# Unable to start elastic search serivice

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elastic-search-serivice/198344>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 6, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elastic-search-serivice/198344 "2019-09-06T05:20:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![kotesh\_Ydv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kotesh_ydv/32/53680_2.png) [@kotesh\_Ydv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kotesh_Ydv)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elastic-search-serivice/198344/1 "2019-09-06T05:20:53Z")

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Hi i installed elasticsearch and kibana in centos 7 with 7.3.1 version with tar files (bin/elasticsearch and bin/kibana and i enabled x-pack security ----in yaml file and i set the password for elk stack ,command like bin/elasticsearch-setup-password interactive command....but the issue this one is not a service .later on i stopped the elasticsearch and kibana by pressing Ctrl+c..after that i install elasticsearch and kibana with repo as a service  
when starting the service it was exiting ....by authentication issue ...can you please help me to resolve this issue please

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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:** [October 4, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elastic-search-serivice/198344/2 "2019-10-04T05:30:54Z")

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