# How do I start elasticsearch as a service? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 26, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-start-elasticsearch-as-a-service/19477 "2014-08-26T22:42:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eric\_Greene](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eric_greene/32/1312_2.png) [@Eric\_Greene](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eric_Greene)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-start-elasticsearch-as-a-service/19477/1 "2014-08-26T22:42:19Z")
Forgive me I'm a little lost. I am working on deploying elasticsearch on a AWS server. Previously in development I have started elasticsearch using ./bin/elasticsearch -Des.config=/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml But in live deployment, I want to keep elasticsearch running as a service... I have 1.2.0 installed on Ubuntu 12.04 on my AWS instance. I run sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start and I get: - Starting Elasticsearch server I check sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch status and I get: - elasticsearch is not running I'm not sure how to troubleshoot. Any advice or suggestions? Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c191994-ba5c-495d-b5e8-4e0bed3c4845%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c191994-ba5c-495d-b5e8-4e0bed3c4845%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [August 26, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-start-elasticsearch-as-a-service/19477/2 "2014-08-26T23:03:14Z")
Check the logs under /var/log/elasticsearch, they should have something. Also please be aware that 1.2.0 has a critical bug and you should be using 1.2.1 instead. Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 27 August 2014 08:42, Eric Greene [ericdgreene@gmail.com](mailto:ericdgreene@gmail.com) wrote: > Forgive me I'm a little lost. > > I am working on deploying elasticsearch on a AWS server. Previously in > development I have started elasticsearch using ./bin/elasticsearch > -Des.config=/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml > > But in live deployment, I want to keep elasticsearch running as a > service... > > I have 1.2.0 installed on Ubuntu 12.04 on my AWS instance. > > I run sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start and I get: > > - Starting Elasticsearch server > > I check sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch status and I get: > > - elasticsearch is not running > > I'm not sure how to troubleshoot. Any advice or suggestions? Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c191994-ba5c-495d-b5e8-4e0bed3c4845%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c191994-ba5c-495d-b5e8-4e0bed3c4845%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c191994-ba5c-495d-b5e8-4e0bed3c4845%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c191994-ba5c-495d-b5e8-4e0bed3c4845%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624Ya1xeRTaebytv9D8Zv9zTK-7XoB3zK4vhvRNHQuX%3DgMQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624Ya1xeRTaebytv9D8Zv9zTK-7XoB3zK4vhvRNHQuX%3DgMQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Eric\_Greene](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eric_greene/32/1312_2.png) [@Eric\_Greene](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eric_Greene)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-start-elasticsearch-as-a-service/19477/3 "2014-08-26T23:27:36Z")
Thanks Mark, I found that if I comment out the line in elasticsearch.yml that sets the data path, it works. I will upgrade as you have suggested, thanks for that. On Tuesday, August 26, 2014 4:04:05 PM UTC-7, Mark Walkom wrote: > Check the logs under /var/log/elasticsearch, they should have something. > > Also please be aware that 1.2.0 has a critical bug and you should be using > 1.2.1 instead. > > Regards, > Mark Walkom > > Infrastructure Engineer > Campaign Monitor > email: [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) \ > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > On 27 August 2014 08:42, Eric Greene \<[ericd...@gmail.com](mailto:ericd...@gmail.com) \\> > wrote: > > > Forgive me I'm a little lost. > > > > I am working on deploying elasticsearch on a AWS server. Previously in > > development I have started elasticsearch using ./bin/elasticsearch > > -Des.config=/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml > > > > But in live deployment, I want to keep elasticsearch running as a > > service... > > > > I have 1.2.0 installed on Ubuntu 12.04 on my AWS instance. > > > > I run sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start and I get: > > > > - Starting Elasticsearch server > > > > I check sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch status and I get: > > > > - elasticsearch is not running > > > > I'm not sure how to troubleshoot. Any advice or suggestions? Thanks > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c191994-ba5c-495d-b5e8-4e0bed3c4845%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c191994-ba5c-495d-b5e8-4e0bed3c4845%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c191994-ba5c-495d-b5e8-4e0bed3c4845%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c191994-ba5c-495d-b5e8-4e0bed3c4845%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/58806f15-0a63-44f6-9a35-85a460384fa5%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/58806f15-0a63-44f6-9a35-85a460384fa5%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [August 26, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-start-elasticsearch-as-a-service/19477/4 "2014-08-26T23:28:46Z")
The line is probably just malformed then 🙂 Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 27 August 2014 09:27, Eric Greene [ericdgreene@gmail.com](mailto:ericdgreene@gmail.com) wrote: > Thanks Mark, I found that if I comment out the line in elasticsearch.yml > that sets the data path, it works. > > I will upgrade as you have suggested, thanks for that. > > On Tuesday, August 26, 2014 4:04:05 PM UTC-7, Mark Walkom wrote: > > > Check the logs under /var/log/elasticsearch, they should have something. > > > > Also please be aware that 1.2.0 has a critical bug and you should be > > using 1.2.1 instead. > > > > Regards, > > Mark Walkom > > > > Infrastructure Engineer > > Campaign Monitor > > email: [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) > > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > > > On 27 August 2014 08:42, Eric Greene [ericd...@gmail.com](mailto:ericd...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Forgive me I'm a little lost. > > > > > > I am working on deploying elasticsearch on a AWS server. Previously in > > > development I have started elasticsearch using ./bin/elasticsearch > > > -Des.config=/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml > > > > > > But in live deployment, I want to keep elasticsearch running as a > > > service... > > > > > > I have 1.2.0 installed on Ubuntu 12.04 on my AWS instance. > > > > > > I run sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start and I get: > > > > > > - Starting Elasticsearch server > > > > > > I check sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch status and I get: > > > > > > - elasticsearch is not running > > > > > > I'm not sure how to troubleshoot. Any advice or suggestions? Thanks > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > msgid/elasticsearch/1c191994-ba5c-495d-b5e8-4e0bed3c4845% > > > [40googlegroups.com](http://40googlegroups.com) > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c191994-ba5c-495d-b5e8-4e0bed3c4845%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1c191994-ba5c-495d-b5e8-4e0bed3c4845%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/58806f15-0a63-44f6-9a35-85a460384fa5%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/58806f15-0a63-44f6-9a35-85a460384fa5%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/58806f15-0a63-44f6-9a35-85a460384fa5%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/58806f15-0a63-44f6-9a35-85a460384fa5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624aDG-yDjhRvKDo8ViiQaxtHWpzCa\_cSU5uq4CBf-8fnSQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624aDG-yDjhRvKDo8ViiQaxtHWpzCa_cSU5uq4CBf-8fnSQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
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