# I can't start elasticsearch
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-start-elasticsearch/66538
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 18, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-start-elasticsearch/66538 "2016-11-18T12:28:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@vanyadog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vanyadog)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-start-elasticsearch/66538/1 "2016-11-18T12:28:00Z")
Hello
Could you help me please?
i've got debian 8.6
`Linux debian 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.36-1+deb8u2 (2016-10-19) i686 GNU/Linux`
the system is clear, i installed only mc and curl
next
```
apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
root@debian:~# java -version
java version "1.7.0_111"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.6.7) (7u111-2.6.7-2~deb8u1)
OpenJDK Client VM (build 24.111-b01, mixed mode, sharing)
```
I downloaded the latest version from the website elasticsearch [https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch) (version 5.0.1)
installed
`dpkg --install elasticsearch-5.0.1.deb`
started
```
/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start
[ok] Starting elasticsearch (via systemctl): elasticsearch.service.
```
but i don't see the process
```
root@debian:~# ps aux | grep elastic
root 9201 0.0 0.4 4556 2124 pts/0 S+ 05:52 0:00 grep elastic
root@debian:~# netstat -anp | grep LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 400/rpcbind
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:58452 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 409/rpc.statd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 427/sshd
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 697/cupsd
tcp6 0 0 :::111 :::* LISTEN 400/rpcbind
tcp6 0 0 :::80 :::* LISTEN 707/apache2
tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN 427/sshd
tcp6 0 0 ::1:631 :::* LISTEN 697/cupsd
tcp6 0 0 :::60504 :::* LISTEN 409/rpc.statd
```
logs is empty
```
root@debian:~# ls -l /var/log/elasticsearch/
total 0
```
Please tell me what I did wrong?
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2016, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-start-elasticsearch/66538/2 "2016-11-18T12:39:28Z")
According to the [support matrix](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#show_jvm), Elasticsearch 5.0 no longer supports Java 1.7, which seems to be what you are using. You will need to upgrade Java.
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### Author:  [@vanyadog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vanyadog)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-start-elasticsearch/66538/3 "2016-11-18T13:27:34Z")
thank you
i updated java
```
root@debian:~# java -version
java version "1.8.0_111"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_111-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.111-b14, mixed mode)
root@debian:~#
root@debian:~#
root@debian:~# /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start
[ok] Starting elasticsearch (via systemctl): elasticsearch.service.
root@debian:~# ps aux | grep elastic
root 1116 0.0 0.4 4556 2340 pts/0 S+ 08:23 0:00 grep elastic
root@debian:~# netstat -anp | grep LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 396/rpcbind
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:60945 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 405/rpc.statd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 422/sshd
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 486/cupsd
tcp6 0 0 :::111 :::* LISTEN 396/rpcbind
tcp6 0 0 :::80 :::* LISTEN 702/apache2
tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN 422/sshd
tcp6 0 0 ::1:631 :::* LISTEN 486/cupsd
tcp6 0 0 :::34295 :::* LISTEN 405/rpc.statd
```
the same story
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-start-elasticsearch/66538/4 "2016-11-18T13:35:34Z")
Is there anything in the Elasticsearch logs?
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### Author:  [@vanyadog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vanyadog)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-start-elasticsearch/66538/5 "2016-11-18T13:54:32Z")
no
root@debian:~# ls -l /var/log/elasticsearch/
total 0
can logs write in a different location?
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### Author:  [@vanyadog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vanyadog)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-start-elasticsearch/66538/6 "2016-11-19T20:01:04Z")
I had allocated too little memory for a virtual machine
was 512 mb
now 4096 mb
elasticsearch is running
thank you
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-start-elasticsearch/66538/7 "2016-12-17T20:01:21Z")
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