Elasticsearch Not Running on Linux

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I am trying to install elasticsearch on Linux Enviroment . After unzip tar file of elasticsearch when i try to run the command of elasticsearch in linux it shows the following below error

java.lang.RuntimeException: cannot run elasticsearch as root
Please help me to run elasticsearch on linux command

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@Syed.Ubaid,

Above error showing why you are getting error.

Try to install as non root user. You can use another user with sudo command.

Thanks.

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I am new on linux can you share commands for creating new user and run elasticsearch on that

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@Syed.Ubaid,

You can use the below command to create new user:

$ adduser username

Good...you can start learning Linux basic once you are comfortable with Linux then you can start new things in Linux.

Thanks.

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If youstall it using a package for your linux distribution that is all done for you.

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