# Elasticsearch 8.17.0 installation **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Search\ **Created:** [January 2, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-17-0-installation/372706 "2025-01-02T11:43:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alain\_Josserand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alain_josserand/32/140420_2.png) [@Alain\_Josserand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alain_Josserand)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-17-0-installation/372706/1 "2025-01-02T11:43:54Z")
Hello. Since 8.16.1 and also with 8.17.0, with RHEL8, I get a java.lang.nullPointerException when starting elastic. Cannot invoke "org.elasticsearch.nativeaccess.Systemd.notify\_ready()" because "this.systemd" is null ? Has anybody experienced the same problem ? ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Salgado-Elastic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_salgado-elastic/32/103081_2.png) [@Alex\_Salgado-Elastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_Salgado-Elastic)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-17-0-installation/372706/2 "2025-01-02T18:43:36Z")
Hi @Alain_Josserand , welcome to our community. Could you share: - The complete error stack trace from the logs? - Are you running Elasticsearch Cloud or standalone? - Which Java version are you using? ---
**Author:** ![RainTown](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raintown/32/140206_2.png) [@RainTown](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RainTown)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-17-0-installation/372706/3 "2025-01-02T19:08:59Z")
_Perhaps_ also the RHEL8 minor release might be important. There's been 10 since RHEL8 went GA in 2019 !! > **[Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release Dates - Red Hat Customer Portal](https://access.redhat.com/articles/3078)** > > The tables below list the major and minor Red Hat Enterprise Linux updates, their release dates, and the kernel versions that shipped with them. Red Hat does not generally disclose future release schedules. ---
**Author:** ![Alain\_Josserand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alain_josserand/32/140420_2.png) [@Alain\_Josserand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alain_Josserand)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-17-0-installation/372706/4 "2025-01-06T11:35:08Z")
Hi. Thx for answer. I need time before I can communicate the full stack trace. I run elastic on premise as a cluster of many nodes. /usr/bin/java points to the java coming with the elastic distribution, what is to say : 23. I tested with /usr/bin/java pointing to /etc/alternatives/java (17) but the result remains the same. I have not the problem with 8.15. Regards Alain. ---
**Author:** ![Alain\_Josserand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alain_josserand/32/140420_2.png) [@Alain\_Josserand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alain_Josserand)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-17-0-installation/372706/5 "2025-01-06T11:36:11Z")
Hello. 8.9 (Ootpa). ---
**Author:** ![RainTown](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raintown/32/140206_2.png) [@RainTown](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RainTown)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-17-0-installation/372706/6 "2025-01-06T21:59:18Z")
I don’t believe there is any reason you cant run elasticsearch 8.17 on rhel8.9 One way you can validate this is just spin up say a VM using RHEL 8.9 media, and download and start elasticsearch. 8.17.0. So your problem is highly likely elsewhere. And to help find where, that full trace / startup log would really help. If you need obfuscate a few details due to internal policies, fine, this isn’t typically that difficult. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-17-0-installation/372706/7 "2025-02-03T21:59:49Z")
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