# The unit elasticsearch.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code' **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 21, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-unit-elasticsearch-service-has-entered-the-failed-state-with-result-exit-code/282129 "2021-08-21T04:15:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Atif\_Hussain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/atif_hussain/32/93529_2.png) [@Atif\_Hussain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Atif_Hussain)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-unit-elasticsearch-service-has-entered-the-failed-state-with-result-exit-code/282129/1 "2021-08-21T04:15:26Z")
After new installation of 7.14, I am getting this error when I try to start the service. Tried different solutions on from this forum without any luck. I am new to Elasticsearch so need help. Following are the logs from > `journalctl -xe` ```auto Aug 21 04:07:48 ip-172-31-28-3 sudo[2909988]: root : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/var/www/html ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start elasticse> Aug 21 04:07:48 ip-172-31-28-3 sudo[2909988]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by ubuntu(uid=0) Aug 21 04:07:48 ip-172-31-28-3 systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch... -- Subject: A start job for unit elasticsearch.service has begun execution -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support -- -- A start job for unit elasticsearch.service has begun execution. -- -- The job identifier is 598096. Aug 21 04:07:48 ip-172-31-28-3 systemd-entrypoint[2909991]: /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-env: line 87: /etc/default/elasticsearch> Aug 21 04:07:48 ip-172-31-28-3 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE -- Subject: Unit process exited -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support -- -- An ExecStart= process belonging to unit elasticsearch.service has exited. -- -- The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1. Aug 21 04:07:48 ip-172-31-28-3 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. -- Subject: Unit failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support -- -- The unit elasticsearch.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'. Aug 21 04:07:48 ip-172-31-28-3 systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. -- Subject: A start job for unit elasticsearch.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support -- -- A start job for unit elasticsearch.service has finished with a failure. -- -- The job identifier is 598096 and the job result is failed. Aug 21 04:07:48 ip-172-31-28-3 sudo[2909988]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root Aug 21 04:08:01 ip-172-31-28-3 CRON[2910044]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Aug 21 04:08:01 ip-172-31-28-3 CRON[2910045]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Aug 21 04:08:01 ip-172-31-28-3 CRON[2910046]: (root) CMD (cd /var/www/html/panavid; php -f cron.php > /dev/null 1>&1) Aug 21 04:08:01 ip-172-31-28-3 CRON[2910048]: (root) CMD (cd /var/www/html/preprod; php -f cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1) Aug 21 04:08:02 ip-172-31-28-3 CRON[2910044]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root Aug 21 04:08:02 ip-172-31-28-3 CRON[2910045]: (CRON) info (No MTA installed, discarding output) Aug 21 04:08:02 ip-172-31-28-3 CRON[2910045]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root ``` ---
**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:** [August 21, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-unit-elasticsearch-service-has-entered-the-failed-state-with-result-exit-code/282129/2 "2021-08-21T06:45:44Z")
Please share the Elasticsearch logs. ---
**Author:** ![Atif\_Hussain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/atif_hussain/32/93529_2.png) [@Atif\_Hussain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Atif_Hussain)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-unit-elasticsearch-service-has-entered-the-failed-state-with-result-exit-code/282129/3 "2021-08-21T07:06:59Z")
Hi @Christian_Dahlqvist, Thanks for your response. I ended up uninstalling the Elasticsearch completely and re installing it. Now its working fine. Thanks for looking into it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-unit-elasticsearch-service-has-entered-the-failed-state-with-result-exit-code/282129/4 "2021-09-18T07:07:34Z")
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