# ElasticSearch: Service start error 

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/elasticsearch-service-start-error/844>\
**Category:** Open Source Elasticsearch and Kibana\
**Created:** [June 5, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/elasticsearch-service-start-error/844 "2019-06-05T16:53:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![narendral](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/narendral/32/238_2.png) [@narendral](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/narendral)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/elasticsearch-service-start-error/844/1 "2019-06-05T16:53:34Z")

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I’m facing some issue while start elasticsearch service using Linux command line `sudo systemctl status elasticsearch.service` .

In log, showing something like `java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/tools.jar (No such file or directory)`

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**Author:** ![aetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@aetter](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/aetter)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/elasticsearch-service-start-error/844/2 "2019-06-05T16:54:44Z")

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Hi @narendral, see [Troubleshoot - Open Distro Documentation](https://opendistro.github.io/for-elasticsearch-docs/docs/troubleshoot/#elasticsearch-fails-to-start-on-java-8-rpm-install)

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**Author:** ![narendral](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/narendral/32/238_2.png) [@narendral](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/narendral)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/elasticsearch-service-start-error/844/3 "2019-06-06T05:01:54Z")

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@aetter Thanks for reply.  
For installation at my linux 16.04 LTS machine, I used this [doc](https://opendistro.github.io/for-elasticsearch-docs/docs/install/deb/).  
As per my machine installation, jvm path is: `/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64/lib`.  
But I can’t able to see `tools.jar`. Is there any special command to create/place `tools.jar` into it?

My `JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle`