Elasticsearch listening on /127.0.0.1:9001 . Also shows Main PID: 12471 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) error messages- ubuntu server 16.04.3

Elastic Stack Elasticsearch
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Hi
I am not been able to run sonarqube due to below mentioned log issue. Please advise how can i solved the issue

root@storage:/opt/sonar/logs# more sonar.log 
--> Wrapper Started as Daemon
Launching a JVM...
Wrapper (Version 3.2.3) http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org
  Copyright 1999-2006 Tanuki Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.AppFileSystem] Cleaning or creating temp directory /opt/sonar/temp
**2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.es.EsSettings] Elasticsearch listening on /127.0.0.1:9001**
2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.p.ProcessLauncherImpl] Launch process[[key='es', ipcIndex=1, logFilenamePrefix=es]] from [/opt/sonar/elasticsea
rch]: /opt/sonar/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -Epath.conf=/opt/sonar/temp/conf/es
2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Waiting for Elasticsearch to be up and running
2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] no modules loaded
2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded plugin [org.elasticsearch.transport.Netty4Plugin]
2018.01.07 15:23:08 WARN  app[][o.s.a.p.AbstractProcessMonitor] Process exited with exit value [es]: 1
2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process [es] is stopped
2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] SonarQube is stopped
<-- Wrapper Stopped
--> Wrapper Started as Daemon
Launching a JVM...
Wrapper (Version 3.2.3) http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org
  Copyright 1999-2006 Tanuki Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

2018.01.07 15:29:05 INFO  app[][o.s.a.AppFileSystem] Cleaning or creating temp directory /opt/sonar/temp
2018.01.07 15:29:05 INFO  app[][o.s.a.es.EsSettings] Elasticsearch listening on /127.0.0.1:9001
2018.01.07 15:29:05 INFO  app[][o.s.a.p.ProcessLauncherImpl] Launch process[[key='es', ipcIndex=1, logFilenamePrefix=es]] from [/opt/sonar/elasticsea
rch]: /opt/sonar/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -Epath.conf=/opt/sonar/temp/conf/es
2018.01.07 15:29:05 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Waiting for Elasticsearch to be up and running
2018.01.07 15:29:05 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] no modules loaded
2018.01.07 15:29:05 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded plugin [org.elasticsearch.transport.Netty4Plugin]
2018.01.07 15:29:06 WARN  app[][o.s.a.p.AbstractProcessMonitor] Process exited with exit value [es]: 1
2018.01.07 15:29:06 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process [es] is stopped
2018.01.07 15:29:06 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] SonarQube is stopped
<-- Wrapper Stopped
--> Wrapper Started as Daemon
Launching a JVM...
Wrapper (Version 3.2.3) http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org
  Copyright 1999-2006 Tanuki Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.''

root@storage:/opt/sonar/elasticsearch/config# sudo service elasticsearch status

● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2018-01-10 14:07:27 +0545; 4s ago
     Docs: http://www.elastic.co
  Process: 12471 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -Des.pidfile=${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid -Des.default.path.home=${ES_HOME} -De
  Process: 12469 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-systemd-pre-exec (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 **Main PID: 12471 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)**

Jan 10 14:07:27 storage elasticsearch[12471]:         at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromStream(Settings.java:1071)
Jan 10 14:07:27 storage elasticsearch[12471]:         at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromPath(Settings.java:1058)
Jan 10 14:07:27 storage elasticsearch[12471]:         at org.elasticsearch.node.internal.InternalSettingsPreparer.prepareEnvironment(InternalSettings
Jan 10 14:07:27 storage elasticsearch[12471]:         at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initialSettings(Bootstrap.java:202)
Jan 10 14:07:27 storage elasticsearch[12471]:         at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:241)
Jan 10 14:07:27 storage elasticsearch[12471]:         at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:35)
Jan 10 14:07:27 storage elasticsearch[12471]: Refer to the log for complete error details.
Jan 10 14:07:27 storage systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 10 14:07:27 storage systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jan 10 14:07:27 storage systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
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What's Sonarqube?

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SonarQube is an open source platform for continuous inspection of code quality to perform automatic reviews with static analysis of code to detect bugs, code smells and security vulnerabilities

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Please format your code. I edited your post.

What are elasticsearch logs?

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Please find the log output from below

**oot@storage:/opt/sonar/elasticsearch/logs# more elasticsearch.log**
[2018-01-09T17:10:20,404][ERROR][o.e.b.Bootstrap          ] Exception
java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:106) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:195) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:342) [elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:132) [elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:123) [elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:70) [elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:134) [elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) [elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) [elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) [elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
[2018-01-09T17:10:20,409][WARN ][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:70) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:134) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:106) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:195) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:342) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
	... 6 more

root@storage:/opt/sonar/elasticsearch/logs# pwd
/opt/sonar/elasticsearch/logs

root@storage:/opt/sonar/elasticsearch/logs#

Just incase if you need to see sonar.log then below is here with

root@storage:/opt/sonar/logs# more sonar.log

--> Wrapper Started as Daemon
Launching a JVM...
Wrapper (Version 3.2.3) http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org
  Copyright 1999-2006 Tanuki Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.AppFileSystem] Cleaning or creating temp directory /opt/sonar/temp
2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.es.EsSettings] Elasticsearch listening on /127.0.0.1:9001
2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.p.ProcessLauncherImpl] Launch process[[key='es', ipcIndex=1, logFilenamePrefix=es]] from [/opt/sonar/elasticsea
rch]: /opt/sonar/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -Epath.conf=/opt/sonar/temp/conf/es
_**2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Waiting for Elasticsearch to be up and running**_
_**2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] no modules loaded**_
_**2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded plugin [org.elasticsearch.transport.Netty4Plugin]**_
_**2018.01.07 15:23:08 WARN  app[][o.s.a.p.AbstractProcessMonitor] Process exited with exit value [es]: 1**_
_**2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process [es] is stopped**_
_**2018.01.07 15:23:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] SonarQube is stopped**_
<-- Wrapper Stopped
--> Wrapper Started as Daemon
Launching a JVM...
Wrapper (Version 3.2.3) http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org
  Copyright 1999-2006 Tanuki Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
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Please format your logs with </>.

Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root

Don't run elasticsearch as root.

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Hi Dadoonet
I trigger as following commandfrom example user but it ask for root. How do
i change the user previlege so that i can run it from example user

example@storage:/opt/sonar/elasticsearch/bin$ /etc/init.d/elasticsearch
stopt
You need root privileges to run this script

example@storage:/opt/sonar/elasticsearch/bin$ /etc/init.d/elasticsearch stop
You need root privileges to run this script

example@storage:/opt/sonar/elasticsearch/bin$ /etc/init.d/elasticsearch
start
You need root privileges to run this script

example@storage:/opt/sonar/elasticsearch/bin$ sudo
/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start
[sudo] password for bsaitechnosales:
[ ok ] Starting elasticsearch (via systemctl): elasticsearch.service.
example@storage:/opt/sonar/elasticsearch/bin$

example@storage:/opt/sonar/elasticsearch/bin$ /etc/init.d/elasticsearch
status
You need root privileges to run this script

example@storage:/opt/sonar/elasticsearch/bin$ sudo
/etc/init.d/elasticsearch status
● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; disabled;
vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2018-01-10 17:53:34 +0545;
2min 34s ago
Docs: http://www.elastic.co
Process: 20633 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch
-Des.pidfile=${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid -Des.default.path.home=${ES_HOME}
-Des.default.path.logs=${LOG_DIR} -Des.default.path.data=${DATA_DIR}
-Des.default.path.conf=${CONF_DIR} (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Process: 20630
ExecStartPre=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-systemd-pre-exec
(code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 20633 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jan 10 17:53:33 storage systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch...
Jan 10 17:53:33 storage systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch.
Jan 10 17:53:34 storage elasticsearch[20633]: Exception in thread "main"
SettingsException[Failed to load settings from [elasticsearch.yml]]; nest...
Jan 10 17:53:34 storage elasticsearch[20633]: in 'reader', line 96, column
1:
Jan 10 17:53:34 storage systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process
exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 10 17:53:34 storage systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Unit entered
failed state.
Jan 10 17:53:34 storage systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with
result 'exit-code'.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
bsaitechnosales@storage:/opt/sonar/elasticsearch/bin$

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Please format your code using </> icon as explained in this guide. It will make your post more readable.

Or use markdown style like:

```
CODE
```
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Is it ok if i paste in this way

image.png1342×599 58.2 KB

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Please don't post images of text as they are hardly readable and not searchable.

Instead paste the text and format it with </> icon. Check the preview window.

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Noted. Is it ok now ? Assume example as bsaitechnosales

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Much better. Thanks.

Not sure how you installed elasticsearch. Did you follow all the steps mentioned in the installation guide?

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yes i did follow the steps. i followed online website for the installation

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Can you tell me how you did install elasticsearch please?

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I follow the steps from this url

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This is why.

That's ~3 years old. Check out Installing the Elastic Stack | Elastic Installation and Upgrade Guide [8.11] | Elastic

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I should have been more precise about "Did you follow all the steps mentioned in the installation guide?" :stuck_out_tongue:

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So how do i redo it again ? I am about to follow the below mentioned steps provided by this url https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/elasticsearch-installation.html

Let me know what you suggest ?

CODE
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Yes I did. I follow according to that url which i send you earlier

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Now I am getting following error. Please suggest