# Elasticsearch failing to start due to X-Pack **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 9, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failing-to-start-due-to-x-pack/85125 "2017-05-09T15:34:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![arorvig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arorvig/32/18078_2.png) [@arorvig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arorvig)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failing-to-start-due-to-x-pack/85125/1 "2017-05-09T15:34:11Z")
I am running Elasticsearch 5.4.0 in a Docker container, using Alpine 3.5 (based off [official image](https://github.com/docker-library/elasticsearch/blob/f9b79ebc2e8fd42372b8f302321585c4d09f9ccc/5/Dockerfile)), Elasticsearch is failing to start with the following error: ``` [2017-05-09T14:58:09,259][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [elk-es-master-02.dev] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/x-pack/platform/linux-x86_64/bin/controller": error=2, No such file or directory at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:114) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:67) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:122) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:88) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] Caused by: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/x-pack/platform/linux-x86_64/bin/controller": error=2, No such file or directory at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:179) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:360) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] ... 6 more Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/x-pack/platform/linux-x86_64/bin/controller": error=2, No such file or directory at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1048) ~[?:1.8.0_121] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Spawner.spawnNativePluginController(Spawner.java:120) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Spawner.spawnNativePluginControllers(Spawner.java:99) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:167) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:360) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] ... 6 more Caused by: java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory at java.lang.UNIXProcess.forkAndExec(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_121] at java.lang.UNIXProcess.(UNIXProcess.java:247) ~[?:1.8.0_121] at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:134) ~[?:1.8.0_121] at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1029) ~[?:1.8.0_121] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Spawner.spawnNativePluginController(Spawner.java:120) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Spawner.spawnNativePluginControllers(Spawner.java:99) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:167) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:360) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] ``` Everything was working 5.3.x without an issue, but 5.4.0 will not start. Removing x-pack allows Elasticsearch to start without issue. I have verified that `/usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/x-pack/platform/linux-x86_64/bin/controller` exists, I can run `stat` and everything looks good, permissions are good, the file exists, but the system doesn't think so. ``` /usr/share/elasticsearch # stat /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/x-pack/platform/linux-x86_64/bin/controller File: /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/x-pack/platform/linux-x86_64/bin/controller Size: 73656 Blocks: 144 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 40h/64d Inode: 533 Links: 1 Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2017-05-09 14:57:07.000000000 Modify: 2017-05-09 14:57:07.000000000 Change: 2017-05-09 14:57:15.000000000 ``` ---
**Author:** ![dkyle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dkyle/32/59114_2.png) [@dkyle](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dkyle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failing-to-start-due-to-x-pack/85125/2 "2017-05-09T16:06:22Z")
Hi Aaron, The problem you've run into is that Machine Learning won't run on Alpine linux. I recommend you try the new Centos 7 based docker image. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docker.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docker.html) You will find some useful information in this github issue [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/24508](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/24508) ---
**Author:** ![arorvig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arorvig/32/18078_2.png) [@arorvig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arorvig)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failing-to-start-due-to-x-pack/85125/3 "2017-05-09T16:25:50Z")
I'm not sure that's the same issue as reported in the github issue. The error I am receiving does not refer to Machine Leaarning, as it does for the other user. I had come across that earlier and added `xpack.ml.enabled: false` to my elasticsearch.yml file, but it did not change the error I am seeing. I can try out the CentOS image, but would prefer to stay with Alpine. ---
**Author:** ![arorvig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arorvig/32/18078_2.png) [@arorvig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arorvig)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failing-to-start-due-to-x-pack/85125/4 "2017-05-09T16:27:45Z")
Now seeing that Alpine is not a supported OS by Elastic, I will likely change to CentOS to prevent further problems in the future. [https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix) ---
**Author:** ![xamox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xamox/32/5447_2.png) [@xamox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xamox)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failing-to-start-due-to-x-pack/85125/5 "2017-05-12T13:34:55Z")
Thanks for posting this, I was bashing my head trying to figure out why it was working in 5.3 but not 5.4. ---
**Author:** ![xamox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xamox/32/5447_2.png) [@xamox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xamox)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failing-to-start-due-to-x-pack/85125/6 "2017-05-12T13:35:33Z")
Is it still possible to install a single plugin as all I want is monitoring or do I need to install X-pack? ---
**Author:** ![droberts195](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/droberts195/32/17692_2.png) [@droberts195](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/droberts195)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failing-to-start-due-to-x-pack/85125/7 "2017-05-12T14:04:13Z")
If you want to run X-Pack on Alpine Linux without machine learning then you need to delete the machine learning native code after installing X-Pack, for example `rm -rf $ES_HOME/plugins/x-pack/platform/linux-x86_64`. Then _also_ set `xpack.ml.enabled: false` in `elasticsearch.yml`. Obviously this is an unsupported configuration but it should get you back to where you were with 5.3. ---
**Author:** ![xamox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xamox/32/5447_2.png) [@xamox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xamox)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failing-to-start-due-to-x-pack/85125/8 "2017-05-19T13:59:02Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-failing-to-start-due-to-x-pack/85125/9 "2017-06-16T13:59:17Z")
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