# Elasticsearch bootstrap checks failed issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-bootstrap-checks-failed-issue/75312>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 16, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-bootstrap-checks-failed-issue/75312 "2017-02-16T10:27:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ganesh2303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ganesh2303](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ganesh2303)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-bootstrap-checks-failed-issue/75312/1 "2017-02-16T10:27:49Z")

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Hi,  
I'm new elasticsearch version 5.X my previuos version in 2.2.1. when i start the latest version im facing below issue help me to resolve as soon as possible

```
    -sh-4.2$ /beep/envs/beepq/software/elasticsearch-5.2.1/bin/elasticsearch
[2017-02-16T02:18:19,336][WARN][o.e.b.JNANatives] Unable to lock JVM Memory: error=12, reason=Cannot allocate memory
[2017-02-16T02:18:19,338][WARN][o.e.b.JNANatives] This can result in part of the JVM being swapped out.
[2017-02-16T02:18:19,338][WARN][o.e.b.JNANatives] Increase RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, soft limit: 65536, hard limit: 65536
[2017-02-16T02:18:19,339][WARN][o.e.b.JNANatives] These can be adjusted by modifying /etc/security/limits.conf, for example:
        # allow user 'beepq' mlockall
        beepq soft memlock unlimited
        beepq hard memlock unlimited
[2017-02-16T02:18:19,339][WARN][o.e.b.JNANatives] If you are logged in interactively, you will have to re-login for the new limits to take effect.
[2017-02-16T02:18:19,431][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] initializing ...
[2017-02-16T02:18:19,509][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/beep/data (/dev/mapper/vg_beep-lv_beep_data)]], net usable_space [71.1gb], net total_space [78.6gb], spins? [possibly], types [ext4]
[2017-02-16T02:18:19,509][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] heap size [7.9gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]
[2017-02-16T02:18:19,697][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] node name [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1], node ID [Mnv6Z-5xRvmtdMj3zn2hRQ]
[2017-02-16T02:18:19,700][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] version[5.2.1], pid[23510], build[db0d481/2017-02-09T22:05:32.386Z], OS[Linux/3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0_71/25.71-b15]
[2017-02-16T02:18:20,462][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats]
[2017-02-16T02:18:20,462][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] loaded module [ingest-common]
[2017-02-16T02:18:20,462][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] loaded module [lang-expression]
[2017-02-16T02:18:20,462][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] loaded module [lang-groovy]
[2017-02-16T02:18:20,462][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] loaded module [lang-mustache]
[2017-02-16T02:18:20,463][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] loaded module [lang-painless]
[2017-02-16T02:18:20,463][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] loaded module [percolator]
[2017-02-16T02:18:20,463][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] loaded module [reindex]
[2017-02-16T02:18:20,463][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] loaded module [transport-netty3]
[2017-02-16T02:18:20,463][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] loaded module [transport-netty4]
[2017-02-16T02:18:20,464][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] no plugins loaded
[2017-02-16T02:18:22,801][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] initialized
[2017-02-16T02:18:22,801][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] starting ...
[2017-02-16T02:18:22,984][INFO][o.e.t.TransportService] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] publish_address {10.63.79.118:9300}, bound_addresses {10.63.79.118:9300}
[2017-02-16T02:18:22,989][INFO][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] bound or publishing to a non-loopback or non-link-local address, enforcing bootstrap checks
ERROR: bootstrap checks failed
max file descriptors [32000] for elasticsearch process is too low, increase to at least [65536]
memory locking requested for elasticsearch process but memory is not locked
[2017-02-16T02:18:23,000][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] stopping ...
[2017-02-16T02:18:23,021][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] stopped
[2017-02-16T02:18:23,021][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] closing ...
[2017-02-16T02:18:23,036][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] closed
```

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-bootstrap-checks-failed-issue/75312/2 "2017-02-16T11:04:21Z")

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I believe everything is written in the logs:

```auto
max file descriptors [32000] for elasticsearch process is too low, increase to at least [65536]
memory locking requested for elasticsearch process but memory is not locked

```

You have to fix that. If you don't know how to fix it, search for bootstrap checks in the documentation. Everything is written there.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-bootstrap-checks-failed-issue/75312/3 "2017-03-16T11:04:34Z")

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