# Error in Elasticsearch NullPointerException at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadSitePlugins **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 19, 2014, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-elasticsearch-nullpointerexception-at-org-elasticsearch-plugins-pluginsservice-loadsiteplugins/16452 "2014-03-19T08:44:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Preeti\_Jain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@Preeti\_Jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Preeti_Jain)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-elasticsearch-nullpointerexception-at-org-elasticsearch-plugins-pluginsservice-loadsiteplugins/16452/1 "2014-03-19T08:44:55Z")
Hi , We suddenly started getting this error in Elasticsearch log [2014-03-19 09:40:57,419][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.info] [North] failed to execute on node [B5a2wTMvQpGHOpO5oIjnug] java.lang.NullPointerException at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadSitePlugins(PluginsService.java:441) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.info(PluginsService.java:308) at org.elasticsearch.node.service.NodeService.info(NodeService.java:122) at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:100) at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:43) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.TransportNodesOperationAction$AsyncAction$2.run(TransportNodesOperationAction.java:146) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) We are unable to perform any action on elasticsearch. Any idea what could be the issue? Regards, Preeti -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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 19, 2014, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-elasticsearch-nullpointerexception-at-org-elasticsearch-plugins-pluginsservice-loadsiteplugins/16452/2 "2014-03-19T08:53:47Z")
Which elasticsearch version are you using? This could happen if you don't have privileges on plugins dir. Often, you have installed elasticsearch with a given account but you installed plugin using sudo which ends up creating a plugin dir not readable by elasticsearch user. This NPE has been fixed in recent version. Wondering if it was not correctly fixed or if you are running an old version or if it's something else. -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr Le 19 mars 2014 à 09:44:58, Preeti Jain ([itspreeti@gmail.com](mailto:itspreeti@gmail.com)) a écrit: Hi , We suddenly started getting this error in Elasticsearch log [2014-03-19 09:40:57,419][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.info] [North] failed to execute on node [B5a2wTMvQpGHOpO5oIjnug] java.lang.NullPointerException at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadSitePlugins(PluginsService.java:441) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.info(PluginsService.java:308) at org.elasticsearch.node.service.NodeService.info(NodeService.java:122) at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:100) at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:43) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.TransportNodesOperationAction$AsyncAction$2.run(TransportNodesOperationAction.java:146) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) We are unable to perform any action on elasticsearch. Any idea what could be the issue? ## Regards, Preeti You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/etPan.53295b1b.6de91b18.97ca%40MacBook-Air-de-David.local](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/etPan.53295b1b.6de91b18.97ca%40MacBook-Air-de-David.local). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Preeti\_Jain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@Preeti\_Jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Preeti_Jain)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-elasticsearch-nullpointerexception-at-org-elasticsearch-plugins-pluginsservice-loadsiteplugins/16452/3 "2014-03-19T09:03:51Z")
Hi David, We are using version 1.0.1. We have following permission on plugins directory :rwxr-xr-x Regards, Preeti On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:23:47 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > Which elasticsearch version are you using? > > This could happen if you don't have privileges on plugins dir. > Often, you have installed elasticsearch with a given account but you > installed plugin using sudo which ends up creating a plugin dir not > readable by elasticsearch user. > > This NPE has been fixed in recent version. Wondering if it was not > correctly fixed or if you are running an old version or if it's something > else. > > -- > _David Pilato_ | _Technical Advocate_ | _[Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com)_ > @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr[https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr) > > Le 19 mars 2014 à 09:44:58, Preeti Jain ([itsp...@gmail.com](mailto:itsp...@gmail.com) \) > a écrit: > > Hi , > > We suddenly started getting this error in Elasticsearch log > > [2014-03-19 09:40:57,419][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.info] [North] > failed to execute on node [B5a2wTMvQpGHOpO5oIjnug] > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadSitePlugins(PluginsService.java:441) > at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.info > (PluginsService.java:308) > at org.elasticsearch.node.service.NodeService.info > (NodeService.java:122) > at > org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:100) > at > org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:43) > at > org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.TransportNodesOperationAction$AsyncAction$2.run(TransportNodesOperationAction.java:146) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) > > We are unable to perform any action on elasticsearch. > > Any idea what could be the issue? > > ## Regards, Preeti > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90440ccf-66b5-4fc8-bbf0-c710d51fcf9f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90440ccf-66b5-4fc8-bbf0-c710d51fcf9f%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Preeti\_Jain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@Preeti\_Jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Preeti_Jain)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-elasticsearch-nullpointerexception-at-org-elasticsearch-plugins-pluginsservice-loadsiteplugins/16452/4 "2014-03-19T09:06:19Z")
Also, this issue suddenly started coming up. We did installation yesterday, indexed some data and were able to search it until this morning. Regards, Preeti On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:23:47 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > Which elasticsearch version are you using? > > This could happen if you don't have privileges on plugins dir. > > Often, you have installed elasticsearch with a given account but you > installed plugin using sudo which ends up creating a plugin dir not > readable by elasticsearch user. > > This NPE has been fixed in recent version. Wondering if it was not > correctly fixed or if you are running an old version or if it's something > else. > > -- > _David Pilato_ | _Technical Advocate_ | _[Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com)_ > @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr[https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr) > > Le 19 mars 2014 à 09:44:58, Preeti Jain ([itsp...@gmail.com](mailto:itsp...@gmail.com) \) > a écrit: > > Hi , > > We suddenly started getting this error in Elasticsearch log > > [2014-03-19 09:40:57,419][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.info] [North] > failed to execute on node [B5a2wTMvQpGHOpO5oIjnug] > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadSitePlugins(PluginsService.java:441) > at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.info > (PluginsService.java:308) > at org.elasticsearch.node.service.NodeService.info > (NodeService.java:122) > at > org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:100) > at > org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:43) > at > org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.TransportNodesOperationAction$AsyncAction$2.run(TransportNodesOperationAction.java:146) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) > > We are unable to perform any action on elasticsearch. > > Any idea what could be the issue? > > ## Regards, Preeti > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/29beb3d3-2357-4e25-ac2f-954a2f933daf%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/29beb3d3-2357-4e25-ac2f-954a2f933daf%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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 19, 2014, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-elasticsearch-nullpointerexception-at-org-elasticsearch-plugins-pluginsservice-loadsiteplugins/16452/5 "2014-03-19T09:14:01Z")
I see. This fix has not been added in 1.0 branch but in 1.x: [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/5195](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/5195) Could you check subdirs? I think you have an issue with your directories. -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr Le 19 mars 2014 à 10:03:55, Preeti Jain ([itspreeti@gmail.com](mailto:itspreeti@gmail.com)) a écrit: Hi David, We are using version 1.0.1. We have following permission on plugins directory :rwxr-xr-x Regards, Preeti On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:23:47 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: Which elasticsearch version are you using? This could happen if you don't have privileges on plugins dir. Often, you have installed elasticsearch with a given account but you installed plugin using sudo which ends up creating a plugin dir not readable by elasticsearch user. This NPE has been fixed in recent version. Wondering if it was not correctly fixed or if you are running an old version or if it's something else. -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr Le 19 mars 2014 à 09:44:58, Preeti Jain ([itsp...@gmail.com](mailto:itsp...@gmail.com)) a écrit: Hi , We suddenly started getting this error in Elasticsearch log [2014-03-19 09:40:57,419][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.info] [North] failed to execute on node [B5a2wTMvQpGHOpO5oIjnug] java.lang.NullPointerException at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadSitePlugins(PluginsService.java:441) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.info(PluginsService.java:308) at org.elasticsearch.node.service.NodeService.info(NodeService.java:122) at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:100) at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:43) at org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.TransportNodesOperationAction$AsyncAction$2.run(TransportNodesOperationAction.java:146) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) We are unable to perform any action on elasticsearch. Any idea what could be the issue? ## Regards, Preeti ## You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90440ccf-66b5-4fc8-bbf0-c710d51fcf9f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90440ccf-66b5-4fc8-bbf0-c710d51fcf9f%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/etPan.53295fda.70c6a529.97ca%40MacBook-Air-de-David.local](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/etPan.53295fda.70c6a529.97ca%40MacBook-Air-de-David.local). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Preeti\_Jain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@Preeti\_Jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Preeti_Jain)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-elasticsearch-nullpointerexception-at-org-elasticsearch-plugins-pluginsservice-loadsiteplugins/16452/6 "2014-03-20T04:09:38Z")
Hi David I have only one subdir inside plugins and it has following permissions drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Mar 11 10:06 analysis-phonetic Any more thoughts? Regards, Preeti On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:44:01 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > I see. This fix has not been added in 1.0 branch but in 1.x: > [NPE in PluginsService when starting elasticsearch with a wrong user · Issue #5195 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/5195) > > Could you check subdirs? > I think you have an issue with your directories. > > -- > _David Pilato_ | _Technical Advocate_ | _[Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com)_ > @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr[https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr) > > Le 19 mars 2014 à 10:03:55, Preeti Jain ([itsp...@gmail.com](mailto:itsp...@gmail.com) \) > a écrit: > > Hi David, > > We are using version 1.0.1. We have following permission on plugins > directory :rwxr-xr-x > > Regards, > Preeti > > On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:23:47 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > > > Which elasticsearch version are you using? > > > > This could happen if you don't have privileges on plugins dir. > > Often, you have installed elasticsearch with a given account but you > > installed plugin using sudo which ends up creating a plugin dir not > > readable by elasticsearch user. > > > > This NPE has been fixed in recent version. Wondering if it was not > > correctly fixed or if you are running an old version or if it's something > > else. > > > > ``` > > -- > > > > ``` > > > > _David Pilato_ | _Technical Advocate_ | _[Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com)_ > > @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr[https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr) > > > > Le 19 mars 2014 à 09:44:58, Preeti Jain ([itsp...@gmail.com](mailto:itsp...@gmail.com)) a écrit: > > > > Hi , > > > > We suddenly started getting this error in Elasticsearch log > > > > [2014-03-19 09:40:57,419][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.info] > > [North] failed to execute on node [B5a2wTMvQpGHOpO5oIjnug] > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > at > > org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadSitePlugins(PluginsService.java:441) > > at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.info > > (PluginsService.java:308) > > at org.elasticsearch.node.service.NodeService.info > > (NodeService.java:122) > > at > > org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:100) > > at > > org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:43) > > at > > org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.TransportNodesOperationAction$AsyncAction$2.run(TransportNodesOperationAction.java:146) > > at > > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) > > at > > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) > > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) > > > > We are unable to perform any action on elasticsearch. > > > > Any idea what could be the issue? > > > > ## Regards, Preeti > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90440ccf-66b5-4fc8-bbf0-c710d51fcf9f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90440ccf-66b5-4fc8-bbf0-c710d51fcf9f%40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90440ccf-66b5-4fc8-bbf0-c710d51fcf9f%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90440ccf-66b5-4fc8-bbf0-c710d51fcf9f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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**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 20, 2014, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-elasticsearch-nullpointerexception-at-org-elasticsearch-plugins-pluginsservice-loadsiteplugins/16452/7 "2014-03-20T07:24:33Z")
No. I have no idea. I think something is wrong with your installation. Could you just download elasticsearch 1.0.1 (zip or tar.gz file) unzip it Run bin/plugin -install xxxxx (your plugin) Run bin/elasticsearch Only those commands please. If it works, then something went wrong when you installed your elasticsearch version. Could you describe how you installed elasticsearch? -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 20 mars 2014 à 05:09, Preeti Jain [itspreeti@gmail.com](mailto:itspreeti@gmail.com) a écrit : Hi David I have only one subdir inside plugins and it has following permissions drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Mar 11 10:06 analysis-phonetic Any more thoughts? Regards, Preeti > On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:44:01 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > I see. This fix has not been added in 1.0 branch but in 1.x: [NPE in PluginsService when starting elasticsearch with a wrong user · Issue #5195 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/5195) > > Could you check subdirs? > I think you have an issue with your directories. > > -- > David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) > @dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr > > > Le 19 mars 2014 à 10:03:55, Preeti Jain ([itsp...@gmail.com](mailto:itsp...@gmail.com)) a écrit: > > > > Hi David, > > > > We are using version 1.0.1. We have following permission on plugins directory :rwxr-xr-x > > > > Regards, > > Preeti > > > > > On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:23:47 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > > > Which elasticsearch version are you using? > > > > > > This could happen if you don't have privileges on plugins dir. > > > Often, you have installed elasticsearch with a given account but you installed plugin using sudo which ends up creating a plugin dir not readable by elasticsearch user. > > > > > > This NPE has been fixed in recent version. Wondering if it was not correctly fixed or if you are running an old version or if it's something else. > > > > > > -- > > > David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) > > > @dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr > > > > > > > Le 19 mars 2014 à 09:44:58, Preeti Jain ([itsp...@gmail.com](mailto:itsp...@gmail.com)) a écrit: > > > > > > > > Hi , > > > > > > > > We suddenly started getting this error in Elasticsearch log > > > > > > > > [2014-03-19 09:40:57,419][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.info] [North] failed to execute on node [B5a2wTMvQpGHOpO5oIjnug] > > > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > > > at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadSitePlugins(PluginsService.java:441) > > > > at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.info(PluginsService.java:308) > > > > at org.elasticsearch.node.service.NodeService.info(NodeService.java:122) > > > > at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:100) > > > > at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:43) > > > > at org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.TransportNodesOperationAction$AsyncAction$2.run(TransportNodesOperationAction.java:146) > > > > at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) > > > > at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) > > > > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) > > > > > > > > We are unable to perform any action on elasticsearch. > > > > > > > > Any idea what could be the issue? > > > > > > > > ## Regards, Preeti > > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90440ccf-66b5-4fc8-bbf0-c710d51fcf9f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90440ccf-66b5-4fc8-bbf0-c710d51fcf9f%40googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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**Author:** ![Venu\_Krishna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Venu\_Krishna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Venu_Krishna)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-elasticsearch-nullpointerexception-at-org-elasticsearch-plugins-pluginsservice-loadsiteplugins/16452/8 "2014-03-20T08:33:47Z")
Hi Preeti Jain, i am venu,i am new to this technology i.e. elasticsearch,i am trying to do communicate between the java and elasticsearch like ccommuniccation between java and oracle,i am surfing for the examples but unable to get the required way.Can help to achieve the Java Elasticsearch comunication(using Node or TransportClient). On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:14:55 PM UTC+5:30, Preeti Jain wrote: > Hi , > > We suddenly started getting this error in Elasticsearch log > > [2014-03-19 09:40:57,419][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.info] [North] > failed to execute on node [B5a2wTMvQpGHOpO5oIjnug] > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadSitePlugins(PluginsService.java:441) > at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.info > (PluginsService.java:308) > at org.elasticsearch.node.service.NodeService.info > (NodeService.java:122) > at > org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:100) > at > org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:43) > at > org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.TransportNodesOperationAction$AsyncAction$2.run(TransportNodesOperationAction.java:146) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) > at > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) > > We are unable to perform any action on elasticsearch. > > Any idea what could be the issue? > > Regards, > Preeti -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7db6f15b-14b3-46c3-ae62-96b8253b903f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7db6f15b-14b3-46c3-ae62-96b8253b903f%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Preeti\_Jain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@Preeti\_Jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Preeti_Jain)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-elasticsearch-nullpointerexception-at-org-elasticsearch-plugins-pluginsservice-loadsiteplugins/16452/9 "2014-03-24T04:48:33Z")
Finally got this working. Our Java application that communicates with elasticsearch is hosted in JBoss server. While creating the transport client we were not passing elasticsearch home dir, plugin dir path explicitly. The default path that was picked up had some wrong reference. We managed to resolve the issue after passing the correct value to path.home. Regards, Preeti On Thursday, March 20, 2014 12:54:33 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > No. I have no idea. > I think something is wrong with your installation. > > Could you just > > download elasticsearch 1.0.1 (zip or tar.gz file) > unzip it > Run bin/plugin -install xxxxx (your plugin) > Run bin/elasticsearch > > Only those commands please. > > If it works, then something went wrong when you installed your > elasticsearch version. > Could you describe how you installed elasticsearch? > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 20 mars 2014 à 05:09, Preeti Jain \<[itsp...@gmail.com](mailto:itsp...@gmail.com) \\> a > écrit : > > Hi David > > I have only one subdir inside plugins and it has following permissions > > drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Mar 11 10:06 analysis-phonetic > > Any more thoughts? > > Regards, > Preeti > On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:44:01 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > > > I see. This fix has not been added in 1.0 branch but in 1.x: > > [NPE in PluginsService when starting elasticsearch with a wrong user · Issue #5195 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/5195) > > > > Could you check subdirs? > > I think you have an issue with your directories. > > > > -- > > _David Pilato_ | _Technical Advocate_ | _[Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) > > [http://Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com)_ > > @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr[https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr) > > > > Le 19 mars 2014 à 10:03:55, Preeti Jain ([itsp...@gmail.com](mailto:itsp...@gmail.com)) a écrit: > > > > Hi David, > > > > We are using version 1.0.1. We have following permission on plugins > > directory :rwxr-xr-x > > > > Regards, > > Preeti > > > > On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:23:47 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > > > > > Which elasticsearch version are you using? > > > > > > This could happen if you don't have privileges on plugins dir. > > > Often, you have installed elasticsearch with a given account but you > > > installed plugin using sudo which ends up creating a plugin dir not > > > readable by elasticsearch user. > > > > > > This NPE has been fixed in recent version. Wondering if it was not > > > correctly fixed or if you are running an old version or if it's something > > > else. > > > > > > ``` > > > -- > > > > > > ``` > > > > > > _David Pilato_ | _Technical Advocate_ | _[Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) > > > [http://Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com)_ > > > @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr[https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr) > > > > > > Le 19 mars 2014 à 09:44:58, Preeti Jain ([itsp...@gmail.com](mailto:itsp...@gmail.com)) a écrit: > > > > > > Hi , > > > > > > We suddenly started getting this error in Elasticsearch log > > > > > > [2014-03-19 09:40:57,419][DEBUG][action.admin.cluster.node.info] > > > [North] failed to execute on node [B5a2wTMvQpGHOpO5oIjnug] > > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > > at > > > org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadSitePlugins(PluginsService.java:441) > > > at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.info > > > (PluginsService.java:308) > > > at org.elasticsearch.node.service.NodeService.info > > > (NodeService.java:122) > > > at > > > org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:100) > > > at > > > org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.TransportNodesInfoAction.nodeOperation(TransportNodesInfoAction.java:43) > > > at > > > org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.TransportNodesOperationAction$AsyncAction$2.run(TransportNodesOperationAction.java:146) > > > at > > > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) > > > at > > > java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) > > > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) > > > > > > We are unable to perform any action on elasticsearch. > > > > > > Any idea what could be the issue? > > > > > > ## Regards, Preeti > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9134e001-f459-463f-82d4-930dc3769893%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90440ccf-66b5-4fc8-bbf0-c710d51fcf9f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90440ccf-66b5-4fc8-bbf0-c710d51fcf9f%40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90440ccf-66b5-4fc8-bbf0-c710d51fcf9f%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/90440ccf-66b5-4fc8-bbf0-c710d51fcf9f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6a01e302-edc6-483d-862d-5d2ffc2d40da%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6a01e302-edc6-483d-862d-5d2ffc2d40da%40googlegroups.com)[https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6a01e302-edc6-483d-862d-5d2ffc2d40da%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/6a01e302-edc6-483d-862d-5d2ffc2d40da%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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