Bootstrap checks failed in es 6.4

Hi,

We have upgraded es 5.5 to 6.4 according to https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/restart-upgrade.html

But after upgrade below error is there :

[2018-08-29T14:42:44,446][ERROR][o.e.b.Bootstrap ] [es-master] node validation exception
[1] bootstrap checks failed
[1]: system call filters failed to install; check the logs and fix your configuration or disable system call filters at your own risk
[2018-08-29T14:42:44,462][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [es-master] stopping ...
[2018-08-29T14:42:44,642][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [es-master] stopped
[2018-08-29T14:42:44,643][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [es-master] closing ...
[2018-08-29T14:42:44,667][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [es-master] closed
[2018-08-29T14:42:44,670][INFO ][o.e.x.m.j.p.NativeController] Native controller process has stopped - no new native processes can be started

If we set bootstrap.memory_lock: true and bootstrap.seccomp: false in elasticsearch.yml file then below error is present which was not present in 5.5 version

[2018-08-29T14:50:11,108][WARN ][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [es-master] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [bootstrap.seccomp] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:140) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [bootstrap.seccomp] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:393) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:339) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:311) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:282) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.(SettingsModule.java:135) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:343) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:256) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:326) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.4.0.jar:6.4.0]
... 6 more

Please provide a solution.

Thanks,

@Christian_Dahlqvist . Please help us.

  1. Open elasticsearch.ymal ;
  2. add bootstrap.system_call_filter: false

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