# Elasticsearch suddenly stopped working on one node

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-suddenly-stopped-working-on-one-node/45475>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 25, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-suddenly-stopped-working-on-one-node/45475 "2016-03-25T19:09:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Michael1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael1/32/29279_2.png) [@Michael1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael1)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-suddenly-stopped-working-on-one-node/45475/1 "2016-03-25T19:09:21Z")

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Output of 'sudo docker logs elasticsearch' is below ::

```
[2016-03-25 19:05:15,465][INFO][node] [STG1 - Wolverine] version[2.1.1], pid[1], build[40e2c53/2015-12-15T13:05:55Z]
[2016-03-25 19:05:15,466][INFO][node] [STG1 - Wolverine] initializing ...
[2016-03-25 19:05:15,523][INFO][plugins] [STG1 - Wolverine] loaded [], sites []
[2016-03-25 19:05:15,562][INFO][env] [STG1 - Wolverine] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/data (/dev/md127)]], net usable_space [1.8tb], net total_space [1.9tb], spins? [possibly], types [ext4]
Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException: /data/elasticsearch_data/NonProdSTG/nodes/0/ __es__.tmp
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:88)
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102)
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107)
        at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:214)
        at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:361)
        at java.nio.file.Files.createFile(Files.java:632)
        at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.ensureAtomicMoveSupported(NodeEnvironment.java:750)
        at org.elasticsearch.gateway.GatewayMetaState.<init>(GatewayMetaState.java:82)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:422)
        at <<<guice>>>
        at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:200)
        at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:128)
        at org.elasticsearch.node.NodeBuilder.build(NodeBuilder.java:145)
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:178)
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:285)
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:35)
[2016-03-25 19:05:20,276][INFO][node] [STG1 - Wolverine] version[2.1.1], pid[1], build[40e2c53/2015-12-15T13:05:55Z]
[2016-03-25 19:05:20,277][INFO][node] [STG1 - Wolverine] initializing ...
[2016-03-25 19:05:20,331][INFO][plugins] [STG1 - Wolverine] loaded [], sites []
[2016-03-25 19:05:20,359][INFO][env] [STG1 - Wolverine] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/data (/dev/md127)]], net usable_space [1.8tb], net total_space [1.9tb], spins? [possibly], types [ext4]
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**Author:** ![Michael1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael1/32/29279_2.png) [@Michael1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael1)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-suddenly-stopped-working-on-one-node/45475/2 "2016-03-25T19:09:56Z")

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I have tried restarting, stopping, deleting container, recreating....no such luck, keeps rebooting itself over and over

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**Author:** ![Michael1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael1/32/29279_2.png) [@Michael1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael1)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-suddenly-stopped-working-on-one-node/45475/3 "2016-03-25T19:26:13Z")

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_SOLVED_

Resolution :: rename " **es**.tmp" file to " **es**.tmp.old" - restart container, running fine.

Whyyyyyyyy

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**Author:** ![Michael1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael1/32/29279_2.png) [@Michael1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael1)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-suddenly-stopped-working-on-one-node/45475/4 "2016-04-15T13:55:14Z")

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I would like to re-open this topic as the problem has came back (twice), on the same node as well.

Could someone please assist?

The file keeps coming back, therefore causing exceptions, therefore causing the node to be down.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-suddenly-stopped-working-on-one-node/45475/5 "2017-07-05T22:58:59Z")

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