# Not able to start grafana server in macOs Catalina

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/not-able-to-start-grafana-server-in-macos-catalina/34576>\
**Category:** Configuration\
**Created:** [August 3, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/not-able-to-start-grafana-server-in-macos-catalina/34576 "2020-08-03T11:02:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![amitvickey5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@amitvickey5](https://community.grafana.com/u/amitvickey5)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/not-able-to-start-grafana-server-in-macos-catalina/34576/1 "2020-08-03T11:02:31Z")

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I have installed Grafana using homebrew in my macOs Catalina using the commands  
`brew update`  
`brew install grafana`

Next, I tried starting Grafana server using the command  
`brew services start grafana`

which gives output as

`==> Successfully started `grafana` (label: homebrew.mxcl.grafana)`

but on browser, not able to open grafana. getting blank screen. I also checked the ports being listened on in my mac using netstat, but didn’t see any 3000 port being active. So I tried starting grafana-server using the command  
`/usr/local/opt/grafana/bin/grafana-server`  
which gives error as

> Grafana-server Init Failed: Could not find config defaults, make sure homepath command line parameter is set or working directory is homepath

I also have changed my grafana.ini file (in location /usr/local/etc/grafana/grafana.ini). just removed the `,` before `http_port`, and `domain` properties, but still no luck. what am I missing?