# Unable to change state Active: Running of Elasticsearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 4, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-change-state-active-running-of-elasticsearch/266195 "2021-03-04T08:43:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Salmankazmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Salmankazmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Salmankazmi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-change-state-active-running-of-elasticsearch/266195/1 "2021-03-04T08:43:08Z")
Hi, I'm using VM via Putty. Filebeat and kibana are in Running status but Elasticsearch is in Failed state. ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/5/a5ab7d49707d2f1d6f53f4dc088bb384ab30e069.png) ---
**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-change-state-active-running-of-elasticsearch/266195/2 "2021-03-08T03:57:54Z")
Please do not post screenshots of errors. They are not searchable, they are difficult to read on mobile devices, and people who are trying to answer your question cannot quote from them to explain what it going on. You want to look at the line that says `systemd-entrypoint[5134] `. Your `JAVA_HOME` variable is set incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-change-state-active-running-of-elasticsearch/266195/3 "2021-04-05T03:58:28Z")
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