# ERROR: failed to write index state **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 22, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-write-index-state/90494 "2017-06-22T15:50:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8e7dd6/32.png) [@zak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zak)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-write-index-state/90494/1 "2017-06-22T15:50:59Z")
When I want to strat Elasticsearch. I had this ERROR: [2017-06-22 15:12:53,017][WARN][cluster.action.shard] [Living Planet] [dubai-dep][0] received shard failed for [dubai-dep][0], node[iXCi74XGT8-jvaT2nvrkgA], [P], v[7], s[INITIALIZING], a[id=vzdWowPOS96uG-R1kjTlrw], unassigned\_info[[reason=ALLOCATION\_FAILED], at[2017-06-22T15:12:52.894Z], details[failed recovery, failure IndexShardRecoveryException[failed to recovery from gateway]; nested: EngineCreationFailureException[failed to create engine]; nested: AccessDeniedException[/elasticsearch/data/elastic\_stack/elasticsearch-2.0.2/data/zakaria/nodes/0/indices/dubai-dep/0/index/write.lock]; ]], indexUUID [BBKOSi1zQmiTnxPk7ZvpNA], message [failed recovery], failure [IndexShardRecoveryException[failed to recovery from gateway]; nested: EngineCreationFailureException[failed to create engine]; nested: AccessDeniedException[/elasticsearch/data/elastic\_stack/elasticsearch-2.0.2/data/zakaria/nodes/0/indices/dubai-dep/0/index/write.lock]; ] [dubai-dep][[dubai-dep][0]] IndexShardRecoveryException[failed to recovery from gateway]; nested: EngineCreationFailureException[failed to create engine]; nested: AccessDeniedException[/elasticsearch/data/elastic\_stack/elasticsearch-2.0.2/data/zakaria/nodes/0/indices/dubai-dep/0/index/write.lock]; at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.StoreRecoveryService.recoverFromStore(StoreRecoveryService.java:258) at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.StoreRecoveryService.access$100(StoreRecoveryService.java:60) at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.StoreRecoveryService$1.run(StoreRecoveryService.java:133) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: [dubai-dep][[dubai-dep][0]] EngineCreationFailureException[failed to create engine]; nested: AccessDeniedException[/elasticsearch/data/elastic\_stack/elasticsearch-2.0.2/data/zakaria/nodes/0/indices/dubai-dep/0/index/write.lock]; at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.InternalEngine.(InternalEngine.java:135) at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.InternalEngineFactory.newReadWriteEngine(InternalEngineFactory.java:25) at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.newEngine(IndexShard.java:1349) at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.createNewEngine(IndexShard.java:1344) at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.internalPerformTranslogRecovery(IndexShard.java:889) at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.IndexShard.performTranslogRecovery(IndexShard.java:866) at org.elasticsearch.index.shard.StoreRecoveryService.recoverFromStore(StoreRecoveryService.java:249) ... 5 more Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /elasticsearch/data/elastic\_stack/elasticsearch-2.0.2/data/zakaria/nodes/0/indices/dubai-dep/0/index/write.lock at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84) at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107) at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newFileChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:177) at java.nio.channels.FileChannel.open(FileChannel.java:287) at java.nio.channels.FileChannel.open(FileChannel.java:334) at org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLockFactory$NativeFSLock.obtain(NativeFSLockFactory.java:137) at org.apache.lucene.store.Lock.obtain(Lock.java:77) at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.(IndexWriter.java:780) at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.InternalEngine.createWriter(InternalEngine.java:1065) at org.elasticsearch.index.engine.InternalEngine.(InternalEngine.java:129) ... 11 more [2017-06-22 15:12:53,022][WARN][gateway] [Living Planet] [twitter]: failed to write index state java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /elasticsearch/data/elastic\_stack/elasticsearch-2.0.2/data/zakaria/nodes/0/indices/twitter/\_state/state-24.st.tmp at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84) at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107) at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:214) at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newOutputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:430) at java.nio.file.Files.newOutputStream(Files.java:172) at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaDataStateFormat.write(MetaDataStateFormat.java:112) at org.elasticsearch.gateway.MetaStateService.writeIndex(MetaStateService.java:135) at org.elasticsearch.gateway.GatewayMetaState.clusterChanged(GatewayMetaState.java:158) at org.elasticsearch.gateway.Gateway.clusterChanged(Gateway.java:185) at org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.InternalClusterService$UpdateTask.run(InternalClusterService.java:494) at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.PrioritizedEsThreadPoolExecutor$TieBreakingPrioritizedRunnable.runAndClean(PrioritizedEsThreadPoolExecutor.java:225) at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.PrioritizedEsThreadPoolExecutor$TieBreakingPrioritizedRunnable.run(PrioritizedEsThreadPoolExecutor.java:188) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-write-index-state/90494/2 "2017-07-20T15:51:14Z")
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