# Error encountered after modified elasticsearch.yml **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-encountered-after-modified-elasticsearch-yml/125526 **Category:** Elasticsearch **Created:** [March 26, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-encountered-after-modified-elasticsearch-yml/125526 "2018-03-26T02:03:53Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![yks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/94ad74/32.png) [@yks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yks) #### Post date: [March 26, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-encountered-after-modified-elasticsearch-yml/125526/2 "2018-03-26T02:04:36Z")
continued log due to word limits Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84) ~[?:1.8.0\_151] at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) ~[?:1.8.0\_151] at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107) ~[?:1.8.0\_151] at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:384) ~[?:1.8.0\_151] at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:674) ~[?:1.8.0\_151] at java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:781) ~[?:1.8.0\_151] at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:767) ~[?:1.8.0\_151] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.ensureDirectoryExists(Security.java:421) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.FilePermissionUtils.addDirectoryPath(FilePermissionUtils.java:68) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addFilePermissions(Security.java:307) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.createPermissions(Security.java:262) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:208) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:323) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2] ... 6 more [2018-03-26T01:49:43,188][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [yk\_search1] initializing ... [2018-03-26T01:49:43,304][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [yk\_search1] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/ (/dev/xvda1)]], net usable\_space [27.6gb], net total\_space [29gb], types [ext4] [2018-03-26T01:49:43,305][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [yk\_search1] heap size [491.6mb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true] [2018-03-26T01:49:43,306][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [yk\_search1] node name [yk\_search1], node ID [LlNC66V1Tr-5ygQzoaq7DQ] [2018-03-26T01:49:43,309][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [yk\_search1] version[6.2.2], pid[8060], build[10b1edd/2018-02-16T19:01:30.685723Z], OS[Linux/4.4.0-1052-aws/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0\_151/25.1 51-b12] [2018-03-26T01:49:43,310][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [yk\_search1] JVM arguments [-Xms500m, -Xmx500m, -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC, -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75, -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, - Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=fals e, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp/elasticsearch.Rd5vHzo3, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:HeapDumpPath=/var/lib/elasticsearch, -XX:+PrintGCDetails, -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps, -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution, -XX:+PrintG CApplicationStoppedTime, -Xloggc:/var/log/elasticsearch/gc.log, -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation, -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=32, -XX:GCLogFileSize=64m, -Des.path.home=/usr/share/elasticsearch, -Des.path.conf=/etc/elasticsearch] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,474][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,474][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] loaded module [analysis-common] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,475][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] loaded module [ingest-common] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,475][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] loaded module [lang-expression] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,475][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] loaded module [lang-mustache] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,475][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] loaded module [lang-painless] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,475][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] loaded module [mapper-extras] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,475][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] loaded module [parent-join] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,475][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] loaded module [percolator] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,476][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] loaded module [rank-eval] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,476][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] loaded module [reindex] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,476][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] loaded module [repository-url] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,476][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] loaded module [transport-netty4] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,476][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] loaded module [tribe] [2018-03-26T01:49:44,476][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [yk\_search1] no plugins loaded [2018-03-26T01:49:47,696][WARN][o.e.c.s.SettingsModule] [yk\_search1] * * * Found index level settings on node level configuration. Since elasticsearch 5.x index level settings can NOT be set on the nodes configuration like the elasticsearch.yaml, in system properties or command line arguments.In order to upgrade all indices the settings must be updated via the /${index}/\_settings API. Unless all settings are dynamic all indices must be closed in order to apply the upgradeIndices created in the future should use index templates to set default values. Please ensure all required values are updated on all indices by executing: curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_all/\_settings?preserve\_existing=true](http://localhost:9200/_all/_settings?preserve_existing=true)' -d '{ "index.number\_of\_replicas" : "0", "index.number\_of\_shards" : "5" }' * * * --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-encountered-after-modified-elasticsearch-yml/125526)._