# Startup Setting Error

**URL:** <https://talk.openmrs.org/t/startup-setting-error/8295>\
**Category:** Ask OpenMRS\
**Created:** [October 7, 2016, 6:06am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/startup-setting-error/8295 "2016-10-07T06:06:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/tendomart/32/6753_2.png) [@tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/tendomart)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 6:06am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/startup-setting-error/8295/1 "2016-10-07T06:06:33Z")

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\*\*Application Name:\*\*Openmrs-Core

**Question:** Hello Friends, On deploying the Openmrs war file on tomcat windows,the app runs smoothly but problems arose when i deployed the same file on tomcat-ubuntu 14LTS,with the following error.

Error! A runtime properties file is needed for OpenMRS to start up consistently. OpenMRS is unable to create this file : /var/lib/OpenMRS/openmrs-runtime.properties Because of this error : No such file or directory

Could there be any suggestions,i personally believe i need to reconfigure some seetings but not yet figured out how,Thank you.

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**Author:** ![pascal](https://talk.openmrs.org/letter_avatar/pascal/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@pascal](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/pascal)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 6:41am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/startup-setting-error/8295/2 "2016-10-07T06:41:51Z")

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Can you paste the complete log at [pastie.org](http://pastie.org) or [pastebin.com](http://pastebin.com) and share the link here? Please also provide the OpenMRS version details.

There is also some information [here](https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Overriding+OpenMRS+Default+Runtime+Properties) about where the runtime properties file is created in Windows.

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**Author:** ![tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/tendomart/32/6753_2.png) [@tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/tendomart)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/startup-setting-error/8295/3 "2016-10-07T06:46:59Z")

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Thank you pascal…I ah for the version am not pretty sure but let me paste the log

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**Author:** ![tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/tendomart/32/6753_2.png) [@tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/tendomart)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/startup-setting-error/8295/4 "2016-10-07T06:49:44Z")

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The Error log can be found at [http://pastebin.com/zcWRZY1U.I](http://pastebin.com/zcWRZY1U.I) have been trying to get the version from the Documentation browsing in the tomcat-webapps folder but without much success