# Elastic Search Killed on start up! **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 16, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162 "2020-08-16T21:09:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carterdacat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carterdacat/32/73961_2.png) [@carterdacat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carterdacat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/1 "2020-08-16T21:09:47Z")
Hi! I just installed elastic on my pi running ubuntu 20.06, i got v5.6, and when ever i run `./bin/elasticsearch` it just returns "killed" ```auto ubuntu@ubuntu:~/elasticsearch-5.6.16$ sudo ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Xms2g -Xmx2g" ./bin/elasticsearch Killed ``` nothing gets logged, it just ends. Im currently using around 51% of the ram. The storage has loads of space. Even w/out the `ES_JAVA_OPTS` it still kills. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/2 "2020-08-16T21:25:27Z")
5.6 is [EOL](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol), is there a reason you cannot use 7.8? ---
**Author:** ![carterdacat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carterdacat/32/73961_2.png) [@carterdacat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carterdacat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/3 "2020-08-16T21:40:05Z")
Because of many reasons. 1. System arc, 2. I am not able to get kiban up and running on the pi so I’m running kibina on my 32x macbook ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/4 "2020-08-16T21:59:29Z")
I believe [running Elasticsearch on ARM is only officially supported from version 7.8](https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-on-arm). ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/5 "2020-08-16T22:07:22Z")
> [@carterdacat](#): > > 1. System arc What does that mean? ---
**Author:** ![carterdacat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carterdacat/32/73961_2.png) [@carterdacat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carterdacat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/6 "2020-08-16T22:11:27Z")
It actually worked before on this, using 5.6, idk why it isn’t working now. System arc as in 32x ---
**Author:** ![carterdacat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carterdacat/32/73961_2.png) [@carterdacat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carterdacat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/7 "2020-08-16T22:41:56Z")
I now realize that I do indeed have a 64 bit os... ill post a update soon ---
**Author:** ![carterdacat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carterdacat/32/73961_2.png) [@carterdacat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carterdacat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/8 "2020-08-16T23:23:07Z")
OK, on my attempt to run the 7.8.1v it gives me this: `./bin/elasticsearch-env: line 77: /home/ubuntu/elasticsearch-7.8.1/jdk/bin/java: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error` any idea? here is what uname -a says ```auto ubuntu@ubuntu:~/elasticsearch-7.8.1$ uname -a Linux ubuntu 5.4.0-1015-raspi #15-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 10 05:34:24 UTC 2020 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux ``` ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/9 "2020-08-16T23:25:06Z")
What package did you download? ---
**Author:** ![carterdacat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carterdacat/32/73961_2.png) [@carterdacat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carterdacat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/10 "2020-08-17T00:53:00Z")
OK, new problem. i got the download working, but my db location is on a usb stick (fat32). Its mounted, but it needs sudo to use. When i try to sudo, it says i can't. I can't chown even with sudo as it says perm denied. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/11 "2020-08-17T00:53:46Z")
Please post the entire errors you are seeing, as text and not a screenshot. ---
**Author:** ![carterdacat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carterdacat/32/73961_2.png) [@carterdacat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carterdacat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/12 "2020-08-17T01:34:17Z")
With out sudo (`ubuntu@ubuntu:~/elasticsearch-7.8.1$ ./bin/elasticsearch`) ```auto org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: ElasticsearchException[failed to bind service]; nested: AccessDeniedException[/media/usb/elastic/nodes]; at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:174) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-7 ``` with sudo(`ubuntu@ubuntu:~/elasticsearch-7.8.1$ sudo ./bin/elasticsearch`): ```auto org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:174) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] ``` ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/13 "2020-08-17T01:35:23Z")
> [@carterdacat](#): > > With out sudo Is there more to the log? ---
**Author:** ![carterdacat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carterdacat/32/73961_2.png) [@carterdacat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carterdacat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/14 "2020-08-17T01:35:57Z")
yes, but its rly long. its rly just a repeat. Do you want the w/out or w/ sudo ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/15 "2020-08-17T01:36:50Z")
There should be something else there apart from that one, that explains a bit more what the issue is. ---
**Author:** ![carterdacat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carterdacat/32/73961_2.png) [@carterdacat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carterdacat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/16 "2020-08-17T01:38:17Z")
ok, ill send both w/out sudo: ```auto ubuntu@ubuntu:~/elasticsearch-7.8.1$ ./bin/elasticsearch [2020-08-17T01:30:25,992][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [ubuntu] version[7.8.1], pid[15288], build[default/tar/b5ca9c58fb664ca8bf9e4057fc229b3396bf3a89/2020-07-21T16:40:44.668009Z], OS[Linux/5.4.0-1015-raspi/aarch64], JVM[AdoptOpenJDK/OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM/14.0.1/14.0.1+7] [2020-08-17T01:30:26,013][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [ubuntu] JVM home [/home/ubuntu/elasticsearch-7.8.1/jdk] [2020-08-17T01:30:26,015][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [ubuntu] JVM arguments [-Xshare:off, -Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60, -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -XX:+ShowCodeDetailsInExceptionMessages, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dio.netty.allocator.numDirectArenas=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Djava.locale.providers=SPI,COMPAT, -Xms1g, -Xmx1g, -XX:+UseG1GC, -XX:G1ReservePercent=25, -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=30, -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp/elasticsearch-9825119948498615142, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:HeapDumpPath=data, -XX:ErrorFile=logs/hs_err_pid%p.log, -Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=logs/gc.log:utctime,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m, -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=536870912, -Des.path.home=/home/ubuntu/elasticsearch-7.8.1, -Des.path.conf=/home/ubuntu/elasticsearch-7.8.1/config, -Des.distribution.flavor=default, -Des.distribution.type=tar, -Des.bundled_jdk=true] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,939][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,940][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [analysis-common] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,942][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [constant-keyword] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,944][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [flattened] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,946][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [frozen-indices] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,948][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [ingest-common] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,949][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [ingest-geoip] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,951][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [ingest-user-agent] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,952][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [kibana] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,953][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [lang-expression] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,955][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [lang-mustache] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,956][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [lang-painless] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,957][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [mapper-extras] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,959][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [parent-join] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,961][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [percolator] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,963][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [rank-eval] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,964][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [reindex] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,965][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [repository-url] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,967][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [search-business-rules] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,969][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [searchable-snapshots] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,970][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [spatial] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,972][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [tasks] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,973][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [transform] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,974][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [transport-netty4] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,976][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [vectors] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,978][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-analytics] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,979][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-async-search] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,981][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-autoscaling] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,982][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-ccr] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,983][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-core] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,985][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-deprecation] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,986][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-enrich] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,988][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-eql] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,989][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-graph] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,991][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-identity-provider] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,993][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-ilm] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,994][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-logstash] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,996][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-ml] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,997][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-monitoring] [2020-08-17T01:30:36,998][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-ql] [2020-08-17T01:30:37,000][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-rollup] [2020-08-17T01:30:37,002][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-security] [2020-08-17T01:30:37,003][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-sql] [2020-08-17T01:30:37,005][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-voting-only-node] [2020-08-17T01:30:37,006][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] loaded module [x-pack-watcher] [2020-08-17T01:30:37,008][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [ubuntu] no plugins loaded [2020-08-17T01:30:37,451][ERROR][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [ubuntu] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: ElasticsearchException[failed to bind service]; nested: AccessDeniedException[/media/usb/elastic/nodes]; at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:174) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: failed to bind service at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:652) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:266) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] ... 6 more Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /media/usb/elastic/nodes at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:90) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:389) ~[?:?] at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:694) ~[?:?] at java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:801) ~[?:?] at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:787) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.lambda$new$0(NodeEnvironment.java:274) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment$NodeLock.(NodeEnvironment.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.(NodeEnvironment.java:271) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:335) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:266) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] ... 6 more uncaught exception in thread [main] ElasticsearchException[failed to bind service]; nested: AccessDeniedException[/media/usb/elastic/nodes]; Likely root cause: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /media/usb/elastic/nodes at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:90) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:389) at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:694) at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:801) at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:787) at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.lambda$new$0(NodeEnvironment.java:274) at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment$NodeLock.(NodeEnvironment.java:211) at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.(NodeEnvironment.java:271) at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:335) at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:266) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:227) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:227) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) For complete error details, refer to the log at /home/ubuntu/elasticsearch-7.8.1/logs/elasticsearch.log ``` ---
**Author:** ![carterdacat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carterdacat/32/73961_2.png) [@carterdacat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carterdacat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/17 "2020-08-17T01:38:56Z")
w/sudo ```auto ubuntu@ubuntu:~/elasticsearch-7.8.1$ sudo ./bin/elasticsearch [2020-08-17T01:32:57,803][ERROR][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [ubuntu] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:174) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:111) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:178) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.1.jar:7.8.1] ... 6 more uncaught exception in thread [main] java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:111) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:178) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) For complete error details, refer to the log at /home/ubuntu/elasticsearch-7.8.1/logs/elasticsearch.log 2020-08-17 01:32:58,301946 UTC [15715] ERROR CLogger.cc@311 Cannot log to named pipe /tmp/elasticsearch-4984453529956496488/controller_log_15529 as it could not be opened for writing 2020-08-17 01:32:58,302154 UTC [15715] INFO Main.cc@104 Parent process died - ML controller exiting ``` ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/18 "2020-08-17T01:43:21Z")
> [@carterdacat](#): > > ```auto > Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /media/usb/elastic/nodes > > ``` Ok so it cannot access that directory. What are the permissions and ownership on `/media/usb/elastic`? ---
**Author:** ![carterdacat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carterdacat/32/73961_2.png) [@carterdacat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carterdacat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/19 "2020-08-17T01:43:52Z")
sorry to be a dumbass, but how do i check? /media/usb is a mounted drive (from fat32) ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162/20 "2020-08-17T01:44:52Z")
`ls -ld /media/usb/elastic` will do it. [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-killed-on-start-up/245162.md?page=2)