cannot get elasticsearch service to run in ubuntu 17?

Question

I am following the steps here to install and get elasticsearch to work.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-elasticsearch-

Answer 1

First, you should enable journalctl so we can gain some insights about what is going on.

Since it seems to be a memory issue (you have 1GB on your VPS and ES is pre-configured with 1GB heap), you have two options:

1. decrease the heap in config/jvm.options
2. or increase your VPS RAM