# Elasticsearch Service won't start **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 22, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-start/242264 "2020-07-22T22:21:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jensxy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jensxy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jensxy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-start/242264/21 "2020-07-23T09:28:24Z")
I did `sudo chmod -R 750 /var/log/elasticsearch/` and now I get the following messages ```auto /usr/share/elasticsearch$ sudo -u elasticsearch ./bin/elasticsearch future versions of Elasticsearch will require Java 11; your Java version from [/opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_202/jre] does not meet this requirement future versions of Elasticsearch will require Java 11; your Java version from [/opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_202/jre] does not meet this requirement [2020-07-23T11:26:56,232][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [SERVER1] version[7.8.0], pid[28095], build[default/deb/757314695644ea9a1dc2fecd26d1a43856725e65/2020-06-14T19:35:50.234439Z], OS[Linux/4.15.0-108-generic/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0_202/25.202-b08] [2020-07-23T11:26:56,233][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [SERVER1] JVM home [/opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_202/jre] [2020-07-23T11:26:56,233][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [SERVER1] JVM arguments [-Xshare:auto, -Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60, -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dio.netty.allocator.numDirectArenas=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Djava.locale.providers=SPI,JRE, -Xms13g, -Xmx13g, -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC, -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75, -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly, -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp/elasticsearch-6288221564287275426, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:HeapDumpPath=/var/lib/elasticsearch, -XX:ErrorFile=/var/log/elasticsearch/hs_err_pid%p.log, -XX:+PrintGCDetails, -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps, -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution, -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime, -Xloggc:/var/log/elasticsearch/gc.log, -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation, -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=32, -XX:GCLogFileSize=64m, -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=6979321856, -Des.path.home=/usr/share/elasticsearch, -Des.path.conf=/etc/elasticsearch, -Des.distribution.flavor=default, -Des.distribution.type=deb, -Des.bundled_jdk=true] [2020-07-23T11:26:59,128][ERROR][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [SERVER1] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Plugin [ingest-attachment] was built for Elasticsearch version 7.5.0 but version 7.8.0 is running at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:174) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Plugin [ingest-attachment] was built for Elasticsearch version 7.5.0 but version 7.8.0 is running at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.verifyCompatibility(PluginsService.java:348) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadBundle(PluginsService.java:533) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadBundles(PluginsService.java:473) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:164) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:317) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:266) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0] ... 6 more uncaught exception in thread [main] java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Plugin [ingest-attachment] was built for Elasticsearch version 7.5.0 but version 7.8.0 is running at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.verifyCompatibility(PluginsService.java:348) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadBundle(PluginsService.java:533) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadBundles(PluginsService.java:473) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:164) at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:317) at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:266) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:227) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:227) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) For complete error details, refer to the log at /var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.log ``` Is the problem maybe due to the ingest-attachment plugin? EDIT: Reinstalling the ingest-attachment plugin solved the problem. [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-crashes-after-start/169957/3](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-crashes-after-start/169957/3) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Mushero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steve_mushero/32/22441_2.png) [@Steve\_Mushero](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steve_Mushero)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-start/242264/22 "2020-07-23T09:45:56Z")
Getting some where - note your ./bin/elasticsearch is using the OS level Java, not the bundled V14 one - why? Should try to fix that, but yes, the current issue is the plugin - then what happened after you 'solved' that? ---
**Author:** ![Jensxy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jensxy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jensxy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-start/242264/23 "2020-07-23T09:52:28Z")
I just started the service and the status shows ```auto ● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-07-23 11:34:10 CEST; 15min ago Docs: https://www.elastic.co Main PID: 29428 (java) Tasks: 89 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/elasticsearch.service ├─29428 /usr/share/elasticsearch/jdk/bin/java -Xshare:auto -Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60 -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10 -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch -Xss1m -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djna.nosys=true - └─29643 /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/x-pack-ml/platform/linux-x86_64/bin/controller Jul 23 11:33:52 SERVER1 systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch... Jul 23 11:33:54 SERVER1 systemd-entrypoint[29428]: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Ignoring option UseConcMarkSweepGC; support was removed in 14.0 Jul 23 11:33:54 SERVER1 systemd-entrypoint[29428]: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Ignoring option CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction; support was removed in 14.0 Jul 23 11:33:54 SERVER1 systemd-entrypoint[29428]: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Ignoring option UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly; support was removed in 14.0 ``` It is using the correct Java now, isn't it? And I don't know why it used the OS level Java. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Mushero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steve_mushero/32/22441_2.png) [@Steve\_Mushero](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steve_Mushero)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-start/242264/24 "2020-07-24T01:11:10Z")
Yes, seems good now; just make sure it's repeatable and things start correctly when the VM boots, etc. Was an odd chain of events and messed up log permissions, etc. so all kinda weird. Anyway, good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Vinayak\_Sapre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vinayak_sapre/32/45939_2.png) [@Vinayak\_Sapre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vinayak_Sapre)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-start/242264/25 "2020-07-24T01:44:33Z")
@Jensxy Glad that finally you were able start the service. Here is a snippet from jvm.options bundled with ES 7.8.0. Notice jdk 14 specific settings and UseConcMarkSweepGC marked to be used with JDK 8 through 13 only. ```auto ## GC configuration 8-13:-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC 8-13:-XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75 8-13:-XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly ## G1GC Configuration # NOTE: G1 GC is only supported on JDK version 10 or later # to use G1GC, uncomment the next two lines and update the version on the # following three lines to your version of the JDK # 10-13:-XX:-UseConcMarkSweepGC # 10-13:-XX:-UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly 14-:-XX:+UseG1GC 14-:-XX:G1ReservePercent=25 14-:-XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=30 ``` With this you should not see warning messages like ```auto Jul 23 11:33:54 SERVER1 systemd-entrypoint[29428]: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Ignoring option UseConcMarkSweepGC; support was removed in 14.0 ``` JDK14 by default uses +UserG1GC. Not sure if other two settings have performance impact. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Mushero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steve_mushero/32/22441_2.png) [@Steve\_Mushero](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steve_Mushero)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-start/242264/26 "2020-07-24T08:06:56Z")
I wonder if this node has always been like this, with left over init / start scripts from old versions, etc. Maybe get new one from clean install and copy over, making sure the right JVM is being used (and/or remove the OS-supplied JVM to make sure). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-service-wont-start/242264/27 "2020-08-21T08:06:58Z")
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