# Elasticsearch throwing exception while starting on Redhat **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 1, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-throwing-exception-while-starting-on-redhat/19032 "2014-08-01T15:13:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![f61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@f61](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/f61)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-throwing-exception-while-starting-on-redhat/19032/1 "2014-08-01T15:13:32Z")
Hi, ``` I am trying to install elasticsearch on Redhat. I have downloaded and ``` installed latest elasticsearch from the website. While starting elasticsearch , I am getting following exception: [root@common ~]# /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch Failed to configure logging... org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: Failed to load logging configuration at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.log4j.LogConfigurator. resolveConfig(LogConfigurator.java:117) at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.log4j.LogConfigurator. configure(LogConfigurator.java:81) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setupLogging(Bootstrap.java:94) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:178) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:32) _Caused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/config_ at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException( UnixException.java:86) at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107) at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileAttributeViews$Basic.readAttributes( UnixFileAttributeViews.java:55) at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.readAttributes( UnixFileSystemProvider.java:144) at sun.nio.fs.LinuxFileSystemProvider.readAttributes( LinuxFileSystemProvider.java:97) at java.nio.file.Files.readAttributes(Files.java:1684) at java.nio.file.FileTreeWalker.walk(FileTreeWalker.java:109) at java.nio.file.FileTreeWalker.walk(FileTreeWalker.java:69) at java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(Files.java:2600) at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.log4j.LogConfigurator. resolveConfig(LogConfigurator.java:107) ... 4 more log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (node). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. log4j:WARN See [http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig) for more info. I don't see this file on the system: _/usr/share/elasticsearch/config_ Is this a problem in latest rpm package on the website? Thnx -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6636c7e3-e614-46ca-b820-04545b56e372%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6636c7e3-e614-46ca-b820-04545b56e372%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-throwing-exception-while-starting-on-redhat/19032/2 "2014-08-01T22:59:39Z")
You should really use service to handle starting it - (sudo) service elasticsearch start This will include the correct configurations, /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml and /etc/default/elasticsearch. Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 2 August 2014 01:13, [mailtov16@gmail.com](mailto:mailtov16@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > ``` > I am trying to install elasticsearch on Redhat. I have downloaded > > ``` > > and installed latest elasticsearch from the website. While starting > elasticsearch , I am getting following exception: > > [root@common ~]# /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch > Failed to configure logging... > org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: Failed to load logging > configuration > at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.log4j.LogConfigurator. > resolveConfig(LogConfigurator.java:117) > at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.log4j.LogConfigurator. > configure(LogConfigurator.java:81) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setupLogging( > Bootstrap.java:94) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:178) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main( > Elasticsearch.java:32) > _Caused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: > /usr/share/elasticsearch/config_ > at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException( > UnixException.java:86) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException( > UnixException.java:102) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException( > UnixException.java:107) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileAttributeViews$Basic.readAttributes( > UnixFileAttributeViews.java:55) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.readAttributes( > UnixFileSystemProvider.java:144) > at sun.nio.fs.LinuxFileSystemProvider.readAttributes( > LinuxFileSystemProvider.java:97) > at java.nio.file.Files.readAttributes(Files.java:1684) > at java.nio.file.FileTreeWalker.walk(FileTreeWalker.java:109) > at java.nio.file.FileTreeWalker.walk(FileTreeWalker.java:69) > at java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(Files.java:2600) > at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.log4j.LogConfigurator. > resolveConfig(LogConfigurator.java:107) > ... 4 more > log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (node). > log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. > log4j:WARN See [Apache log4j 1.2 - Frequently Asked Technical Questions](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig) for > more info. > > I don't see this file on the system: > _/usr/share/elasticsearch/config_ > > Is this a problem in latest rpm package on the website? > > Thnx > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6636c7e3-e614-46ca-b820-04545b56e372%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6636c7e3-e614-46ca-b820-04545b56e372%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6636c7e3-e614-46ca-b820-04545b56e372%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6636c7e3-e614-46ca-b820-04545b56e372%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624Y0fgusp%2Bz5PMbUttXJT1YDBw-5eV2AsLxwsBh%3D5k0WEg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624Y0fgusp%2Bz5PMbUttXJT1YDBw-5eV2AsLxwsBh%3D5k0WEg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-throwing-exception-while-starting-on-redhat/19032/3 "2014-08-02T10:44:29Z")
You should use the service wrapper on RHEL/CentOS > **[GitHub - elastic/elasticsearch-servicewrapper: A service wrapper on top of...](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-servicewrapper)** > > A service wrapper on top of elasticsearch. Contribute to elastic/elasticsearch-servicewrapper development by creating an account on GitHub. It works like a charme. Jörg On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 5:13 PM, [mailtov16@gmail.com](mailto:mailtov16@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > ``` > I am trying to install elasticsearch on Redhat. I have downloaded > > ``` > > and installed latest elasticsearch from the website. While starting > elasticsearch , I am getting following exception: > > [root@common ~]# /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch > Failed to configure logging... > org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: Failed to load logging > configuration > at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.log4j.LogConfigurator. > resolveConfig(LogConfigurator.java:117) > at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.log4j.LogConfigurator. > configure(LogConfigurator.java:81) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setupLogging( > Bootstrap.java:94) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:178) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main( > Elasticsearch.java:32) > _Caused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: > /usr/share/elasticsearch/config_ > at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException( > UnixException.java:86) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException( > UnixException.java:102) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException( > UnixException.java:107) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileAttributeViews$Basic.readAttributes( > UnixFileAttributeViews.java:55) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.readAttributes( > UnixFileSystemProvider.java:144) > at sun.nio.fs.LinuxFileSystemProvider.readAttributes( > LinuxFileSystemProvider.java:97) > at java.nio.file.Files.readAttributes(Files.java:1684) > at java.nio.file.FileTreeWalker.walk(FileTreeWalker.java:109) > at java.nio.file.FileTreeWalker.walk(FileTreeWalker.java:69) > at java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(Files.java:2600) > at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.log4j.LogConfigurator. > resolveConfig(LogConfigurator.java:107) > ... 4 more > log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (node). > log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. > log4j:WARN See [Apache log4j 1.2 - Frequently Asked Technical Questions](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig) for > more info. > > I don't see this file on the system: > _/usr/share/elasticsearch/config_ > > Is this a problem in latest rpm package on the website? > > Thnx > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6636c7e3-e614-46ca-b820-04545b56e372%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6636c7e3-e614-46ca-b820-04545b56e372%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6636c7e3-e614-46ca-b820-04545b56e372%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6636c7e3-e614-46ca-b820-04545b56e372%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoGbUXinLZ5uBhbzYVVS%3DXK7wrK8g%2BWyz\_ksUYEtyQZ3zA%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoGbUXinLZ5uBhbzYVVS%3DXK7wrK8g%2BWyz_ksUYEtyQZ3zA%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-throwing-exception-while-starting-on-redhat/19032/4 "2017-07-06T01:11:28Z")