# Bootstrap checks failed in es 6.4

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-checks-failed-in-es-6-4/146498>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 29, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-checks-failed-in-es-6-4/146498 "2018-08-29T09:21:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![amit.patra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@amit.patra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amit.patra)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-checks-failed-in-es-6-4/146498/1 "2018-08-29T09:21:15Z")

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Hi,

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

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**Author:** ![amit.patra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@amit.patra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amit.patra)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-checks-failed-in-es-6-4/146498/2 "2018-08-29T11:24:51Z")

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@Christian_Dahlqvist . Please help us.

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**Author:** ![Zhilong\_He](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19adc/32.png) [@Zhilong\_He](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Zhilong_He)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-checks-failed-in-es-6-4/146498/3 "2018-08-29T11:32:15Z")

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

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bootstrap-checks-failed-in-es-6-4/146498/4 "2018-09-26T11:39:48Z")

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