Cannot Run Elasticsearch 7.2 As A Windows Service

Elastic Stack Elasticsearch
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Looking at the JVM options that are set during service creation vs. when run from the command line, there are some differences.

Elasticsearch as a service

-Djava.io.tmpdir=;

Elasticsearch executable

-Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\Users\ADMINI~1.WIN\AppData\Local\Temp\2\elasticsearch;
-Delasticsearch;-Des.path.home=C:\ElasticStack\elasticsearch\7.2;
-Des.path.conf=C:\ElasticStack\elasticsearch\7.2\config;
-Des.distribution.flavor=default;
-Des.distribution.type=zip;
-Des.bundled_jd=true

So running as an executable, it sets the java tmpdir to my local user account. The documentation says the following regarding this:

  • Remove service
  • Set System variable
  • Reboot system
  • Install service
  • All is right in the world again
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