Elasticsearch and kibana service stopped after x-pack installation ,[Failed to load plugin class [org.elasticsearch.xpack.XPackPlugin]

i am using Elastic stack 5.1
i had elasticsearcha nd kibana installed with xpack installed on themPreformatted text and they were working also i installed logstash and beats.(order of installation was like what i wrote)
after installing beat(i think) and some changes in my company VPN and proxy. my elasticsaerch andkibana stopped working, the service is not even getting start.
i remove x-pack then the ES and kibana working but again when i install x-pack ES and kibana Stop.
what should I do?

the log says teh xpack plugin cant load!

[2017-01-26T11:34:12,963][WARN ][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: ElasticsearchException[Failed to load plugin class [org.elasticsearch.xpack.XPackPlugin]]; nested: InvocationTargetException; nested: AccessDeniedException[/etc/elasticsearch/x-pack/system_key];
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:125) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:112) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:122) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:88) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:89) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:82) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: Failed to load plugin class [org.elasticsearch.xpack.XPackPlugin]
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadPlugin(PluginsService.java:384) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadBundles(PluginsService.java:336) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:294) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:229) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$6.(Bootstrap.java:214) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:214) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:306) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
... 6 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ~[?:?]
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[?:?]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) ~[?:?]
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) ~[?:1.8.0_121]
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadPlugin(PluginsService.java:373) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadBundles(PluginsService.java:336) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:294) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:229) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$6.(Bootstrap.java:214) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:214) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:306) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
... 6 more
Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /etc/elasticsearch/x-pack/system_key
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84) ~[?:?]
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) ~[?:?]
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107) ~[?:?]
at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:214) ~[?:?]
at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:361) ~[?:1.8.0_121]
at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:407) ~[?:1.8.0_121]
at java.nio.file.Files.readAllBytes(Files.java:3152) ~[?:1.8.0_121]
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.crypto.CryptoService.readSystemKey(CryptoService.java:160) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.crypto.CryptoService.(CryptoService.java:112) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.Security.(Security.java:191) ~[?:?]
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.XPackPlugin.(XPackPlugin.java:193) ~[?:?]
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ~[?:?]
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[?:?]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) ~[?:?]
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) ~[?:1.8.0_121]
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadPlugin(PluginsService.java:373) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadBundles(PluginsService.java:336) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.2.jar:5.1.2]
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-

That's the cause though, I'd check that file.

Hi
thank you Mark.
in fact it was running but when i installed the filebeat and packetbeat and started to do this tutorial:
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/tutorial-load-dataset.html

after mapping the data i get intu this problem and elasticsearch stopped working.

i checked that file there are some unidentified characters on that, also i am working with root user and i also gave the permision to my root user and add that in elasticsearch group, but again i have this problem!

what do you think i should do?

thanks

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