running/121650/4 "2018-02-27T14:47:09Z")
> Where do I find the logs Depends on how you installed elasticsearch. ---
**Author:** ![pkasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@pkasson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pkasson)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-not-running/121650/5 "2018-02-27T15:02:45Z")
I just unzipped it and ran from command line "everyone always complains about the weather but no one does anything about it" ---
**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:** [February 27, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-not-running/121650/6 "2018-02-27T18:34:17Z")
So logs are in `logs` dir and also printed on the console. ---
**Author:** ![pkasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@pkasson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pkasson)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-not-running/121650/7 "2018-02-28T01:01:12Z")
I posted what was sent on the console. there is no logs folder ---
**Author:** ![pkasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@pkasson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pkasson)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-not-running/121650/8 "2018-02-28T10:10:55Z")
Just curious - is the FSCrawler sufficient to test out the crawls, or is there another component I have not installed yet ? I am wondering if there is an engine component this thing is trying to connect to, I wouldn’t think so, but new to this. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2018, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-not-running/121650/9 "2018-02-28T12:09:51Z")
It needs elasticsearch to be started. ---
**Author:** ![pkasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@pkasson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pkasson)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-not-running/121650/10 "2018-02-28T12:31:21Z")
Is that an open source / community service is it a commercial product ? ---
**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:** [February 28, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-not-running/121650/11 "2018-02-28T15:24:42Z")
See [Elasticsearch: The Official Distributed Search & Analytics Engine | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/products/elasticsearch) > Open source and free to use. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fscrawler-not-running/121650/12 "2018-03-28T15:24:42Z")
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