# Elasticsearch 6.x - CentOS7 - unable to apply custom path.data and path.logs **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 16, 2019, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-x-centos7-unable-to-apply-custom-path-data-and-path-logs/190654 "2019-07-16T06:37:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JKCode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JKCode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKCode)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-x-centos7-unable-to-apply-custom-path-data-and-path-logs/190654/1 "2019-07-16T06:37:47Z")
Hi All, RPM (yum) Installed Elasticsearch 6.8.0 (single instance) on CentOS 7.6 Server. The installation with default configuration tested successfully using systemctl command. **GOAL: Save path.data and path.logs in 2 locations** : 1. **Default Locations** : /var/lib/elasticsearch & /var/log/elasticsearch 2. **Directories in another user profile (user\_name)**: /home/user\_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/data & /home/user\_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs **.yml** file updated as follows with **custom path.logs and path.data** with the various syntax options available; all have been tried; however, none work and Elasticsearch service (systemctl) exits with **FAILED** status: ``` > # ---------------------------------- Cluster ----------------------------------- > cluster.name: px-xx-cxxxxxxx > # > # ------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------ > node.name: px-xx-nxxxx > # > # Add custom attributes to the node: > # > #node.attr.rack: r1 > # > # ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------ > # > # Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma): > # > # Path to data files: > # > #path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch > #path.data: /home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/data > #path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch,/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/data > #path.data: ["/var/lib/elasticsearch", "/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/data"] > #path.data: /home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/data > #path.data: ['/var/lib/elasticsearch', '/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/data'] > path.data: /home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/data > # > # Path to log files: > # > #path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch > #path.logs:/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs > #path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch,/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs > #path.logs: ["/var/log/elasticsearch", "/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs"] > #path.logs:/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs > #path.logs: ['/var/log/elasticsearch', '/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs'] > path.logs: /home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs > # > # > #path: > # data: > # - /var/lib/elasticsearch > # - /home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/data > # logs: > # - /var/log/elasticsearch > # - /home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs > > # ----------------------------------- Memory ----------------------------------- > # > # Lock the memory on startup: > # > #bootstrap.memory_lock: true > # > # Make sure that the heap size is set to about half the memory available > # on the system and that the owner of the process is allowed to use this > # limit. > # > # Elasticsearch performs poorly when the system is swapping the memory. > # > # ---------------------------------- Network ----------------------------------- > # > # Set the bind address to a specific IP (IPv4 or IPv6): > # > #network.host: 192.168.0.1 > network.host: 1xx.1xx.xxx.xxx > # > # Set a custom port for HTTP: > # > #http.port: xxx0 > http.port: xxx0 > # > # For more information, consult the network module documentation. > # > # --------------------------------- Discovery ---------------------------------- > # > # Pass an initial list of hosts to perform discovery when new node is started: > # The default list of hosts is ["127.0.0.1", "[::1]"] > # > #discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: ["host1", "host2"] > # > # Prevent the "split brain" by configuring the majority of nodes (total number of master-eligible nodes / 2 + 1): > # > #discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes: > # > # For more information, consult the zen discovery module documentation. > # > # ---------------------------------- Gateway ----------------------------------- > # > # Block initial recovery after a full cluster restart until N nodes are started: > # > #gateway.recover_after_nodes: 3 > # > # For more information, consult the gateway module documentation. > # > # ---------------------------------- Various ----------------------------------- > # > # Require explicit names when deleting indices: > # > #action.destructive_requires_name: true ``` No Elasticsearch logs are generated when execution done with above configuration. systemctl status elasticsearch: ``` ● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2019-07-16 11:14:53 IST; 5s ago Docs: http://www.elastic.co Process: 31202 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -p ${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 31202 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:... Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:... Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:... Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:... Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:... Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:... Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:... Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main... Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service ... Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service failed. Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. ``` **The journalctl logs are in the following post due to post size limitations.** Custom Destination Directory CHMOD set to **777**. I have tried all possible combinations of permissions settings on the custom destination directory; i.e.: > ``` > root:root > root:elasticsearch > elasticsearch:elasticsearch > user:elasticsearch > user:root > user:user > > ``` ...but no joy; currently set as follows `drwxrwxrwx. 4 root elasticsearch 42 Jul 15 16:51 exxxxxxxxxxxxxxx` We need to get this up and running in our production environment asap; Please Help! Thanks in advance! Regards, JK ---
**Author:** ![JKCode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JKCode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKCode)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-x-centos7-unable-to-apply-custom-path-data-and-path-logs/190654/2 "2019-07-16T06:39:15Z")
journalctl extract: ``` -- Logs begin at Fri 2019-07-05 19:31:57 IST, end at Tue 2019-07-16 11:16:53 IST. -- Jul 16 11:14:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch. Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:53,380 main ERROR Unable to create file /home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs/px-xx-cxxxxxxx.log java.io.IOException: Could not create directory /home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.FileUtils.mkdir(FileUtils.java:127) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.FileUtils.makeParentDirs(FileUtils.java:144) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory.createManager(RollingFileManager.java:627) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory.createManager(RollingFileManager.java:608) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractManager.getManager(AbstractManager.java:113) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.OutputStreamManager.getManager(OutputStreamManager.java:114) .....org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:53,385 main ERROR Could not create plugin of type class org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender for element RollingFile: java.lang.IllegalStateException: ManagerFactory [org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory@52b1beb6] unable to create manager for [/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs/px-xx-cxxxxxxx.log] with data [org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$FactoryData@273e7444[pattern=/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs/px-xx-cxxxxxxx-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.log.gz, append=true, bufferedIO=true, bufferSize=8192, policy=CompositeTriggeringPolicy(policies=[TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy(nextRolloverMillis=0, interval=1, modulate=true), SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy(size=134217728)]), strategy=DefaultRolloverStrategy(min=-2147483648, max=2147483647, useMax=false), advertiseURI=null, layout=[%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c{1.}] [%node_name]%marker %.-10000m%n, filePermissions=null, fileOwner=null]] java.lang.IllegalStateException: ManagerFactory [org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory@52b1beb6] unable to create manager for [/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs/px-xx-cxxxxxxx.log] with data [org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$FactoryData@273e7444[pattern=/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs/px-xx-cxxxxxxx-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.log.gz, append=true, bufferedIO=true, bufferSize=8192, policy=CompositeTriggeringPolicy(policies=[TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy(nextRolloverMillis=0, interval=1, modulate=true), SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy(size=134217728)]), strategy=DefaultRolloverStrategy(min=-2147483648, max=2147483647, useMax=false), advertiseURI=null, layout=[%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c{1.}] [%node_name]%marker %.-10000m%n, filePermissions=null, fileOwner=null]] Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractManager.getManager(AbstractManager.java:115) .....org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:53,386 main ERROR Unable to invoke factory method in class org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender for element RollingFile: java.lang.IllegalStateException: No factory method found for class org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender java.lang.IllegalStateException: No factory method found for class org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginBuilder.findFactoryMethod(PluginBuilder.java:235) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginBuilder.build(PluginBuilder.java:135) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createPluginObject(AbstractConfiguration.java:959) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createConfiguration(AbstractConfiguration.java:899) .....org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ``` ---
**Author:** ![JKCode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JKCode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKCode)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-x-centos7-unable-to-apply-custom-path-data-and-path-logs/190654/3 "2019-07-16T06:40:43Z")
``` Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:53,398 main ERROR Unable to create file /home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs/px-xx-cxxxxxxx_audit.log java.io.IOException: Could not create directory /home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.FileUtils.mkdir(FileUtils.java:127) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.FileUtils.makeParentDirs(FileUtils.java:144) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory.createManager(RollingFileManager.java:627) .....org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:116) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:53,400 main ERROR Could not create plugin of type class org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender for element RollingFile: java.lang.IllegalStateException: ManagerFactory [org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory@52b1beb6] unable to create manager for [/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs/px-xx-cxxxxxxx_audit.log] with data [org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$FactoryData@229c6181[pattern=/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs/px-xx-cxxxxxxx_audit-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log, append=true, bufferedIO=true, bufferSize=8192, policy=CompositeTriggeringPolicy(policies=[TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy(nextRolloverMillis=0, interval=1, modulate=true)]), strategy=DefaultRolloverStrategy(min=1, max=7, useMax=true), advertiseURI=null, layout={"@timestamp":"%d{ISO8601}"%varsNotEmpty{, "node.name":"%enc{%map{node.name}}{JSON}"}%varsNotEmpty{, "node.id":"%enc{%map{node.id}}{JSON}"}%varsNotEmpty{, "host.name":"%enc{%map{host.name}}{JSON}"}%varsNotEmpty{, "host.ip":"%enc{%map{host.ip}}{JSON}"}%varsNotEmpty{, "event.type":"%enc{%map{event.type}}{JSON}"}%varsNotEmpty{, "event.action":"%enc{%map{event.action}}{JSON}"}%varsNotEmpty{, "user.name":"%enc{%map{user.name}}{JSON}"}%varsNotEmpty{, .... Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractManager.getManager(AbstractManager.java:115) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.OutputStreamManager.getManager(OutputStreamManager.java:114) .....org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:53,401 main ERROR Unable to invoke factory method in class org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender for element RollingFile: java.lang.IllegalStateException: No factory method found for class org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender java.lang.IllegalStateException: No factory method found for class org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender .....) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:53,404 main ERROR Unable to create file /home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs/px-xx-cxxxxxxx_deprecation.log java.io.IOException: Could not create directory /home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.FileUtils.mkdir(FileUtils.java:127) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.util.FileUtils.makeParentDirs(FileUtils.java:144) ...... Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) Jul 16 11:14:53 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[31202]: 2019-07-16 11:14:53,405 main ERROR Could not create plugin of type class org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender for element RollingFile: java.lang.IllegalStateException: ManagerFactory [org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory@52b1beb6] unable to create manager for [/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs/px-xx-cxxxxxxx_deprecation.log] with data [org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$FactoryData@38cee291[pattern=/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs/px-xx-cxxxxxxx_deprecation-%i.log.gz, append=true, bufferedIO=true, bufferSize=8192, policy=CompositeTriggeringPolicy(policies=[SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy(size=1073741824)]), strategy=DefaultRolloverStrategy(min=1, max=4, useMax=true), advertiseURI=null, layout=[%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c{1.}] [%node_name]%marker %.-10000m%n, filePermissions=null, fileOwner=null]] java.lang.IllegalStateException: ManagerFactory [org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory@52b1beb6] unable to create manager for [/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs/px-xx-cxxxxxxx_deprecation.log] with data [org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$FactoryData@38cee291[pattern=/home/user_name/exxxxxxxxxxxx680/logs/px-xx-cxxxxxxx_deprecation-%i.log.gz, append=true, bufferedIO=true, bufferSize=8192, policy=CompositeTriggeringPolicy(policies=[SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy(size=1073741824)]), strategy=DefaultRolloverStrategy(min=1, max=4, useMax=true), advertiseURI=null, layout=[%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c{1.}] [%node_name]%marker %.-10000m%n, filePermissions=null, fileOwner=null]] ``` ---
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