# Path.home is not configured

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-home-is-not-configured/34130>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 9, 2015, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-home-is-not-configured/34130 "2015-11-09T07:40:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![vikas.saini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@vikas.saini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikas.saini)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-home-is-not-configured/34130/1 "2015-11-09T07:40:41Z")

</div>

Is it required in the case we are using transport client .?  
why can't we omit this ?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-home-is-not-configured/34130/2 "2017-07-05T23:39:50Z")

</div>