# Ubuntu install - elasticsearch missing config files. Will exit after starting **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 7, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ubuntu-install-elasticsearch-missing-config-files-will-exit-after-starting/138998 "2018-07-07T03:08:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darin\_Hensley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/darin_hensley/32/32794_2.png) [@Darin\_Hensley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Darin_Hensley)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ubuntu-install-elasticsearch-missing-config-files-will-exit-after-starting/138998/1 "2018-07-07T03:08:14Z")
I have a new Ubuntu system(16.08 Xenial LTS). I installed elastic search(apt-get install elasticsearch), but I am having issues. It seems the Elastic search daemon starts, but then exists with 'active (exited)', and no longer listens on the port. When I start it and check the status I see where it shows active but yet exited: ``` two@develop ...gitlab/echo-music-player/setup (master) % sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch status * elasticsearch.service - LSB: Starts elasticsearch Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/elasticsearch; bad; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (exited) since Fri 2018-07-06 21:30:39 CDT; 28min ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 10966 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/elasticsearch stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 11075 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Jul 06 21:30:39 develop systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Starts elasticsearch... Jul 06 21:30:39 develop systemd[1]: Started LSB: Starts elasticsearch. ``` I noticed in the /etc/elasticsearch directory I do not have all the config files: ``` root@develop:/etc/elasticsearch# lr total 36K drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jul 6 21:16 . drwxr-xr-x 119 root root 12K Jul 6 21:16 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14K Oct 15 2015 elasticsearch.yml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.1K Oct 15 2015 logging.yml root@develop:/etc/elasticsearch# ``` Here is the Java that is on my system: ``` root@develop:/etc/elasticsearch# update-alternatives --config java There is only one alternative in link group java (providing /usr/bin/java): /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java Nothing to configure. ``` Any ideas what is wrong? Why are most of the Java configs missing in the /etc/elasticsearch directory? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ubuntu-install-elasticsearch-missing-config-files-will-exit-after-starting/138998/2 "2018-07-07T07:19:01Z")
What config files are missing that you are expecting? Have you looked at `/var/log/elasticsearch`? ---
**Author:** ![Darin\_Hensley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/darin_hensley/32/32794_2.png) [@Darin\_Hensley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Darin_Hensley)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ubuntu-install-elasticsearch-missing-config-files-will-exit-after-starting/138998/3 "2018-07-07T19:03:15Z")
There are no log files in `/var/log/elasticsearch`. I have another cloud server with elasticsearch and here are the files it has: ``` root@instance-1:/etc/elasticsearch# lr total 48K drwxr-s--- 2 root elasticsearch 4.0K Jun 26 19:21 . drwxr-xr-x 117 root root 12K Jul 7 14:00 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root elasticsearch 76 Jun 26 19:21 .elasticsearch.keystore.initial_md5sum -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 207 Jun 26 19:21 elasticsearch.keystore -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 2.9K Jun 11 18:44 elasticsearch.yml -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 2.9K Jun 24 16:27 jvm.options -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 6.3K Jun 11 18:44 log4j2.properties -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 473 Jun 11 18:44 role_mapping.yml -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 197 Jun 11 18:44 roles.yml -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 0 Jun 11 18:44 users -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 0 Jun 11 18:44 users_roles root@instance-1:/etc/elasticsearch# ``` One of the important files it is missing is the jvm.options file. Any ideas what went wrong with the new installation? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ubuntu-install-elasticsearch-missing-config-files-will-exit-after-starting/138998/4 "2018-07-07T21:24:05Z")
> [@Darin\_Hensley](#): > > Any ideas what went wrong with the new installation? We'd need to see the install output to comment on that. Are you using our repos? Can you run a purge and then install again? ---
**Author:** ![Darin\_Hensley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/darin_hensley/32/32794_2.png) [@Darin\_Hensley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Darin_Hensley)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ubuntu-install-elasticsearch-missing-config-files-will-exit-after-starting/138998/5 "2018-07-07T21:50:54Z")
I used the guide here [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/deb.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/deb.html), specifically `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install elasticsearch`. Sure, I went ahead and purged `sudo apt-get --purge autoremove elasticsearch`. Then I resintalled. The output is at [http://dpaste.com/3SPH0XK](http://dpaste.com/3SPH0XK) After the new install, same issue persists. Also, same output with sysVinit status. No logs and still missing the other config files. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ubuntu-install-elasticsearch-missing-config-files-will-exit-after-starting/138998/6 "2018-07-07T22:01:13Z")
```auto Preparing to unpack .../elasticsearch_1.7.3+dfsg-3_all.deb ... ``` It looks like it's installing a super old version, you may want to check your repos 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Darin\_Hensley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/darin_hensley/32/32794_2.png) [@Darin\_Hensley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Darin_Hensley)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ubuntu-install-elasticsearch-missing-config-files-will-exit-after-starting/138998/7 "2018-07-08T03:12:01Z")
that was it, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ubuntu-install-elasticsearch-missing-config-files-will-exit-after-starting/138998/8 "2018-08-05T03:12:05Z")
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