# ELK v5 | Elasticsearch install problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 6, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-v5-elasticsearch-install-problem/65141 "2016-11-06T15:49:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![syswombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@syswombat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/syswombat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-v5-elasticsearch-install-problem/65141/1 "2016-11-06T15:49:42Z")
Hello i followed this tutorial [Installation | Elasticsearch Guide [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/_installation.html) doing a ./elasticsearch as root is getting a error so i have done (add) a new user with passwort, logget out and in as new user and startet ./elasticsearch > $ ./elasticsearch > 2016-11-06 16:45:05,575 main ERROR FileManager (/elasticsearch-5.0.0/logs/elasticsearch.log) java.io.FileNotFoundException: /elasticsearch-5.0.0/logs/elasticsearch.log (Permission denied) java.io.FileNotFoundException: /elasticsearch-5.0.0/logs/elasticsearch.log (Permission denied) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.open0(Native Method) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(FileOutputStream.java:270) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:213) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:133) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory.createManager(RollingFileManager.java:430) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory.createManager(RollingFileManager.java:403) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractManager.getManager(AbstractManager.java:73) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.OutputStreamManager.getManager(OutputStreamManager.java:81) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager.getFileManager(RollingFileManager.java:103) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender.createAppender(RollingFileAppender.java:191) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.util.PluginBuilder.build(PluginBuilder.java:132) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createPluginObject(AbstractConfiguration.java:918) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createConfiguration(AbstractConfiguration.java:858) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.createConfiguration(AbstractConfiguration.java:850) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.doConfigure(AbstractConfiguration.java:479) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.initialize(AbstractConfiguration.java:219) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.AbstractConfiguration.start(AbstractConfiguration.java:231) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.setConfiguration(LoggerContext.java:496) > at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.start(LoggerContext.java:249) > at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.LogConfigurator.configure(LogConfigurator.java:116) > at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.LogConfigurator.configure(LogConfigurator.java:83) do i have to do all steps with this user? have a nice day vinc ---
**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 6, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-v5-elasticsearch-install-problem/65141/2 "2016-11-06T15:52:48Z")
How exactly did you install this? Deb, RPM, zip? ---
**Author:** ![syswombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@syswombat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/syswombat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-v5-elasticsearch-install-problem/65141/3 "2016-11-06T16:00:31Z")
i just followed the steps in the link [below](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/_installation.html) it is a new virtuell server with debian 8 the steps i have done i wrote down there [http://wombat3.kozo.ch/j/index.php/kvm-list/9623](http://wombat3.kozo.ch/j/index.php/kvm-list/9623) ---
**Author:** ![jk\_lmnop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@jk\_lmnop](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jk_lmnop)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-v5-elasticsearch-install-problem/65141/4 "2016-11-06T20:50:07Z")
> [@syswombat](#): > > java.io.FileNotFoundException: /elasticsearch-5.0.0/logs/elasticsearch.log (Permission denied) What does your elasticsearch.log look like? Is there one created?? ---
**Author:** ![syswombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@syswombat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/syswombat)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-v5-elasticsearch-install-problem/65141/5 "2016-11-07T18:00:07Z")
Hello there ist on (i went there as root) > root@ELK-01:/elasticsearch-5.0.0/logs# ls > elasticsearch.log elasticsearch\_deprecation.log elasticsearch\_index\_indexing\_slowlog.log elasticsearch\_index\_search\_slowlog.log > root@ELK-01:/elasticsearch-5.0.0/logs# **tail elasticsearch.log** > at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:96) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] > at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:62) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:80) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:73) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] > Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:96) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:155) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:286) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:112) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.0.jar:5.0.0] > ... 6 more > root@ELK-01:/elasticsearch-5.0.0/logs# everything whas installed with root execpt runing ./elasticsearch ---
**Author:** ![jk\_lmnop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@jk\_lmnop](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jk_lmnop)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-v5-elasticsearch-install-problem/65141/6 "2016-11-08T09:02:28Z")
> [@syswombat](#): > > Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root Reproducing the steps you took. I downloaded, installed and ran elasticsearch as root and faced the same as yourself. To then attempt the same as a user and it worked a-okay. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![prasad\_kp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@prasad\_kp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prasad_kp)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-v5-elasticsearch-install-problem/65141/7 "2016-11-08T09:28:43Z")
HI syswombat Log in normal user don't log in with super user then try to run /.elasticsearch hope you will get some permission issue ,if so then give 777 permission to whole unzipped elasticserach folder.you can also give only to log folder of ES also . ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-v5-elasticsearch-install-problem/65141/8 "2016-12-06T09:28:46Z")
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