# Elasticsearch in dead state **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 19, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-in-dead-state/93848 "2017-07-19T22:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacFan4000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/macfan4000/32/20264_2.png) [@MacFan4000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MacFan4000)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-in-dead-state/93848/1 "2017-07-19T22:57:54Z")
I am using Elasticsearch 5 and when I restart it it works fine. But it eventually goes into a dead state. How can this be fixed? ---
**Author:** ![thiago](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thiago/32/32096_2.png) [@thiago](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thiago)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-in-dead-state/93848/2 "2017-07-20T00:35:03Z")
What do you mean by "dead state"? It stops responding to API calls? It will also help if you can attach some logs. ---
**Author:** ![MacFan4000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/macfan4000/32/20264_2.png) [@MacFan4000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MacFan4000)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-in-dead-state/93848/3 "2017-07-20T15:46:59Z")
The below is the contents of the elastic search log. [2017-07-19T12:58:25,102][WARN][o.e.c.l.LogConfigurator] ignoring unsupported logging configuration file [/etc/elasticsearch/logging.yml], logging is configured via [/etc/elasticsearch/log4j2.properties] [2017-07-19T12:58:25,218][WARN][o.e.b.JNANatives] unable to install syscall filter: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: seccomp unavailable: CONFIG\_SECCOMP not compiled into kernel, CONFIG\_SECCOMP and CONFIG\_SECCOMP\_FILTER are needed at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.SystemCallFilter.linuxImpl(SystemCallFilter.java:363) ~[elasticsearch-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.SystemCallFilter.init(SystemCallFilter.java:638) ~[elasticsearch-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JNANatives.tryInstallSystemCallFilter(JNANatives.java:215) [elasticsearch-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Natives.tryInstallSystemCallFilter(Natives.java:99) [elasticsearch-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:111) [elasticsearch-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:194) [elasticsearch-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:351) [elasticsearch-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:123) [elasticsearch-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:114) [elasticsearch-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:67) [elasticsearch-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:122) [elasticsearch-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:88) [elasticsearch-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) [elasticsearch-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) [elasticsearch-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0] [2017-07-19T12:58:25,457][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [] initializing ... [2017-07-19T12:58:25,607][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [I7r3PI2] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/ (/dev/simfs)]], net usable\_space [69.3gb], net total\_space [80gb], spins? [possibly], types [reiserfs] [2017-07-19T12:58:25,607][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [I7r3PI2] heap size [1.9gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true] [2017-07-19T12:58:25,645][INFO][o.e.n.Node] node name [I7r3PI2] derived from node ID [I7r3PI2RQ7GWhPSAHflZvg]; set [[node.name](http://node.name)] to override [2017-07-19T12:58:25,645][INFO][o.e.n.Node] version[5.5.0], pid[23175], build[260387d/2017-06-30T23:16:05.735Z], OS[Linux/2.6.32-042stab120.16/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0\_131/25.131-b11] [2017-07-19T12:58:25,646][INFO][o.e.n.Node] JVM arguments [-Xms2g, -Xmx2g, -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC, -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75, -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly, -XX:+DisableExplicitGC, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headles$ [2017-07-19T12:58:27,309][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [I7r3PI2] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats] [2017-07-19T12:58:27,309][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [I7r3PI2] loaded module [ingest-common] [2017-07-19T12:58:27,310][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [I7r3PI2] loaded module [lang-expression] [2017-07-19T12:58:27,310][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [I7r3PI2] loaded module [lang-groovy] [2017-07-19T12:58:27,310][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [I7r3PI2] loaded module [lang-mustache] [2017-07-19T12:58:27,310][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [I7r3PI2] loaded module [lang-painless] [2017-07-19T12:58:27,310][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [I7r3PI2] loaded module [parent-join] [2017-07-19T12:58:27,310][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [I7r3PI2] loaded module [percolator] [2017-07-19T12:58:27,310][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [I7r3PI2] loaded module [reindex] [2017-07-19T12:58:27,310][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [I7r3PI2] loaded module [transport-netty3] [2017-07-19T12:58:27,311][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [I7r3PI2] loaded module [transport-netty4] [2017-07-19T12:58:27,311][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [I7r3PI2] no plugins loaded [2017-07-19T12:58:29,956][INFO][o.e.d.DiscoveryModule] [I7r3PI2] using discovery type [zen] [2017-07-19T12:58:30,689][INFO][o.e.n.Node] initialized [2017-07-19T12:58:30,690][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [I7r3PI2] starting ... [2017-07-19T12:58:30,901][WARN][i.n.u.i.MacAddressUtil] Failed to find a usable hardware address from the network interfaces; using random bytes: 1b:94:44:da:e0:61:77:4e [2017-07-19T12:58:30,980][INFO][o.e.t.TransportService] [I7r3PI2] publish\_address {127.0.0.1:9300}, bound\_addresses {[::1]:9300}, {127.0.0.1:9300}, {127.0.0.2:9300} [2017-07-19T12:58:30,997][WARN][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks] [I7r3PI2] max virtual memory areas vm.max\_map\_count [65530] is too low, increase to at least [262144] [2017-07-19T12:58:30,998][WARN][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks] [I7r3PI2] system call filters failed to install; check the logs and fix your configuration or disable system call filters at your own risk [2017-07-19T12:58:34,068][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterService] [I7r3PI2] new\_master {I7r3PI2}{I7r3PI2RQ7GWhPSAHflZvg}{yfyORny8T0i659tb1eT4bw}{127.0.0.1}{127.0.0.1:9300}, reason: zen-disco-elected-as-master ([0] nodes joined) [2017-07-19T12:58:34,107][INFO][o.e.h.n.Netty4HttpServerTransport] [I7r3PI2] publish\_address {127.0.0.1:9200}, bound\_addresses {[::1]:9200}, {127.0.0.1:9200}, {127.0.0.2:9200} [2017-07-19T12:58:34,107][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [I7r3PI2] started [2017-07-19T12:58:34,403][INFO][o.e.g.GatewayService] [I7r3PI2] recovered [3] indices into cluster\_state [2017-07-19T12:58:34,860][INFO][o.e.c.r.a.AllocationService] [I7r3PI2] Cluster health status changed from [RED] to [GREEN] (reason: [shards started [[wiki-mw\_\_content\_first][2], [wiki-mw\_\_content\_first][0], [mw\_cirrus\_metastore\_first][0]] ...]). [2017-07-19T14:18:54,807][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [I7r3PI2] stopping ... [2017-07-19T14:18:54,942][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [I7r3PI2] stopped [2017-07-19T14:18:54,942][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [I7r3PI2] closing ... [2017-07-19T14:18:54,954][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [I7r3PI2] closed What I mean by dead state is that when I run service elastic search status i get this. ● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; disabled) Active: inactive (dead) Docs: [http://www.elastic.co](http://www.elastic.co) This is with elasticsearch 5 on debian 8. ---
**Author:** ![MacFan4000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/macfan4000/32/20264_2.png) [@MacFan4000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MacFan4000)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-in-dead-state/93848/4 "2017-07-20T20:57:29Z")
It only goes into this state when I reboot the server it seems. It seems to be hogging RAM. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-in-dead-state/93848/5 "2017-08-17T20:57:29Z")
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