# Elasticsearch wont run

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-run/290395>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 29, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-run/290395 "2021-11-29T06:43:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Farid\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/farid_n/32/74144_2.png) [@Farid\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farid_N)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-run/290395/1 "2021-11-29T06:43:34Z")

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Hi dears  
I have upgraded the Elasticsearch and removed old version and copy all the new Elasticsearch parts in the same directory  
(upgrading ES 7.6.2 to 7.15.2)  
Unfortunately when I want to start the service with `sysV` this exception occurs:

```auto
[root@test-elk2 tools]# service elasticsearch start
Starting elasticsearch (via systemctl): Job for elasticsearch.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status elasticsearch.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
                                                           [FAILED]
[root@test-elk2 tools]# journalctl -xe
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[12284]: Non-option arguments:
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[12284]: command
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[12284]: Option Description
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[12284]: ------ -----------
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[12284]: -E <KeyValuePair> Configure a setting
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[12284]: -h, --help Show help
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[12284]: -s, --silent Show minimal output
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[12284]: -v, --verbose Show verbose output
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[12284]: ERROR: Unknown command [has-passwd]
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[12284]: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: expected one argument specifying path to jvm.options but was [/etc/elasticsearch, /usr/share/elasticsearch
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[12284]: at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.JvmOptionsParser.main(JvmOptionsParser.java:59)
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch.
-- Subject: Unit elasticsearch.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit elasticsearch.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state.
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service failed.
Nov 29 10:05:09 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: Removed slice User Slice of root.
-- Subject: Unit user-0.slice has finished shutting down
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit user-0.slice has finished shutting down.
Nov 29 10:06:54 test-elk2.software polkitd[1030]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:13216:655441642 (system bus name :1.90614 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 --fallback], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKi
Nov 29 10:06:54 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch...
-- Subject: Unit elasticsearch.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit elasticsearch.service has begun starting up.
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[13222]: A tool for managing settings stored in the elasticsearch keystore
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[13222]: Non-option arguments:
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[13222]: command
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[13222]: Option Description
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[13222]: ------ -----------
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[13222]: -E <KeyValuePair> Configure a setting
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[13222]: -h, --help Show help
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[13222]: -s, --silent Show minimal output
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[13222]: -v, --verbose Show verbose output
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[13222]: ERROR: Unknown command [has-passwd]
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[13222]: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: expected one argument specifying path to jvm.options but was [/etc/elasticsearch, /usr/share/elasticsearch
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[13222]: at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.JvmOptionsParser.main(JvmOptionsParser.java:59)
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch.
-- Subject: Unit elasticsearch.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit elasticsearch.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state.
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service failed.
Nov 29 10:07:01 test-elk2.software polkitd[1030]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:13216:655441642 (system bus name :1.90614, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) 

```

Where is the problem? What should I do?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![FALEN](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/falen/32/82754_2.png) [@FALEN](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/FALEN)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-run/290395/2 "2021-11-29T07:21:27Z")

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Hi Farid,

This logs doesnt give much information, can you enable debug logs

Only thing i can see there is jvm.options file missing, might be related to read/write rights of file

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**Author:** ![Farid\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/farid_n/32/74144_2.png) [@Farid\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farid_N)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-run/290395/3 "2021-11-29T07:22:29Z")

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Thank you FALEN for your response

This is my `jvm.options`

```auto
[root@test-elk2 conf]# cat /etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options
################################################################
##
## JVM configuration
##
################################################################
##
## WARNING: DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE. If you want to override the
## JVM options in this file, or set any additional options, you
## should create one or more files in the jvm.options.d
## directory containing your adjustments.
##
## See https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.15/jvm-options.html
## for more information.
##
################################################################

################################################################
## IMPORTANT: JVM heap size
################################################################
##
## The heap size is automatically configured by Elasticsearch
## based on the available memory in your system and the roles
## each node is configured to fulfill. If specifying heap is
## required, it should be done through a file in jvm.options.d,
## and the min and max should be set to the same value. For
## example, to set the heap to 4 GB, create a new file in the
## jvm.options.d directory containing these lines:
##
-Xms4g
-Xmx4g
##
## See https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.15/heap-size.html
## for more information
##
################################################################

################################################################
## Expert settings
################################################################
##
## All settings below here are considered expert settings. Do
## not adjust them unless you understand what you are doing. Do
## not edit them in this file; instead, create a new file in the
## jvm.options.d directory containing your adjustments.
##
################################################################

## 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

## JVM temporary directory
-Djava.io.tmpdir=${ES_TMPDIR}

## heap dumps

# generate a heap dump when an allocation from the Java heap fails; heap dumps
# are created in the working directory of the JVM unless an alternative path is
# specified
-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError

# specify an alternative path for heap dumps; ensure the directory exists and
# has sufficient space
-XX:HeapDumpPath=data

# specify an alternative path for JVM fatal error logs
-XX:ErrorFile=logs/hs_err_pid%p.log

## JDK 8 GC logging
8:-XX:+PrintGCDetails
8:-XX:+PrintGCDateStamps
8:-XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution
8:-XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime
8:-Xloggc:logs/gc.log
8:-XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation
8:-XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=32
8:-XX:GCLogFileSize=64m

# JDK 9+ GC logging
9-:-Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=logs/gc.log:utctime,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m

```

how can I enable debug logs?

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**Author:** ![Farid\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/farid_n/32/74144_2.png) [@Farid\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farid_N)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-run/290395/4 "2021-11-29T07:47:58Z")

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This is my `java -version`

```auto
openjdk version "1.8.0_222"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_222-b10)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.222-b10, mixed mode)

```

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**Author:** ![Farid\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/farid_n/32/74144_2.png) [@Farid\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farid_N)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-run/290395/5 "2021-11-29T09:52:09Z")

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This is what `journal -xe` shows:

```auto
-- Subject: Unit elasticsearch.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit elasticsearch.service has begun starting up.
Nov 29 13:15:47 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[24774]: could not find java in bundled JDK at /usr/share/elasticsearch/jdk/bin/java
Nov 29 13:15:47 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 29 13:15:47 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch.
-- Subject: Unit elasticsearch.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit elasticsearch.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Nov 29 13:15:47 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state.
Nov 29 13:15:47 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service failed.
Nov 29 13:15:47 test-elk2.software polkitd[1030]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:24768:656574958 (system bus name :1.90834, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (
Nov 29 13:17:25 test-elk2.software CommAmqpListene[24423]: [CCafException] AmqpComm@[24423]: CommAmqpListener: [CCafException] AmqpCommon::validateStatus() amqp_socket_open_noblock: hostname lookup failed
Nov 29 13:17:56 test-elk2.software polkitd[1030]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:25575:656587913 (system bus name :1.90835 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 --fallback], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKi
Nov 29 13:17:56 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch...
-- Subject: Unit elasticsearch.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit elasticsearch.service has begun starting up.
Nov 29 13:17:56 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[25581]: could not find java in bundled JDK at /usr/share/elasticsearch/jdk/bin/java
Nov 29 13:17:56 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 29 13:17:56 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch.
-- Subject: Unit elasticsearch.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit elasticsearch.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Nov 29 13:17:56 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state.
Nov 29 13:17:56 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service failed.
Nov 29 13:17:56 test-elk2.software polkitd[1030]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:25575:656587913 (system bus name :1.90835, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (
Nov 29 13:18:29 test-elk2.software polkitd[1030]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:25949:656591139 (system bus name :1.90836 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 --fallback], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKi
Nov 29 13:18:29 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch...
-- Subject: Unit elasticsearch.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit elasticsearch.service has begun starting up.
Nov 29 13:18:29 test-elk2.software elasticsearch[25955]: could not find java in bundled JDK at /usr/share/elasticsearch/jdk/bin/java
Nov 29 13:18:29 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 29 13:18:29 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch.
-- Subject: Unit elasticsearch.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit elasticsearch.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Nov 29 13:18:29 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state.
Nov 29 13:18:29 test-elk2.software systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service failed.
Nov 29 13:18:29 test-elk2.software polkitd[1030]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:25949:656591139 (system bus name :1.90836, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)

```

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**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:** [November 29, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-run/290395/6 "2021-11-29T22:56:22Z")

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Please check your `/var/log/elasticsearch` directory.

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-run/290395/7 "2021-11-29T23:12:13Z")

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> [@Farid\_N](#):
>
> I have upgraded the Elasticsearch and removed old version and copy all the new Elasticsearch parts in the same directory

Hi @Farid_N

This concerns me greatly

How did you install elasticsearch initially? tar.gz, deb, rpm?

Exactly how did you upgrade?... you can not just piecemeal copy binaries etc.

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**Author:** ![Farid\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/farid_n/32/74144_2.png) [@Farid\_N](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Farid_N)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-run/290395/8 "2021-12-01T06:20:27Z")

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Hi @stephenb  
I downloaded the latest `elasticsearch.tar.gz`  
Then extracted it and replace the `conf` directory in `/etc/elasticsearch` and copy other content in `/usr/share/elasticsearch`

It seems could not run with the current JDK installed on my OS

When I rolled back everything and copy the previous version that run before, it works correctly again...

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**Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-wont-run/290395/9 "2021-12-29T06:20:50Z")

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