# Docker | ERROR: no log4j2.properties found; tried \[/usr/share/elasticsearch/config\] and its subdirectories **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 6, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-error-no-log4j2-properties-found-tried-usr-share-elasticsearch-config-and-its-subdirectories/81444 "2017-04-06T10:32:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nskalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@nskalis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nskalis)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-error-no-log4j2-properties-found-tried-usr-share-elasticsearch-config-and-its-subdirectories/81444/1 "2017-04-06T10:32:26Z")
Hi guys, Could you please advise on the following: I would like to run elasticsearch 5.3.0, and this is the command of how I am doing it: ```auto docker -D run -d --env "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms2G -Xmx2G" --name="IP-spotlight.elasticsearh.CTL" --net=host --cap-add=IPC_LOCK --ulimit memlock=-1:-1 --ulimit nofile=65536:65536 --publish 9299:9200 --publish 9300:9300 --volume /usr/elasticdata/IP-spotlight/CTL/data:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data --volume /usr/elasticdata/IP-spotlight/CTL/logs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/logs --volume /usr/elasticdata/IP-spotlight/CTL/config:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config --volume /usr/elasticdata/IP-spotlight/CTL/config/scripts:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/scripts --label app="IP-spotlight" --label component="elasticsearch" --label util="CTL" docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:5.3.0 ``` But it complains about ```auto docker logs -f 3a831e10c981 2017-04-06 10:14:21,257 main ERROR Could not register mbeans java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("javax.management.MBeanTrustPermission" "register") at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:472) at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:585) at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.checkMBeanTrustPermission(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:1848) at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.registerMBean(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:322) at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.registerMBean(JmxMBeanServer.java:522) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.jmx.Server.register(Server.java:389) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.jmx.Server.reregisterMBeansAfterReconfigure(Server.java:167) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.jmx.Server.reregisterMBeansAfterReconfigure(Server.java:140) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.setConfiguration(LoggerContext.java:541) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.start(LoggerContext.java:258) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jContextFactory.getContext(Log4jContextFactory.java:206) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator.initialize(Configurator.java:220) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator.initialize(Configurator.java:197) at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.LogConfigurator.configureStatusLogger(LogConfigurator.java:126) at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.LogConfigurator.configureWithoutConfig(LogConfigurator.java:68) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:85) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) ERROR: no log4j2.properties found; tried [/usr/share/elasticsearch/config] and its subdirectories ``` while ```auto # ls /usr/elasticdata/IP-spotlight/CTL/config elasticsearch.yml logging.yml scripts ``` Could you please advise on what I am doing wrong ? Many Thanks Nikos ---
**Author:** ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-error-no-log4j2-properties-found-tried-usr-share-elasticsearch-config-and-its-subdirectories/81444/2 "2017-04-06T12:18:43Z")
> [@nskalis](#): > > ```auto > # ls /usr/elasticdata/IP-spotlight/CTL/config > elasticsearch.yml logging.yml scripts > > ``` You need to have a log4j2.properties file here (logging.yml is the config format from pre-5.x and is no longer supported). It's best to use the log4j2.properties file that is provided already with the image. ---
**Author:** ![nskalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@nskalis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nskalis)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-error-no-log4j2-properties-found-tried-usr-share-elasticsearch-config-and-its-subdirectories/81444/3 "2017-04-06T13:30:42Z")
@jasontedor Thanks a lot, indeed am trying to upgrade to v5.x Do you know perhaps where (filepath) it is located ? Searching under `/var/lib/docker/` returns nothing ---
**Author:** ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-error-no-log4j2-properties-found-tried-usr-share-elasticsearch-config-and-its-subdirectories/81444/4 "2017-04-06T14:03:25Z")
Sorry, I do not understand the question. If you're asking where the log4j2.properties file in the image is, it's in /usr/share/elasticsearch/config, but you mounted over that. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/docker-error-no-log4j2-properties-found-tried-usr-share-elasticsearch-config-and-its-subdirectories/81444/5 "2017-05-04T14:03:30Z")
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