Can't start elasticsearch 8.5 with docker

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I'm trying to execute the docker-compose.yml from this page Install Elasticsearch with Docker | Elasticsearch Guide [8.5] | Elastic
In the .env file, I left everything to default except the two passwords

Ther first service "setup" starts without issues. The second service "es01" fails, here is the end of the output

{"@timestamp":"2022-11-02T16:20:56.995Z", "log.level": "INFO", "message":"Native controller process has stopped - no new native processes can be started", "ecs.version": "1.2.0","service.name":"ES_ECS","event.dataset":"elasticsearch.server","process.thread.name":"ml-cpp-log-tail-thread","log.logger":"org.elasticsearch.xpack.ml.process.NativeController","elasticsearch.node.name":"es01","elasticsearch.cluster","log.logger":"org.elasticsearch.node.Node","elasticsearch.node.name":.name":"docker-cluster"}

2022-11-02 16:20:57,001 process reaper (pid 235) ERROR Recursive call to appender rolling   

{"@timestamp":"2022-11-02T15:13:40.397Z", "log.level":"ERROR", "message":"uncaught exception in thread [process reaper (pid 234)]", "ecs.version": "1.2.0","service.name":"ES_ECS","event.dataset":"elasticsearch.server","process.thread.name":"process reaper (pid 234)","log.logger":"org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler","elasticsearch.node.name":"es01","error.type":"java.security.AccessControlException","error.message":"access denied (\"java.lang.RuntimePermission\" \"modifyThread\")","error.stack_trace":"java.security.AccessControlException: access denied (\"java.lang.RuntimePermission\" (I truncated the callstack for brevety)

ERROR: [1] bootstrap checks failed. You must address the points described in the following [1] lines before starting Elasticsearch.
es01_1 exited with code 78
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yeah same. Unclear what to do. I made some changes to java.policy per the recommendations of others, but, no dice so far

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Same issue here. Is this logged as an issue in the github project?

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One question for you, what is the OS of server that the docker engine is running on?

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sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144 on my host machine worked for me.

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I have Docker Desktop running on a windows machine, but using Linux containers

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Open CMD / Powershell and run following command:
This command let you access to docker desktop env

wsl -d docker-desktop

And command to increate limit in wsl

sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144
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Hi everyone. I'm running into the same issue when trying to spin up Elasticsearch in a container on my Mac. I only see this error when I set xpack.security.enabled: true. When security is disabled, the container runs successfully.

Note: I've tried letting Docker use all the available RAM (16GB) and all the available Swap (4GB). That didn't fix my problem. The reason I tried that is because of the comments on this stackoverflow answer.
I've also tried adding the line RUN sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144 to the relevant Dockerfile. That hasn't helped either. I did confirm that the command works by first starting the container with security disabled, executing into the container and running sysctl -a to view all the variables; among them was max_map_count=262144.

I would very much appreciate any help that you can provide. :slight_smile:

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Did you try to run the command?

From the command line, run:

screen ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/vms/0/tty

Press enter and use sysctl to configure vm.max_map_count :

sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144

To exit the screen session, type Ctrl a d.

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Note: I've never used screen, but I use tmux regularly.
I'm having trouble running the command you provided.
screen ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/vms/0/tty gives Cannot exec ... No such file or directory.

ls -a ~/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/vms/0 doesn't show a tty file/folder.

In case it's helpful: the Docker version I'm running is 20.10.17, build100c701. The OS version is macOS Monterey 12.6.

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Note: the issue persists on ES v9.5.0. On v9.4.1, I'm not experiencing the issue.

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@powerful_clouds Exactly what error did you have when you have security enabled xpack.security.enabled: true?

Did you see the same error message as in the original post, i.e.

ERROR: [1] bootstrap checks failed. You must address the points described in the following [1] lines before starting Elasticsearch.
es01_1 exited with code 78

?
If so, could you share more logs about exactly which bootstrap check failed? (It should be below the above log line as said in the logging message)

Also, you said

Note: the issue persists on ES v9.5.0. On v9.4.1, I'm not experiencing the issue.

I assume you meant v8.5.0 and v8.4.1? And you were using docker-compose file from this documentation page?

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@Yang_Wang First of all, you're right about me getting the versions mixed up - I definitely meant v8.5.0 and v8.4.1. :slight_smile:

Yes, I did see the exact same error message as in the original post. I can't seem to reproduce the issue now, though, so maybe I did something else wrong initially.

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seeing the same issue just now...what is the resolution?

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