# Kibana service cannot start. It is paused

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-service-cannot-start-it-is-paused/222648>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 9, 2020, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-service-cannot-start-it-is-paused/222648 "2020-03-09T06:20:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![acyli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@acyli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/acyli)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-service-cannot-start-it-is-paused/222648/1 "2020-03-09T06:20:09Z")

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Hi

I have installed Kibana 7.6.0 as a service but the status is paused. I tried stopping it and running it again. I have also tried reinstalling it and old version (5.5.2). Still do not work. What to do?

Regards  
Alex

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-service-cannot-start-it-is-paused/222648/2 "2020-03-12T15:19:00Z")

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Hello,

What OS is this on? Are there any errors in the logs?

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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:** [April 9, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-service-cannot-start-it-is-paused/222648/3 "2020-04-09T15:19:04Z")

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