# Configuration elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-elasticsearch/329506>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [April 6, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-elasticsearch/329506 "2023-04-06T12:10:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Fatiha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Fatiha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatiha)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-elasticsearch/329506/1 "2023-04-06T12:10:42Z")

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hi i want to Start Elasticsearch in Docker by this command :  
docker run --name es01 --net elastic -p 9200:9200 -it [docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.7.0](http://docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.7.0)

but i have this probleme :  
ERROR: Elasticsearch did not exit normally - check the logs at /usr/share/elasticsearch/logs/docker-cluster.log

ERROR: Elasticsearch exited unexpectedly

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-elasticsearch/329506/2 "2023-04-06T12:26:28Z")

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> [@Fatiha](#):
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> check the logs at /usr/share/elasticsearch/logs/docker-cluster.log

What does it say?

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**Author:** ![Fatiha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Fatiha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatiha)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-elasticsearch/329506/3 "2023-04-06T14:36:26Z")

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how I can found this file and open it

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**Author:** ![alar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@alar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alar)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-elasticsearch/329506/4 "2023-04-06T17:01:18Z")

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I wonder if something unexpected did happen. If you delete the image and try again will it work?

Or, you can exec the container and look inside:

```auto
$ docker exec -it es01 /bin/bash
elasticsearch@1f373c578389:~$ ls -l logs/
total 64
-rw-rw-r-- 1 elasticsearch root 52478 Apr 6 17:23 gc.log
-rw-rw-r-- 1 elasticsearch root 2324 Apr 6 17:17 gc.log.00
-rw-rw-r-- 1 elasticsearch root 2333 Apr 6 17:17 gc.log.01

```

It depends if that logfile exists in /usr/share/elasticsearch/logs/  
I don't see a file by that name

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-elasticsearch/329506/5 "2023-04-06T17:10:54Z")

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```auto
docker logs

```

may be ?

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**Author:** ![Fatiha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Fatiha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatiha)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-elasticsearch/329506/6 "2023-04-06T22:29:30Z")

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ls -l logs/

-a---- 3/23/2023 10:04 AM 131072 UpdateHealthTools.001.etl

that what I have

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**Author:** ![Fatiha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Fatiha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatiha)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-elasticsearch/329506/7 "2023-04-06T23:38:40Z")

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i delete the image and pull it but i still have the some probleme  
ERROR: Elasticsearch did not exit normally - check the logs at /usr/share/elasticsearch/logs/docker-cluster.log

ERROR: Elasticsearch exited unexpectedly  
and localhost:9200  
This page isn’t working

**localhost** didn’t send any data.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-elasticsearch/329506/8 "2023-04-07T07:22:40Z")

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What says:

```
docker logs es01

```

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**Author:** ![Fatiha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Fatiha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatiha)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-elasticsearch/329506/9 "2023-04-08T22:38:11Z")

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the some resualt when i do this cmd :

```auto
docker logs es01

```

ERROR: Elasticsearch did not exit normally - check the logs at /usr/share/elasticsearch/logs/docker-cluster.log

ERROR: Elasticsearch exited unexpectedly

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**Author:** ![Fatiha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Fatiha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatiha)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-elasticsearch/329506/10 "2023-04-08T22:39:53Z")

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> [@alar](#):
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> ` docker exec -it es01 /bin/bash`

docker exec -it es01 /bin/bash  
Error response from daemon: Container d0e1171bd74a9f2addbd8c2d87741594a7a75c387ec3cc82bceca7193ad78eeb is not running

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**Author:** ![Fatiha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Fatiha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fatiha)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-elasticsearch/329506/11 "2023-04-08T23:14:51Z")

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its work by this the commande

```auto
wsl -d docker-desktop
sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144

```

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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:** [May 6, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-elasticsearch/329506/12 "2023-05-06T23:15:18Z")

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