# Elastic Search Deployment

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [January 29, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967 "2024-01-29T08:17:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Karthikeyan\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/karthikeyan_k/32/131178_2.png) [@Karthikeyan\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karthikeyan_K)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/1 "2024-01-29T08:17:21Z")

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Hi,  
I am trying to install Elastic Stack in my local machine. I downloaded elasticsearch-8.11.3-windows-x86\_64. When I try to run the batch file I get the following error message. " fatal exception while booting Elasticsearchjava.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to load plugin repository-url due to jar hell". When I searched there is a reference to older version jar file conflict. But I do not see that file in this version. "As per elasticsearch if you have elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client-6.5.1.jar file under \<elastic\_Root\>/lib folder, delete the file and restart". Can you please help me get past this issue.

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**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/2 "2024-01-30T10:32:47Z")

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Hi @Karthikeyan_K,

Welcome!

> [@Karthikeyan\_K](#):
>
> As per elasticsearch if you have elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client-6.5.1.jar file under \<elastic\_Root\>/lib folder, delete the file and restart

Do you have an old install of the Elasticsearch client kicking around? It could be conflicting. Can you try removing everything and reinstalling?

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**Author:** ![Karthikeyan\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/karthikeyan_k/32/131178_2.png) [@Karthikeyan\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karthikeyan_K)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/3 "2024-01-30T13:28:37Z")

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Hi Carly,  
I do not have any old version. This is my first installation. I also did a file search and made sure there isn't any older version on my computer.

Any other way I can find out what is conflicting?

TIA  
-Karthik

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**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/4 "2024-01-30T14:00:06Z")

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HI @Karthikeyan_K,

I assume you are not able able to find `/lib/elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client-6.5.1.jar` anywhere? Is there any other error messages in the logs at all?

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**Author:** ![Karthikeyan\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/karthikeyan_k/32/131178_2.png) [@Karthikeyan\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karthikeyan_K)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 6:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/5 "2024-01-31T06:16:23Z")

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The following is what I see in the log file.

"[DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch  
java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to load plugin repository-url due to jar hell  
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.checkBundleJarHell(PluginsUtils.java:290) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.3.jar:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadBundles(PluginsService.java:304) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.3.jar:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:175) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.3.jar:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.lambda$getPluginsServiceCtor$16(PluginsService.java:725) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.3.jar:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:438) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.3.jar:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:344) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.3.jar:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch$2.(Elasticsearch.java:236) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.3.jar:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase3(Elasticsearch.java:236) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.3.jar:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:73) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.3.jar:?]  
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: jar hell!  
class: net.jpountz.lz4.LZ4BlockInputStream  
jar1: C:\elastic\_stack\elasticsearch-8.11.3-windows-x86\_64\elasticsearch-8.11.3\lib\lz4-java-1.8.0.jar  
jar2: C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\SQLLIB\java\db2jcc4.jar  
at org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.checkClass(JarHell.java:315) ~[elasticsearch-core-8.11.3.jar:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.checkJarHell(JarHell.java:233) ~[elasticsearch-core-8.11.3.jar:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.checkBundleJarHell(PluginsUtils.java:288) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.3.jar:?]  
... 8 more"

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/6 "2024-01-31T06:27:56Z")

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Hi @Karthikeyan_K Welcome to the community

Are you trying to run elasticsearch as a service or just from the command line?

What documents exactly are you following?

Can you show the _ **exact** _ command you are using to start elasticsearch.

And then the logs starting from the first log line.

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**Author:** ![Karthikeyan\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/karthikeyan_k/32/131178_2.png) [@Karthikeyan\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karthikeyan_K)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 6:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/7 "2024-01-31T06:32:32Z")

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Hello Stephen,  
I was following this dev.to/elastic/downloading-elasticsearch-and-kibana-macos-linux-and-windows-1mmo#for-windows

From the command line.

Thanks  
-Karthik

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/8 "2024-01-31T06:34:37Z")

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@Karthikeyan_K You should follow our official docs, that blog is very old...

> **[Install Elasticsearch with .zip on Windows | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.11\] |...](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.11/zip-windows.html)**

That would be my suggestion...

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**Author:** ![Karthikeyan\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/karthikeyan_k/32/131178_2.png) [@Karthikeyan\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karthikeyan_K)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/9 "2024-02-05T10:42:19Z")

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Hello Stephen, Thanks for your response. I downloaded the latest version 8.11.4 for windows and followed the instructions. For some reasons I am getting the same error message. Anything to do with java jvm? Any other pointers pls.

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"[2024-02-05T16:01:46,029][INFO][o.a.l.i.v.PanamaVectorizationProvider] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] Java vector incubator API enabled; uses preferredBitSize=256
[2024-02-05T16:01:46,750][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] version[8.11.4], pid[2680], build[zip/da06c53fd49b7e676ccf8a32d6655c5155c16d81/2024-01-08T10:05:08.438562403Z], OS[Windows 11/10.0/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM/21.0.1/21.0.1+12-29]
[2024-02-05T16:01:46,766][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] JVM home [C:\elastic_stack\elasticsearch-8.11.4-windows\elasticsearch-8.11.4\jdk], using bundled JDK [true]
[2024-02-05T16:01:46,767][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] JVM arguments [-Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60, -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10, -Djava.security.manager=allow, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true, -Djava.locale.providers=SPI,COMPAT, --add-opens=java.base/java.io=org.elasticsearch.preallocate, -XX:+UseG1GC, -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\Users\KARTHI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\elasticsearch, --add-modules=jdk.incubator.vector, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:HeapDumpPath=data, -XX:ErrorFile=logs/hs_err_pid%p.log, -Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=logs/gc.log:utctime,level,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m, -Xms4049m, -Xmx4049m, -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2123366400, -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=4m, -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=30, -XX:G1ReservePercent=15, -Des.distribution.type=zip, --module-path=C:\elastic_stack\elasticsearch-8.11.4-windows\elasticsearch-8.11.4\lib, --add-modules=jdk.net, --add-modules=ALL-MODULE-PATH, -Djdk.module.main=org.elasticsearch.server]
[2024-02-05T16:01:47,033][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch
java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to load plugin repository-url due to jar hell
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.checkBundleJarHell(PluginsUtils.java:290) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadBundles(PluginsService.java:304) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.<init>(PluginsService.java:175) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.lambda$getPluginsServiceCtor$16(PluginsService.java:725) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:438) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:344) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch$2.<init>(Elasticsearch.java:236) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase3(Elasticsearch.java:236) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:73) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: jar hell!
class: net.jpountz.lz4.LZ4BlockInputStream
jar1: C:\elastic_stack\elasticsearch-8.11.4-windows\elasticsearch-8.11.4\lib\lz4-java-1.8.0.jar
jar2: C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\SQLLIB\java\db2jcc4.jar
	at org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.checkClass(JarHell.java:315) ~[elasticsearch-core-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.checkJarHell(JarHell.java:233) ~[elasticsearch-core-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.checkBundleJarHell(PluginsUtils.java:288) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	... 8 more
[2024-02-05T16:02:58,529][INFO][o.a.l.i.v.PanamaVectorizationProvider] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] Java vector incubator API enabled; uses preferredBitSize=256
[2024-02-05T16:02:59,284][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] version[8.11.4], pid[5596], build[zip/da06c53fd49b7e676ccf8a32d6655c5155c16d81/2024-01-08T10:05:08.438562403Z], OS[Windows 11/10.0/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM/21.0.1/21.0.1+12-29]
[2024-02-05T16:02:59,284][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] JVM home [C:\elastic_stack\elasticsearch-8.11.4-windows\elasticsearch-8.11.4\jdk], using bundled JDK [true]
[2024-02-05T16:02:59,299][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] JVM arguments [-Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60, -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10, -Djava.security.manager=allow, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true, -Djava.locale.providers=SPI,COMPAT, --add-opens=java.base/java.io=org.elasticsearch.preallocate, -XX:+UseG1GC, -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\Users\KARTHI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\elasticsearch, --add-modules=jdk.incubator.vector, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:HeapDumpPath=data, -XX:ErrorFile=logs/hs_err_pid%p.log, -Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=logs/gc.log:utctime,level,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m, -Xms4049m, -Xmx4049m, -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2123366400, -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=4m, -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=30, -XX:G1ReservePercent=15, -Des.distribution.type=zip, --module-path=C:\elastic_stack\elasticsearch-8.11.4-windows\elasticsearch-8.11.4\lib, --add-modules=jdk.net, --add-modules=ALL-MODULE-PATH, -Djdk.module.main=org.elasticsearch.server]
[2024-02-05T16:02:59,566][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch
java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to load plugin repository-url due to jar hell
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.checkBundleJarHell(PluginsUtils.java:290) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadBundles(PluginsService.java:304) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.<init>(PluginsService.java:175) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.lambda$getPluginsServiceCtor$16(PluginsService.java:725) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:438) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:344) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch$2.<init>(Elasticsearch.java:236) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase3(Elasticsearch.java:236) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:73) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: jar hell!
class: net.jpountz.lz4.LZ4BlockInputStream
jar1: C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\SQLLIB\java\db2jcc4.jar
jar2: C:\elastic_stack\elasticsearch-8.11.4-windows\elasticsearch-8.11.4\lib\lz4-java-1.8.0.jar
	at org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.checkClass(JarHell.java:315) ~[elasticsearch-core-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.checkJarHell(JarHell.java:233) ~[elasticsearch-core-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.checkBundleJarHell(PluginsUtils.java:288) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	... 8 more
[2024-02-05T16:06:13,319][INFO][o.a.l.i.v.PanamaVectorizationProvider] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] Java vector incubator API enabled; uses preferredBitSize=256
[2024-02-05T16:06:14,213][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] version[8.11.4], pid[20536], build[zip/da06c53fd49b7e676ccf8a32d6655c5155c16d81/2024-01-08T10:05:08.438562403Z], OS[Windows 11/10.0/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM/21.0.1/21.0.1+12-29]
[2024-02-05T16:06:14,214][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] JVM home [C:\elastic_stack\elasticsearch-8.11.4-windows\elasticsearch-8.11.4\jdk], using bundled JDK [true]
[2024-02-05T16:06:14,215][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] JVM arguments [-Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60, -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10, -Djava.security.manager=allow, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true, -Djava.locale.providers=SPI,COMPAT, --add-opens=java.base/java.io=org.elasticsearch.preallocate, -XX:+UseG1GC, -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\Users\KARTHI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\elasticsearch, --add-modules=jdk.incubator.vector, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:HeapDumpPath=data, -XX:ErrorFile=logs/hs_err_pid%p.log, -Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=logs/gc.log:utctime,level,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m, -Xms4049m, -Xmx4049m, -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2123366400, -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=4m, -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=30, -XX:G1ReservePercent=15, -Des.distribution.type=zip, --module-path=C:\elastic_stack\elasticsearch-8.11.4-windows\elasticsearch-8.11.4\lib, --add-modules=jdk.net, --add-modules=ALL-MODULE-PATH, -Djdk.module.main=org.elasticsearch.server]
[2024-02-05T16:06:14,505][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch] [DESKTOP-8JCMOL0] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch
java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to load plugin repository-url due to jar hell
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.checkBundleJarHell(PluginsUtils.java:290) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadBundles(PluginsService.java:304) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.<init>(PluginsService.java:175) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.lambda$getPluginsServiceCtor$16(PluginsService.java:725) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:438) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:344) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch$2.<init>(Elasticsearch.java:236) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase3(Elasticsearch.java:236) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:73) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: jar hell!
class: net.jpountz.lz4.LZ4BlockInputStream
jar1: C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\SQLLIB\java\db2jcc4.jar
jar2: C:\elastic_stack\elasticsearch-8.11.4-windows\elasticsearch-8.11.4\lib\lz4-java-1.8.0.jar
	at org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.checkClass(JarHell.java:315) ~[elasticsearch-core-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.jdk.JarHell.checkJarHell(JarHell.java:233) ~[elasticsearch-core-8.11.4.jar:?]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.checkBundleJarHell(PluginsUtils.java:288) ~[elasticsearch-8.11.4.jar:?]
	... 8 more

```

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/10 "2024-02-05T14:48:13Z")

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Exactly what command did you start Elasticsearch with?

Exactly. How did you install?

Please show the directory and the exact command you ran and the log starting from that command.

You can see you have two competing JVMs.

When installed correctly and ran correctly, elasticsearch should use its own bundled JVM

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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:** [February 5, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/11 "2024-02-05T15:12:19Z")

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Adding to @stephenb's answer....

What is this? Did you change the classpath or the jvm options or anything like that?

```auto
jar2: C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\SQLLIB\java\db2jcc4.jar

```

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**Author:** ![Karthikeyan\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/karthikeyan_k/32/131178_2.png) [@Karthikeyan\_K](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karthikeyan_K)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/12 "2024-02-06T07:51:58Z")

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I placed the downloaded zip in

` ```C:\elastic\_stack then navigated to C:\elastic\_stack\elasticsearch-8.11.4-windows\elasticsearch-8.11.4\bin using command prompt in admin mode. Then ran the Elasticsearch.bat batch file.  
C:\Windows\System32\>cd C:\elastic\_stack\elasticsearch-8.11.4-windows\elasticsearch-8.11.4\bin

C:\elastic\_stack\elasticsearch-8.11.4-windows\elasticsearch-8.11.4\bin\>elasticsearch.bat ```

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Probably it is picking from prev application install. I did not change any settings. Should I remove anything from the Env variable?

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/14 "2024-02-06T09:02:41Z")

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What do you have as "env variables"?

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/15 "2024-02-06T09:40:50Z")

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CLASSPATH has set of URLS all pointing to IBM folder. Let me know if anything has to be changed.

 ![Classpath Env Variablle](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/2/1233b05dbd277b8b97c0fd51a9a15da3449093df.png)

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/16 "2024-02-06T09:55:01Z")

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This is not something set by elastic.

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/17 "2024-02-06T14:28:32Z")

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Ok super important

Do not navigate all the way to the `bin` directory.

Do not run with a full path.

There are very specific instructions on how to run from the command line.

Navigate to the elastic home directory

`C:\elastic_stack\elasticsearch-8.11.4-windows\elasticsearch-8.11.4\`

Then run

`.\bin\elasticsearch.bat`

This is the proper way and what the [document shows](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/zip-windows.html)

You need to run from the home directory because then relative paths from there are correct

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Correct. This is set by some other app install (DB 2 client I think). Is this affecting Elastic deployment?

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Ok. Tried that Stephen. Same results. Should I try uninstalling the other IBM app and check?

 ![Run Elastic](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/6/264230e9c0ad12ef516d560270c6e56725b323c8.png)

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-deployment/351967/20 "2024-02-06T16:09:37Z")

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Hmmm looks like there is a conflict... then So yes uninstall the other app or try elasticsearch on another server or container

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