# Unable to start Elasticsearch service in centos **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 5, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-service-in-centos/254439 "2020-11-05T16:41:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dhamodharan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhamodharan/32/78486_2.png) [@Dhamodharan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhamodharan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-service-in-centos/254439/1 "2020-11-05T16:41:40Z")
Recently setup elk stack, but unable to start the es service, its throwing the below error when i run "journalctl -xe" ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/a/2ade1940bce43f73398e44a950e63eff096bf161.png) Also the logs of elasticsearch ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/4/445bb738548fba9e395df82a12581dd9083a1e4f.png) Can someone help me on this? ---
**Author:** ![rugenl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rugenl/32/12887_2.png) [@rugenl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rugenl)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-service-in-centos/254439/2 "2020-11-05T17:05:23Z")
I think it's selinux, disable it to test. ---
**Author:** ![Dhamodharan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhamodharan/32/78486_2.png) [@Dhamodharan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhamodharan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-service-in-centos/254439/3 "2020-11-05T17:22:37Z")
Hi, selinux is already disabled in the machine ---
**Author:** ![paulbrown4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/paulbrown4/32/42327_2.png) [@paulbrown4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paulbrown4)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-service-in-centos/254439/4 "2020-11-05T18:35:23Z")
Check your configuration file. Errors in the syntax can cause this. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-service-in-centos/254439/5 "2020-11-05T21:55:34Z")
Please don't post pictures of text, they are difficult to read, impossible to search and replicate (if it's code), and some people may not be even able to see them 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![21908](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/21908/32/77808_2.png) [@21908](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/21908)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-service-in-centos/254439/6 "2020-11-06T00:03:00Z")
I dealt with those types of errors a few times on CentOS 8. Are you getting any indication of a problem if you tail your log elasticsearch.log, considering log is at default location if you installed with rpm. ```auto systemctl restart elasticsearch && tail -f /var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.log ``` ---
**Author:** ![Dhamodharan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dhamodharan/32/78486_2.png) [@Dhamodharan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhamodharan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-service-in-centos/254439/7 "2020-11-06T07:48:31Z")
I dont get any logs, which causes this service failing, I have attached the same log in my first message itself. ---
**Author:** ![21908](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/21908/32/77808_2.png) [@21908](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/21908)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-service-in-centos/254439/8 "2020-11-06T12:24:20Z")
Elasticsearch docs state this, have you done this to help diagnose the issue: _By default the Elasticsearch service doesn’t log information in the `systemd` journal. To enable `journalctl` logging, the `--quiet` option must be removed from the `ExecStart` command line in the `elasticsearch.service` file._ Another thought, are you always attempting to start elasticsearch with systemctl? What happens if you try to start elasticsearch by method below, while using needed arguments? I suggest this to pinpoint if error is related to your systemctl service configuration or the underlying file/folders that systemctl is interacting with. ./bin/elasticsearch ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-service-in-centos/254439/9 "2020-12-04T12:24:26Z")
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