# Failed to start HAProxy Load Balancer

**URL:** <https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/failed-to-start-haproxy-load-balancer/5224>\
**Category:** Help!\
**Created:** [May 14, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/failed-to-start-haproxy-load-balancer/5224 "2020-05-14T11:04:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![lukastribus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@lukastribus](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/lukastribus)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/failed-to-start-haproxy-load-balancer/5224/3 "2020-05-20T20:48:00Z")

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Start manually as root and in foreground and check the error message:

```
$ haproxy -f /path/to/haproxyconfig -db
```

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