# Questions about gaps in configuration documentation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-gaps-in-configuration-documentation/58960>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 25, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-gaps-in-configuration-documentation/58960 "2016-08-25T16:51:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![styler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@styler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/styler)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-gaps-in-configuration-documentation/58960/3 "2016-08-26T13:31:50Z")

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Thanks Mark.

I'm using this page:

> **[Configuring Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/settings.html)**

ES was not running, because when I tried to start per the instructions on this page:

> **[Installation | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/_installation.html)**

I get the error that I posted on this page:

> [@"Failed to load logging configuration" when running ES script](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-load-logging-configuration-when-running-es-script/58975):
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> Any time I try to call the elastic search script (like to change my node name) I get the following error: Exception in thread "main" ElasticsearchException(Failed to load logging configuration]; nested: NoSuchFileException[/usr/share/elasticsearch/config]; Likely root cause: java.no.file.NoSuchFileException:[/usr/share/elasticsearch/config]; at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToI0Exception(UnixException.java:86) at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) at …

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