5.0.0-rc1 Setting network.host <NIC IP> fails

Check you /var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.log
for something like
"
bootstrap checks failed
initial heap size [XXXXXXX] not equal to maximum heap size [YYYYYY]; this can cause resize pauses and prevents mlockall from locking the entire heap
"
It seems strange at first look how external net iface relate with mem heaps , but I found explanation here

Hope it will be useful...