# OpenNebula is not running or there was a server exception. Please check the server logs. please help

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**Created:** [June 26, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/opennebula-is-not-running-or-there-was-a-server-exception-please-check-the-server-logs-please-help/7385 "2019-06-26T15:05:00Z")\
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Please, describe the problem here and provide additional information below (if applicable) …  
latest nebula from a few days ago  
did some work, some imports, everything was fine  
came by a few ours, started the system and boom : "OpenNebula is not running or there was a server exception. Please check the server logs. "

this is what comes out from status command

[root@console ~]# service opennebula status  
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status opennebula.service  
● opennebula.service - OpenNebula Cloud Controller Daemon  
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/opennebula.service; enabled; vendor p reset: disabled)  
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2019-06-26 18:03:36 IDT; 17s ago  
Process: 13701 ExecStopPost=/usr/share/one/follower\_cleanup (code=exited, stat us=0/SUCCESS)  
Process: 13697 ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -f /var/lock/one/one (code=exited, status= 0/SUCCESS)  
**Process: 13694 ExecStop=/bin/kill -TERM $MAINPID (code=exited, status=1/FAILUR E)**  
Process: 13688 ExecStart=/usr/bin/oned -f (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)  
Process: 13684 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/logrotate -s /tmp/logrotate.state -f /et c/logrotate.d/opennebula (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)  
Process: 13681 ExecStartPre=/bin/chown oneadmin:oneadmin /var/log/one (code=ex ited, status=0/SUCCESS)  
Process: 13679 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/log/one (code=exited, status=0/ SUCCESS)  
Main PID: 13688 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Jun 26 18:03:36 console.meshipc.co.il systemd[1]: Starting OpenNebula Cloud C…  
Jun 26 18:03:36 console.meshipc.co.il systemd[1]: Started OpenNebula Cloud Co…  
Jun 26 18:03:36 console.meshipc.co.il systemd[1]: opennebula.service: control…  
Jun 26 18:03:36 console.meshipc.co.il systemd[1]: Stopped OpenNebula Cloud Co…  
Jun 26 18:03:36 console.meshipc.co.il systemd[1]: Unit opennebula.service ent…  
Jun 26 18:03:36 console.meshipc.co.il systemd[1]: opennebula.service failed.  
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i’m not sure where to look or what’s wrong. i’ve read some stuff and all sort of ideas but so far no go.  
thank you

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