# Elasticsearch 5.0 start up error **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 28, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-start-up-error/64254 "2016-10-28T07:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manojvenkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@manojvenkat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manojvenkat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-start-up-error/64254/1 "2016-10-28T07:03:09Z")
Dear All, I followed the Elasticsearch 5.0 installation steps provided in [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/\_installation.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.0/_installation.html) On running the ./elasticsearch to start, I get the error as in Attachment. Cannot run as root user. OS is RedHat: Linux ip-10-34-70-106 3.10.0-327.22.2.el7.x86\_64 #1 SMP Thu Jun 9 10:09:10 EDT 2016 x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/a/a195e0c8bb2509f1252187c54c31b0801f42a26d.JPG) ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-start-up-error/64254/2 "2016-10-28T07:06:21Z")
Elasticsearch does, as the error message indicates, not allow you to run it as root. Run it as a different user. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 7:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-start-up-error/64254/3 "2016-10-28T07:08:58Z")
Also please don't post pictures of text, they are difficult to read and some people may not be even able to see them. ---
**Author:** ![manojvenkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@manojvenkat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manojvenkat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-start-up-error/64254/4 "2016-10-28T08:08:40Z")
Hi Thanks for suggestion. When I try to run as normal user I get below error. $ cd elasticsearch-5.0.0/bin $ ./elasticsearch Picked up \_JAVA\_OPTIONS: -Xmx2048m -Xms1024m 2016-10-28 03:55:04,765 main ERROR Unable to create file /etc/elasticsearch-5.0.0/logs/elasticsearch.log java.io.IOException: No such file or directory at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method) at java.io.File.createNewFile(Unknown Source) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory.createManager(RollingFileManager.java:421) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory.createManager(RollingFileManager.java:403) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractManager.getManager(AbstractManager.java:73) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.OutputStreamManager.getManager(OutputStreamManager.java:81) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager.getFileManager(RollingFileManager.java:103) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender.createAppender(RollingFileAppender.java:191) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginBuilder.build(PluginBuilder.java:132) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createPluginObject(AbstractConfiguration.java:918) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createConfiguration(AbstractConfiguration.java:858) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createConfiguration(AbstractConfiguration.java:850) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.doConfigure(AbstractConfiguration.java:479) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.initialize(AbstractConfiguration.java:219) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.start(AbstractConfiguration.java:231) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.setConfiguration(LoggerContext.java:496) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.start(LoggerContext.java:249) at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.LogConfigurator.configure(LogConfigurator.java:116) at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.LogConfigurator.configure(LogConfigurator.java:83) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:249) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:112) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:103) at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:96) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:62) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:80) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:73) 2016-10-28 03:55:04,771 main ERROR Unable to invoke factory method in class class org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender for element RollingFile. java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ---
**Author:** ![manojvenkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@manojvenkat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manojvenkat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-start-up-error/64254/5 "2016-10-28T08:09:55Z")
Adding to this, earlier I used elasticsearch 2.4 and had no issue in installing it as root user. Now i face issue in installing as root/ other user. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-start-up-error/64254/6 "2016-10-28T08:29:27Z")
> [@manojvenkat](#): > > ERROR Unable to create file /etc/elasticsearch-5.0.0/logs/elasticsearch.log Looks like the non-root user may not have access to all the required directories. ---
**Author:** ![manojvenkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@manojvenkat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manojvenkat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-start-up-error/64254/7 "2016-10-28T09:17:17Z")
Hi, I manually created logs folder and re ran the ./elasticsearch. Now I get below error, What can be the issue as its not allowing me to install as root/ any other user. $ ./elasticsearch Picked up \_JAVA\_OPTIONS: -Xmx2048m -Xms1024m [2016-10-28T04:15:38,335][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to access 'path.home' (/etc/elasticsearch-5.0.0/plugins) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:116) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:103) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:96) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:62) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:80) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:73) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to access 'path.home' (/etc/elasticsearch-5.0.0/plugins) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addPath(Security.java:316) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addFilePermissions(Security.java:248) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.createPermissions(Security.java:214) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:120) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:186) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:286) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:112) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] ... 6 more Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /etc/elasticsearch-5.0.0/plugins at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_102] at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_102] at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_102] at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_102] at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_102] at java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_102] at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0\_102] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.ensureDirectoryExists(Security.java:358) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addPath(Security.java:314) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addFilePermissions(Security.java:248) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.createPermissions(Security.java:214) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:120) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:186) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:286) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:112) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] ... 6 more ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-5-0-start-up-error/64254/8 "2017-07-05T22:08:49Z")