# Getting error when I type "scylla" on terminal

**URL:** <https://forum.scylladb.com/t/getting-error-when-i-type-scylla-on-terminal/4945>\
**Category:** ScyllaDB\
**Tags:** installation\
**Created:** [July 2, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/getting-error-when-i-type-scylla-on-terminal/4945 "2025-07-02T10:32:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/getting-error-when-i-type-scylla-on-terminal/4945/1 "2025-07-02T10:32:24Z")

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_Installation details_:  
curl -sSf [get.scylladb.com/server](http://get.scylladb.com/server) | sudo bash ( run this script to install)  
#ScyllaDB version: 2025.2.0-0.20250625.33e947e75342  
#Cluster size:  
#os (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu/AWS AMI): Ubuntu (Oracle VPS)

```auto
ubuntu@development:~$ scylla 
INFO 2025-07-01 03:49:34,281 seastar - Reactor backend: linux-aio
INFO 2025-07-01 03:49:34,392 [shard 0:main] seastar - updated: blocked-reactor-notify-ms=36000000000
INFO 2025-07-01 03:49:34,392 [shard 2:main] seastar - updated: blocked-reactor-notify-ms=36000000000
INFO 2025-07-01 03:49:34,392 [shard 1:main] seastar - updated: blocked-reactor-notify-ms=36000000000
INFO 2025-07-01 03:49:34,392 [shard 3:main] seastar - updated: blocked-reactor-notify-ms=36000000000
ERROR 2025-07-01 03:49:34,398 [shard 0:main] init - Could not read configuration file conf/scylla.yaml: std::invalid_argument (Could not open file at conf/scylla.yaml. Make sure it exists)
ERROR 2025-07-01 03:49:34,399 [shard 0:main] init - Startup failed: std::invalid_argument (Could not open file at conf/scylla.yaml. Make sure it exists)

```

I dont know in which location it is asking for conf folder.  
how can I fix this issue?

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**Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/getting-error-when-i-type-scylla-on-terminal/4945/2 "2025-07-04T13:12:42Z")

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You should start ScyllaDB with `systemctl start scylla-server`.

If you just want to play around with ScyllaDB on a development machine, you can start it with something like `scylla -c2 -m2G --developer-mode=1 --options-file=/path/to/scylla.yaml`.  
You can just create an empty yaml file with `touch scylla.yaml`.