# Elasticsearch dead but pid file exists **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 19, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dead-but-pid-file-exists/19344 "2014-08-19T17:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shriyansh\_jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shriyansh_jain/32/1035_2.png) [@shriyansh\_jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shriyansh_jain)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dead-but-pid-file-exists/19344/1 "2014-08-19T17:23:05Z")
Hi, While trying to check the elasticsearch status, I am getting the message elasticsearch dead but pid file exists. How can I restart my services.? Thank you, Shriyansh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![error804](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@error804](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/error804)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dead-but-pid-file-exists/19344/2 "2014-08-19T17:33:28Z")
First grep the pid of existing elasticsearch using _netstat -ntlp | grep 9200_ kill that pid and start the elasticsearch service On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:08 PM, shriyansh jain [shriyanshajain@gmail.com](mailto:shriyanshajain@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > While trying to check the elasticsearch status, I am getting the message > > elasticsearch dead but pid file exists. > > How can I restart my services.? > > Thank you, > Shriyansh > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAMUueY%3DvOUPnseLQM2y%2BU%3Dc7NCs0U4%3DAgpj7JsMkH6R-JiAFAQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAMUueY%3DvOUPnseLQM2y%2BU%3Dc7NCs0U4%3DAgpj7JsMkH6R-JiAFAQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![shriyansh\_jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shriyansh_jain/32/1035_2.png) [@shriyansh\_jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shriyansh_jain)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dead-but-pid-file-exists/19344/3 "2014-08-19T17:37:48Z")
The command is not giving me any output. Is there any other way to find out the problem.? Thanks, Shriyansh On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:33:43 AM UTC-7, pawansharma2045 wrote: > First grep the pid of existing elasticsearch using > _netstat -ntlp | grep 9200_ > kill that pid and start the elasticsearch service > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:08 PM, shriyansh jain \<[shriyan...@gmail.com](mailto:shriyan...@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > While trying to check the elasticsearch status, I am getting the message > > > > elasticsearch dead but pid file exists. > > > > How can I restart my services.? > > > > Thank you, > > Shriyansh > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/941757f7-1186-4eb4-a61c-276b12a90be3%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/941757f7-1186-4eb4-a61c-276b12a90be3%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![shriyansh\_jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shriyansh_jain/32/1035_2.png) [@shriyansh\_jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shriyansh_jain)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dead-but-pid-file-exists/19344/4 "2014-08-19T17:39:06Z")
On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:37:48 AM UTC-7, shriyansh jain wrote: > The command is not giving me any output. Is there any other way to find > out the problem.? > > Thanks, > Shriyansh > > On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:33:43 AM UTC-7, pawansharma2045 wrote: > > > First grep the pid of existing elasticsearch using > > _netstat -ntlp | grep 9200_ > > kill that pid and start the elasticsearch service > > > > when i try to execute "sudo service elasticsearch restart". it throws an > > exception IOException[No space left on device] java.io.IOException: No space left on device at java.io.FileOutputStream.writeBytes(Native Method) at java.io.FileOutputStream.write(FileOutputStream.java:305) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:157) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:32) > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:08 PM, shriyansh jain [shriyan...@gmail.com](mailto:shriyan...@gmail.com) > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > While trying to check the elasticsearch status, I am getting the message > > > > > > elasticsearch dead but pid file exists. > > > > > > How can I restart my services.? > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Shriyansh > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com) > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4cc2ab13-88b2-4faa-ad0a-f04fd392664a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4cc2ab13-88b2-4faa-ad0a-f04fd392664a%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![error804](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@error804](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/error804)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dead-but-pid-file-exists/19344/5 "2014-08-19T17:43:18Z")
it means that you have no space left on root directory. Can you tell me the output of df -h it is is 100% then you have to make some space On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:24 PM, shriyansh jain [shriyanshajain@gmail.com](mailto:shriyanshajain@gmail.com) wrote: > On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:37:48 AM UTC-7, shriyansh jain wrote: > > > The command is not giving me any output. Is there any other way to find > > out the problem.? > > > > Thanks, > > Shriyansh > > > > On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:33:43 AM UTC-7, pawansharma2045 wrote: > > > > > First grep the pid of existing elasticsearch using > > > _netstat -ntlp | grep 9200_ > > > kill that pid and start the elasticsearch service > > > > > > when i try to execute "sudo service elasticsearch restart". it throws an > > > exception > > IOException[No space left on device] > java.io.IOException: No space left on device > at java.io.FileOutputStream.writeBytes(Native Method) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.write(FileOutputStream.java:305) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:157) > at > org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:32) > > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:08 PM, shriyansh jain [shriyan...@gmail.com](mailto:shriyan...@gmail.com) > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > While trying to check the elasticsearch status, I am getting the message > > > > > > > > elasticsearch dead but pid file exists. > > > > > > > > How can I restart my services.? > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Shriyansh > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > > msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616% > > > > [40googlegroups.com](http://40googlegroups.com) > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4cc2ab13-88b2-4faa-ad0a-f04fd392664a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4cc2ab13-88b2-4faa-ad0a-f04fd392664a%40googlegroups.com) > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4cc2ab13-88b2-4faa-ad0a-f04fd392664a%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4cc2ab13-88b2-4faa-ad0a-f04fd392664a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAMUueYm-V4pBMRfN2yLY8eGBR1Uwe-PwEOWOLMz%2BR8jMwhnp0g%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAMUueYm-V4pBMRfN2yLY8eGBR1Uwe-PwEOWOLMz%2BR8jMwhnp0g%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![shriyansh\_jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shriyansh_jain/32/1035_2.png) [@shriyansh\_jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shriyansh_jain)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dead-but-pid-file-exists/19344/6 "2014-08-19T17:47:40Z")
I am writing the data to /auto/foo, and after going into that directory and doing df -h it gives me Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 24G 17G 5.8G 75% / tmpfs 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /dev/shm /dev/sda1 97M 82M 9.9M 90% /boot /dev/sda6 2.0G 135M 1.8G 7% /tmp /dev/sda5 6.0G 5.7G 0 100% /var xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 16T 4.2T 11T 28% /auto/home.nas01 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 127T 27T 101T 21% /auto/foo Thanks, Shriyansh On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:43:35 AM UTC-7, pawansharma2045 wrote: > it means that you have no space left on root directory. > > Can you tell me the output of df -h > > it is is 100% then you have to make some space > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:24 PM, shriyansh jain \<[shriyan...@gmail.com](mailto:shriyan...@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:37:48 AM UTC-7, shriyansh jain wrote: > > > > > The command is not giving me any output. Is there any other way to find > > > out the problem.? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Shriyansh > > > > > > On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:33:43 AM UTC-7, pawansharma2045 wrote: > > > > > > > First grep the pid of existing elasticsearch using > > > > \*netstat -ntlp | grep 9200 \* > > > > kill that pid and start the elasticsearch service > > > > > > > > when i try to execute "sudo service elasticsearch restart". it throws > > > > an exception > > > > IOException[No space left on device] > > java.io.IOException: No space left on device > > at java.io.FileOutputStream.writeBytes(Native Method) > > at java.io.FileOutputStream.write(FileOutputStream.java:305) > > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:157) > > at > > org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:32) > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:08 PM, shriyansh jain [shriyan...@gmail.com](mailto:shriyan...@gmail.com) > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > While trying to check the elasticsearch status, I am getting the > > > > > message > > > > > > > > > > elasticsearch dead but pid file exists. > > > > > > > > > > How can I restart my services.? > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > Shriyansh > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > > > msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616% > > > > > [40googlegroups.com](http://40googlegroups.com) > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > > . > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > > "elasticsearch" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4cc2ab13-88b2-4faa-ad0a-f04fd392664a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4cc2ab13-88b2-4faa-ad0a-f04fd392664a%40googlegroups.com) > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4cc2ab13-88b2-4faa-ad0a-f04fd392664a%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4cc2ab13-88b2-4faa-ad0a-f04fd392664a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5a7aa72d-5131-4811-9a76-34f03417aa78%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5a7aa72d-5131-4811-9a76-34f03417aa78%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![error804](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@error804](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/error804)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-dead-but-pid-file-exists/19344/7 "2014-08-19T17:52:35Z")
/var is 100% so you are getting this issue could you please create some space in /var and try to start elasticsearch. your path.data in elasticsearch.yml inside /var Could you provide the full path of path.data. from elasticsearch.yml On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:32 PM, shriyansh jain [shriyanshajain@gmail.com](mailto:shriyanshajain@gmail.com) wrote: > I am writing the data to /auto/foo, and after going into that directory > and doing df -h it gives me > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda3 24G 17G 5.8G 75% / > tmpfs 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /dev/shm > /dev/sda1 97M 82M 9.9M 90% /boot > /dev/sda6 2.0G 135M 1.8G 7% /tmp > /dev/sda5 6.0G 5.7G 0 100% /var > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 16T 4.2T 11T 28% /auto/home.nas01 > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 127T 27T 101T 21% /auto/foo > Thanks, > Shriyansh > > On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:43:35 AM UTC-7, pawansharma2045 wrote: > > > it means that you have no space left on root directory. > > > > Can you tell me the output of df -h > > > > it is is 100% then you have to make some space > > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:24 PM, shriyansh jain [shriyan...@gmail.com](mailto:shriyan...@gmail.com) > > wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:37:48 AM UTC-7, shriyansh jain wrote: > > > > > > > The command is not giving me any output. Is there any other way to find > > > > out the problem.? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Shriyansh > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:33:43 AM UTC-7, pawansharma2045 wrote: > > > > > > > > > First grep the pid of existing elasticsearch using > > > > > \*netstat -ntlp | grep 9200 \* > > > > > kill that pid and start the elasticsearch service > > > > > > > > > > when i try to execute "sudo service elasticsearch restart". it throws > > > > > an exception > > > > > > IOException[No space left on device] > > > java.io.IOException: No space left on device > > > at java.io.FileOutputStream.writeBytes(Native Method) > > > at java.io.FileOutputStream.write(FileOutputStream.java:305) > > > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java: > > > 157) > > > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main( > > > Elasticsearch.java:32) > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:08 PM, shriyansh jain \<[shriyan...@gmail.com](mailto:shriyan...@gmail.com) > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > While trying to check the elasticsearch status, I am getting the > > > > > > message > > > > > > > > > > > > elasticsearch dead but pid file exists. > > > > > > > > > > > > How can I restart my services.? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Shriyansh > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > > > > msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40goo > > > > > > [glegroups.com](http://glegroups.com) > > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/b606f43b-c4af-4114-9419-88ebe0397616%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > > > . > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > > > msgid/elasticsearch/4cc2ab13-88b2-4faa-ad0a-f04fd392664a% > > > > > [40googlegroups.com](http://40googlegroups.com) > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4cc2ab13-88b2-4faa-ad0a-f04fd392664a%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4cc2ab13-88b2-4faa-ad0a-f04fd392664a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > > . > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5a7aa72d-5131-4811-9a76-34f03417aa78%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5a7aa72d-5131-4811-9a76-34f03417aa78%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5a7aa72d-5131-4811-9a76-34f03417aa78%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/5a7aa72d-5131-4811-9a76-34f03417aa78%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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Yes, it was because of the logs being written to /var/log/elasticsearch. I created space in /var/log and the elasticsearch instance was able to restart successfully after that. Thank you very much for you advice. I really appreciate it. Thank you, Shriyansh On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:52:45 AM UTC-7, pawansharma2045 wrote: > /var is 100% so you are getting this issue could you please create some > space in /var and try to start elasticsearch. > > your path.data in elasticsearch.yml inside /var > > Could you provide the full path of path.data. from elasticsearch.yml > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:32 PM, shriyansh jain \<[shriyan...@gmail.com](mailto:shriyan...@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > > I am writing the data to /auto/foo, and after going into that directory > > and doing df -h it gives me > > > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/sda3 24G 17G 5.8G 75% / > > tmpfs 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /dev/shm > > /dev/sda1 97M 82M 9.9M 90% /boot > > /dev/sda6 2.0G 135M 1.8G 7% /tmp > > /dev/sda5 6.0G 5.7G 0 100% /var > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 16T 4.2T 11T 28% /auto/home.nas01 > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 127T 27T 101T 21% /auto/foo > > Thanks, > > Shriyansh > > > > On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:43:35 AM UTC-7, pawansharma2045 wrote: > > > > > it means that you have no space left on root directory. > > > > > > Can you tell me the output of df -h > > > > > > it is is 100% then you have to make some space > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:24 PM, shriyansh jain [shriyan...@gmail.com](mailto:shriyan...@gmail.com) > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:37:48 AM UTC-7, shriyansh jain wrote: > > > > > > > > > The command is not giving me any output. 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