# Elasticsearch says it fails to start, but actually starts up **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 5, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-says-it-fails-to-start-but-actually-starts-up/88317 "2017-06-05T18:45:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bennett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bennett/32/4903_2.png) [@bennett](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bennett)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-says-it-fails-to-start-but-actually-starts-up/88317/1 "2017-06-05T18:45:35Z")
Hi, I'm trying to figure out why when i restart the elasticsearch service, it says in the console it fails to start, but in the logs, there are no errors and it starts up. When I put the log in debug mode, i still dont' see any errors. And it actually starts up. Does anyone know why this happens? I'm running the Current release 5.4.0 kbennett@gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch-es-weblog restart - Stopping Elasticsearch Server es-weblog [OK] - Starting Elasticsearch Server es-weblog [fail] log: [2017-06-05T18:31:39,428][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] initializing ... [2017-06-05T18:31:39,522][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/ (/dev/sda2)]], net usable\_space [3.8tb], net total\_space [7.6tb], spins? [possibly], types [ext4] [2017-06-05T18:31:39,523][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] heap size [30.8gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true] [2017-06-05T18:31:39,927][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] node name [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)], node ID [FX2iHNMRR7Wf91cqtKI45A] [2017-06-05T18:31:39,927][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] version[5.4.0], pid[12618], build[780f8c4/2017-04-28T17:43:27.229Z], OS[Linux/3.16.0-77-generic/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0\_102/25.102-b14] [2017-06-05T18:31:40,805][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats] [2017-06-05T18:31:40,805][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] loaded module [ingest-common] [2017-06-05T18:31:40,805][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] loaded module [lang-expression] [2017-06-05T18:31:40,805][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] loaded module [lang-groovy] [2017-06-05T18:31:40,805][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] loaded module [lang-mustache] [2017-06-05T18:31:40,805][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] loaded module [lang-painless] [2017-06-05T18:31:40,805][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] loaded module [percolator] [2017-06-05T18:31:40,805][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] loaded module [reindex] [2017-06-05T18:31:40,805][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] loaded module [transport-netty3] [2017-06-05T18:31:40,806][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] loaded module [transport-netty4] [2017-06-05T18:31:40,807][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] no plugins loaded [2017-06-05T18:31:42,278][INFO][o.e.d.DiscoveryModule] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] using discovery type [zen] [2017-06-05T18:31:43,674][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] initialized [2017-06-05T18:31:43,674][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] starting ... [2017-06-05T18:31:44,459][INFO][o.e.t.TransportService] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] publish\_address {10.173.12.227:9300}, bound\_addresses {[::]:9300} [2017-06-05T18:31:44,467][INFO][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] bound or publishing to a non-loopback or non-link-local address, enforcing bootstrap checks [2017-06-05T18:31:48,529][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterService] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] detected\_master reason: zen-disco-receive(from master [master {[gew1-elasticsearch-master-cpr4.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-master-cpr4.gew1.domain.net)}{} committed version [5603]]) [2017-06-05T18:31:48,827][INFO][o.e.m.j.JvmGcMonitorService] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] [gc][5] overhead, spent [373ms] collecting in the last [1.1s] [2017-06-05T18:31:49,092][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterSettings] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] updating [cluster.routing.allocation.cluster\_concurrent\_rebalance] from [2] to [20] [2017-06-05T18:31:49,093][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterSettings] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] updating [cluster.routing.allocation.enable] from [ALL] to [all] [2017-06-05T18:31:49,093][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterSettings] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] updating [cluster.routing.rebalance.enable] from [ALL] to [none] [2017-06-05T18:31:49,093][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterSettings] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] updating [cluster.routing.allocation.node\_concurrent\_incoming\_recoveries] from [2] to [20] [2017-06-05T18:31:49,093][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterSettings] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] updating [cluster.routing.allocation.node\_concurrent\_outgoing\_recoveries] from [2] to [20] [2017-06-05T18:31:49,093][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterSettings] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] updating [indices.recovery.max\_bytes\_per\_sec] from [40mb] to [200mb] [2017-06-05T18:31:50,025][INFO][o.e.h.n.Netty4HttpServerTransport] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] publish\_address {:9200}, bound\_addresses {[::]:9200} [2017-06-05T18:31:50,028][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-wmw9.gew1.domain.net)] started ---
**Author:** ![xavierfacq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xavierfacq/32/8744_2.png) [@xavierfacq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xavierfacq)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-says-it-fails-to-start-but-actually-starts-up/88317/2 "2017-06-05T20:16:22Z")
Hi, Does a stop and then a start fail too ? ---
**Author:** ![bennett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bennett/32/4903_2.png) [@bennett](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bennett)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-says-it-fails-to-start-but-actually-starts-up/88317/3 "2017-06-05T20:18:07Z")
yes, it does ---
**Author:** ![xavierfacq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xavierfacq/32/8744_2.png) [@xavierfacq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xavierfacq)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-says-it-fails-to-start-but-actually-starts-up/88317/4 "2017-06-05T20:23:14Z")
Can you stop it, delete logs, and start again, then post logs here plz. Any log in /var/log/messages ? ---
**Author:** ![bennett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bennett/32/4903_2.png) [@bennett](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bennett)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-says-it-fails-to-start-but-actually-starts-up/88317/5 "2017-06-05T21:14:44Z")
I think i got it...... I had to increase the start timeout in the init.d script. and so far it's been "ok" ---
**Author:** ![bennett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bennett/32/4903_2.png) [@bennett](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bennett)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-says-it-fails-to-start-but-actually-starts-up/88317/6 "2017-06-05T22:04:47Z")
althoug i do get a lot of... [2017-06-05T22:02:08,054][ERROR][o.e.b.Bootstrap] Exception java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to obtain node locks, tried [[/spotify/var/elasticsearch/es-weblog]] with lock id [0]; maybe these locations are not writable or multiple nodes were started without increasing [node.max\_local\_storage\_nodes] (was [1])? at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.(NodeEnvironment.java:260) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:262) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:242) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$6.(Bootstrap.java:242) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:242) ~[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] 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] [2017-06-05T22:02:08,060][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [[gew1-elasticsearch-warm-mk2x.gew1.domain.net](http://gew1-elasticsearch-warm-mk2x.gew1.domain.net)] uncaught exception in thread [main] even after i kill the process and start. ---
**Author:** ![xavierfacq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xavierfacq/32/8744_2.png) [@xavierfacq](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xavierfacq)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 7:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-says-it-fails-to-start-but-actually-starts-up/88317/7 "2017-06-12T07:44:20Z")
> [@bennett](#): > > maybe these locations are not writable or multiple nodes were started without increasing Sorry for the late response, does your directory wriable ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 7:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-says-it-fails-to-start-but-actually-starts-up/88317/8 "2017-07-10T07:44:27Z")
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