# Installation fails

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-fails/233792>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 21, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-fails/233792 "2020-05-21T18:44:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThomasRuediger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@ThomasRuediger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ThomasRuediger)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-fails/233792/1 "2020-05-21T18:44:53Z")

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I seem to have difficulties with the installation, always freeszin at the same position:  
[o.e.n. node] after starting elasticsearch.bat in Windows10

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/7/27ad9dbccc6ec6bdc2453a2263b1f4c7363dd227.png)

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-fails/233792/2 "2020-05-23T21:19:19Z")

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That typically means that it is running. Are you not able to send requests to it?

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**Author:** ![ThomasRuediger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@ThomasRuediger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ThomasRuediger)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-fails/233792/3 "2020-05-24T07:33:01Z")

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I am trying to install first time according to the ReadMe.textile.  
The bat does not finish but always freezes at the same point.

Trying 127.0.0.1:9200 in the browser, I get a response:  
`{ "name" : "Ughs1p9", "cluster_name" : "elasticsearch", "cluster_uuid" : "0BMtccXyT066UESS89rTmA", "version" : { "number" : "6.8.0", "build_flavor" : "default", "build_type" : "zip", "build_hash" : "65b6179", "build_date" : "2019-05-15T20:06:13.172855Z", "build_snapshot" : false, "lucene_version" : "7.7.0", "minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "5.6.0", "minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "5.0.0" }, "tagline" : "You Know, for Search" }`  
but running curl -X GET [http://localhost:9200/](http://localhost:9200/)  
I get `curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 9200: Connection refused`

Thank you Thomas

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-fails/233792/4 "2020-05-24T08:18:16Z")

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The bat file does not launch Elasticsearch in the background so when it “freezes” it is actually running. You can see this as you got a response. In order to have it run in the background you may need to install or set it up as a service. I am not a Windows user so can not guide on this though.

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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:** [June 21, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-fails/233792/5 "2020-06-21T08:18:32Z")

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