# Major problems running the server on my workstation **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 17, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/major-problems-running-the-server-on-my-workstation/7744 "2012-05-17T16:26:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank\_LaRosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Frank\_LaRosa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Frank_LaRosa)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/major-problems-running-the-server-on-my-workstation/7744/1 "2012-05-17T16:26:42Z")
Hi, I'm having some major problems running the server on my workstation for testing (my workstation is a Mac with 12GB of memory). If I try to start the server via the service, it says "Waiting for Elasticsearch..." and then prints a series of dots. The server never starts. I find the following error in the service.log file: "WrapperSimpleApp Error: Unable to locate the class org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.ElasticSearchF : java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.ElasticSearchF" I do not know what the missing class is or why it is missing. I installed everything according to the documentation. If I try to start Elasticsearch without the service (bin/elasticsearch -f), it does start. However, the first time I try to do anything substantial, such as index a document, I get a "java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space" error, and the server crashes. I tried increasing the memory allocation in the bin/service/elasticsearch.conf file, but this had no effect (which I assume is because I'm not launching it via the service). I don't really need the service, I just need to get something running temporarily in order to do testing. I could not find any information about any of these errors in the Elasticsearch documentation. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Frank ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/major-problems-running-the-server-on-my-workstation/7744/2 "2012-05-20T20:00:41Z")
Lets start from the service wrapper, what you do use the latest service wrapper with elasticsearch 0.18.x, the latest servicewrapper supports 0.19. Regarding the OOM. When you run ES using the bin/elasticsearch script, all the memory and settings exists in the elasticsearch.in.sh file, not the servicewrapper one. By default though, the max memory is 1gb, so its strange that for indexing a single doc you get OOM. What exactly are you indexing? On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Frank LaRosa [frank@studyblue.com](mailto:frank@studyblue.com) wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having some major problems running the server on my workstation for > testing (my workstation is a Mac with 12GB of memory). > > If I try to start the server via the service, it says "Waiting for > Elasticsearch..." and then prints a series of dots. The server never > starts. I find the following error in the service.log file: > > "WrapperSimpleApp Error: Unable to locate the class > org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.ElasticSearchF : > java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: > org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.ElasticSearchF" > > I do not know what the missing class is or why it is missing. I installed > everything according to the documentation. > > If I try to start Elasticsearch without the service (bin/elasticsearch > -f), it does start. However, the first time I try to do anything > substantial, such as index a document, I get a "java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: > Java heap space" error, and the server crashes. I tried increasing the > memory allocation in the bin/service/elasticsearch.conf file, but this had > no effect (which I assume is because I'm not launching it via the service). > > I don't really need the service, I just need to get something running > temporarily in order to do testing. > > I could not find any information about any of these errors in the > Elasticsearch documentation. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. > > Frank ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/major-problems-running-the-server-on-my-workstation/7744/3 "2017-07-06T03:28:00Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:28am UTC