# Elasticsearch fails to start after upgrade to 1.4.4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 23, 2015, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-fails-to-start-after-upgrade-to-1-4-4/22322 "2015-02-23T07:58:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Feinstein\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@Daniel\_Feinstein\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Daniel_Feinstein_2)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-fails-to-start-after-upgrade-to-1-4-4/22322/1 "2015-02-23T07:58:02Z")
Hi, I have an instance of Elasticsearch 1.4.1 on AWS, Amazon Linux OS. The version has been installed with yum. I try to upgrade the version of elasticsearch to the latest 1.4.4. Since the installation is not production yet downtime is not an issue. So I do not need to do a rolling upgrade but could shutdown the service and run yum: ``` *sudo yum update elasticsearch-1.4.1-1.noarch* ``` The command was executed with no errors. However when I start the elasticsearch service it fails with the following error: _[ec2-user]$ {1.4.1}: pid Failed ..._ _- FileNotFoundException[/var/run/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.pid (Permission denied)]_ _java.io.FileNotFoundException: /var/run/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.pid (Permission denied)_ - ``` at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)* ``` - ``` at java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:221)* ``` - ``` at java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:171)* ``` - ``` at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:156)* ``` - ``` at ``` org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:32)\* After this failure I have tried to downgrade the version of elasticsearch to 1.4.1 by: ``` *sudo yum downgrade elasticsearch-1.4.1-1.noarch* ``` but it did not help and the error is still there. Any idea how to fix the installation? Thanks -- 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/1fdab1cb-784a-405d-85c2-f07c7fca0526%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1fdab1cb-784a-405d-85c2-f07c7fca0526%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Feinstein\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@Daniel\_Feinstein\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Daniel_Feinstein_2)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-fails-to-start-after-upgrade-to-1-4-4/22322/2 "2015-02-23T09:55:39Z")
The problem was in permissions on /var/run/elasticsearch folder. The folder is owned by elasticsearch user while service has been running as root. yum installation has removed non-owner write permissions on the folder and hence the process was not able to create the pid file. On Monday, February 23, 2015 at 9:58:02 AM UTC+2, Daniel Feinstein wrote: > Hi, > > I have an instance of Elasticsearch 1.4.1 on AWS, Amazon Linux OS. The > version has been installed with yum. I try to upgrade the version of > elasticsearch to the latest 1.4.4. > > Since the installation is not production yet downtime is not an issue. So > I do not need to do a rolling upgrade but could shutdown the service and > run yum: > > ``` > *sudo yum update elasticsearch-1.4.1-1.noarch* > > ``` > > The command was executed with no errors. However when I start the > elasticsearch service it fails with the following error: > > _[ec2-user]$ {1.4.1}: pid Failed ..._ > _- FileNotFoundException[/var/run/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.pid > (Permission denied)]_ > _java.io.FileNotFoundException: /var/run/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.pid > (Permission denied)_ > > - > > ``` > at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)* > > ``` > > - > > ``` > at java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:221)* > > ``` > > - > > ``` > at java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:171)* > > ``` > > - > > ``` > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:156)* > > ``` > > - > > ``` > at > > ``` > > org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:32)\* > > After this failure I have tried to downgrade the version of elasticsearch > to 1.4.1 by: > > ``` > *sudo yum downgrade elasticsearch-1.4.1-1.noarch* > > ``` > > but it did not help and the error is still there. > > Any idea how to fix the installation? > > Thanks -- 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/d0ba25a1-8edf-4d9a-8aae-085ec400a329%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d0ba25a1-8edf-4d9a-8aae-085ec400a329%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-fails-to-start-after-upgrade-to-1-4-4/22322/3 "2017-07-06T00:30:51Z")