# ERROR: \[1\] bootstrap checks failed. You must address the points described in the following \[1\] lines before starting Elasticsearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** docker\ **Created:** [March 4, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-1-bootstrap-checks-failed-you-must-address-the-points-described-in-the-following-1-lines-before-starting-elasticsearch/375358 "2025-03-04T09:56:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ACoder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/acoder/32/113449_2.png) [@ACoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ACoder)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-1-bootstrap-checks-failed-you-must-address-the-points-described-in-the-following-1-lines-before-starting-elasticsearch/375358/1 "2025-03-04T09:56:26Z")
I use the official docker image, version 8.6.0, encounter this error when starting up, but there is no info after this error message, so I don't know what to do. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/9/5947a747a3fbe527d6c3371937cd8c1c1e58ae6c.png) ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-1-bootstrap-checks-failed-you-must-address-the-points-described-in-the-following-1-lines-before-starting-elasticsearch/375358/2 "2025-03-04T10:07:28Z")
Please don't post images of text as they are hard to read, may not display correctly for everyone, and are not searchable. Instead, paste the text and format it with `` icon or pairs of triple backticks (```), and check the preview window to make sure it's properly formatted before posting it. This makes it more likely that your question will receive a useful answer. It would be great if you could update your post to solve this. And share the full logs please. Also please read [Bootstrap Checks | Elasticsearch Guide [8.17] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/bootstrap-checks.html) ---
**Author:** ![ACoder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/acoder/32/113449_2.png) [@ACoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ACoder)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-1-bootstrap-checks-failed-you-must-address-the-points-described-in-the-following-1-lines-before-starting-elasticsearch/375358/3 "2025-03-04T10:12:48Z")
I've already copied the error in title, the image is just used to show that there is no message there. Because the error message say, there should be one line, so I use the image to show that there is nothing. ---
**Author:** ![ACoder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/acoder/32/113449_2.png) [@ACoder](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ACoder)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-1-bootstrap-checks-failed-you-must-address-the-points-described-in-the-following-1-lines-before-starting-elasticsearch/375358/4 "2025-03-04T10:15:33Z")
I think I solved it, I get clues from logs before this error line. Maybe there should be an improvement to this error message? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-1-bootstrap-checks-failed-you-must-address-the-points-described-in-the-following-1-lines-before-starting-elasticsearch/375358/5 "2025-03-04T12:01:28Z")
And could you share what you saw in logs?