# not able to start bootstrap service in centos 7

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**Category:** Other MySQL® Questions\
**Created:** [June 14, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/not-able-to-start-bootstrap-service-in-centos-7/5679 "2017-06-14T05:06:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/not-able-to-start-bootstrap-service-in-centos-7/5679/1 "2017-06-14T05:06:06Z")

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iI am trying to setup percona xtradb mysql cluster version. i have downloaded the tar from the site and now trying to run systemctl start [mysql&#64;bootstrap.service](mailto:mysql&#64;bootstrap.service)  
but given error as - [root@localhost Downloads]# systemctl start [mysql&#64;bootstrap.service](mailto:mysql&#64;bootstrap.service)  
Failed to start [mysql&#64;bootstrap.service](mailto:mysql&#64;bootstrap.service): Unit not found.  
[root@localhost Downloads]# service mysql status  
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status mysql.service  
Unit mysql.service could not be found.

can you please let me know if i am missing something?