# Unable to launch elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-launch-elasticsearch/128050>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 14, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-launch-elasticsearch/128050 "2018-04-14T15:20:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![a1cb1d2dbb857896bbf0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@a1cb1d2dbb857896bbf0](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/a1cb1d2dbb857896bbf0)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-launch-elasticsearch/128050/1 "2018-04-14T15:20:19Z")

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```
$ /opt/elasticsearch-6.2.3/bin/elasticsearch

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Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /opt/elasticsearch-6.2.3/config/jvm.options  
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84)  
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102)  
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107)  
at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:214)  
at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:361)  
at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:407)  
at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:384)  
at java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Files.java:152)  
at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.JvmOptionsParser.main(JvmOptionsParser.java:58)

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-launch-elasticsearch/128050/2 "2018-04-14T16:57:34Z")

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Have a look at the installation guide.  
It tells you step by step what you need to do depending on your OS.

Is something does not work then explain all the steps you did and what is blocking you from doing the next step.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-launch-elasticsearch/128050/3 "2018-05-12T16:57:37Z")

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