# ES fails to start for unknown reason **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 9, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-fails-to-start-for-unknown-reason/11515 "2013-04-09T17:56:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tetlika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c6cbf5/32.png) [@tetlika](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tetlika)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-fails-to-start-for-unknown-reason/11515/1 "2013-04-09T17:56:51Z")
hi! I dont know why the ES fails to start, here what there is in logs (with max detail level): what can be the reason? [16:07:56,235][INFO][node] [Scratch, Nicholas] {0.20.5}[18515]: initializing ... [16:07:56,237][DEBUG][node] [Scratch, Nicholas] using home [/mnt/nimble/parts/elasticsearch], config [/mnt/nimble/etc/elasticsearch-contacts], data [[/mnt/es\_indices]], logs [/mnt/nimble/parts/elasticsearch/logs], work [/mnt/es\_indices], plugins [/mnt/nimble/parts/elasticsearch/plugins] [16:07:56,239][TRACE][plugins] [Scratch, Nicholas] --- adding plugin [/mnt/nimble/parts/elasticsearch/plugins/cloud-aws] [16:07:56,241][TRACE][plugins] [Scratch, Nicholas] --- adding plugin [/mnt/nimble/parts/elasticsearch/plugins/paramedic] [16:07:56,241][TRACE][plugins] [Scratch, Nicholas] --- adding plugin [/mnt/nimble/parts/elasticsearch/plugins/head] [16:07:56,251][INFO][plugins] [Scratch, Nicholas] loaded [cloud-aws], sites [head, paramedic] [16:07:56,265][DEBUG][common.compress.lzf] using [UnsafeChunkDecoder] decoder [16:07:56,485][TRACE][env] [Scratch, Nicholas] obtaining node lock on /mnt/es\_indices/nimble\_contacts/nodes/0 ... [16:07:56,496][DEBUG][env] [Scratch, Nicholas] using node location [[/mnt/es\_indices/nimble\_contacts/nodes/0]], local\_node\_id [0] [16:07:56,497][TRACE][env] [Scratch, Nicholas] node data locations details: -\> /mnt/es\_indices/nimble\_contacts/nodes/0, free\_space [786.9gb], usable\_space [744.9gb] [16:07:57,044][TRACE][monitor.sigar] [Scratch, Nicholas] sigar loaded successfully [16:07:57,550][DEBUG][threadpool] [Scratch, Nicholas] creating thread\_pool [generic], type [cached], keep\_alive [30s] [16:07:57,559][DEBUG][threadpool] [Scratch, Nicholas] creating thread\_pool [index], type [cached], keep\_alive [5m] [16:07:57,559][DEBUG][threadpool] [Scratch, Nicholas] creating thread\_pool [bulk], type [cached], keep\_alive [5m] [16:07:57,559][DEBUG][threadpool] [Scratch, Nicholas] creating thread\_pool [get], type [cached], keep\_alive [5m] [16:07:57,559][DEBUG][threadpool] [Scratch, Nicholas] creating thread\_pool [search], type [cached], keep\_alive [5m] [16:07:57,559][DEBUG][threadpool] [Scratch, Nicholas] creating thread\_pool [percolate], type [cached], keep\_alive [5m] [16:07:57,560][DEBUG][threadpool] [Scratch, Nicholas] creating thread\_pool [management], type [scaling], min [1], size [5], keep\_alive [5m] [16:07:57,563][DEBUG][threadpool] [Scratch, Nicholas] creating thread\_pool [flush], type [scaling], min [1], size [10], keep\_alive [5m] [16:07:57,563][DEBUG][threadpool] [Scratch, Nicholas] creating thread\_pool [merge], type [scaling], min [1], size [20], keep\_alive [5m] [16:07:57,563][DEBUG][threadpool] [Scratch, Nicholas] creating thread\_pool [refresh], type [scaling], min [1], size [10], keep\_alive [5m] [16:07:57,563][DEBUG][threadpool] [Scratch, Nicholas] creating thread\_pool [cache], type [scaling], min [1], size [4], keep\_alive [5m] [16:07:57,564][DEBUG][threadpool] [Scratch, Nicholas] creating thread\_pool [snapshot], type [scaling], min [1], size [5], keep\_alive [5m] [16:07:57,584][DEBUG][transport.netty] [Scratch, Nicholas] using worker\_count[8], port[9300-9400], bind\_host[null], publish\_host[null], compress[true], connect\_timeout[30s], connections\_per\_node[2/6/1], receive\_predictor[512kb-\>512kb] [16:07:57,595][DEBUG][discovery.zen.ping.multicast] [Scratch, Nicholas] using group [224.2.2.4], with port [54328], ttl [3], and address [null] [16:07:57,600][DEBUG][discovery.zen.ping.unicast] [Scratch, Nicholas] using initial hosts [[searchc1.virtual.ninternal.com](http://searchc1.virtual.ninternal.com)], with concurrent\_connects [10] [16:07:57,607][DEBUG][discovery.zen] [Scratch, Nicholas] using ping.timeout [3s], master\_election.filter\_client [true], master\_election.filter\_data [false] [16:07:57,609][DEBUG][discovery.zen.elect] [Scratch, Nicholas] using minimum\_master\_nodes [-1] [16:07:57,611][DEBUG][discovery.zen.fd] [Scratch, Nicholas] [master] uses ping\_interval [1s], ping\_timeout [30s], ping\_retries [3] [16:07:57,615][DEBUG][discovery.zen.fd] [Scratch, Nicholas] [node ] uses ping\_interval [1s], ping\_timeout [30s], ping\_retries [3] [16:07:57,647][DEBUG][monitor.jvm] [Scratch, Nicholas] enabled [true], last\_gc\_enabled [false], interval [1s], gc\_threshold [{default=GcThreshold{name='default', warnThreshold=10000, infoThreshold=5000, debugThreshold=2000}, ParNew=GcThreshold{name='ParNew', warnThreshold=1000, infoThreshold=700, debugThreshold=400}, ConcurrentMarkSweep=GcThreshold{name='ConcurrentMarkSweep', warnThreshold=10000, infoThreshold=5000, debugThreshold=2000}}] [16:07:58,156][DEBUG][monitor.os] [Scratch, Nicholas] Using probe [org.elasticsearch.monitor.os.SigarOsProbe@4d0ac2a3] with refresh\_interval [1s] [16:07:58,161][DEBUG][monitor.process] [Scratch, Nicholas] Using probe [org.elasticsearch.monitor.process.SigarProcessProbe@5a9b774e] with refresh\_interval [1s] [16:07:58,164][DEBUG][monitor.jvm] [Scratch, Nicholas] Using refresh\_interval [1s] [16:07:58,166][DEBUG][monitor.network] [Scratch, Nicholas] Using probe [org.elasticsearch.monitor.network.SigarNetworkProbe@722e242b] with refresh\_interval [5s] [16:07:58,172][DEBUG][monitor.network] [Scratch, Nicholas] net\_info host [[searchc1.devnimble.com](http://searchc1.devnimble.com)] venet0 display\_name [venet0] ``` address [/10.0.102.141] [/127.0.0.1] mtu [1500] multicast [false] ptp [true] loopback [false] up ``` [true] virtual [false] ``` sub interfaces: venet0:0 display_name [venet0:0] address [/10.0.102.141] mtu [1500] multicast [false] ptp ``` [true] loopback [false] up [true] virtual [true] lo display\_name [lo] ``` address [/127.0.0.1] mtu [16436] multicast [false] ptp [false] loopback [true] ``` up [true] virtual [false] [16:07:58,175][TRACE][monitor.network] [Scratch, Nicholas] ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback ``` inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:4857 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4857 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 RX bytes:14174274 ( 14M) TX bytes:14174274 ( 14M) ``` venet0 Link encap:Ethernet inet addr:127.0.0.1 P-t-P:127.0.0.1 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2125 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2126 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 RX bytes:185356 (181K) TX bytes:162198 (158K) venet0:0 Link encap:Ethernet inet addr:10.0.102.141 P-t-P:10.0.102.141 Bcast:10.0.102.141 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP BROADCAST POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 [16:07:58,391][DEBUG][indices.store] [Scratch, Nicholas] using indices.store.throttle.type [none], with index.store.throttle.max\_bytes\_per\_sec [0b] [16:07:58,398][DEBUG][cache.memory] [Scratch, Nicholas] using bytebuffer cache with small\_buffer\_size [1kb], large\_buffer\_size [1mb], small\_cache\_size [10mb], large\_cache\_size [500mb], direct [true] [16:07:58,406][DEBUG][script] [Scratch, Nicholas] using script cache with max\_size [500], expire [null] [16:07:58,433][DEBUG][cluster.routing.allocation.decider] [Scratch, Nicholas] using node\_concurrent\_recoveries [2], node\_initial\_primaries\_recoveries [4] [16:07:58,434][DEBUG][cluster.routing.allocation.decider] [Scratch, Nicholas] using [cluster.routing.allocation.allow\_rebalance] with [indices\_all\_active] [16:07:58,435][DEBUG][cluster.routing.allocation.decider] [Scratch, Nicholas] using [cluster\_concurrent\_rebalance] with [2] [16:07:58,439][DEBUG][gateway.local] [Scratch, Nicholas] using initial\_shards [quorum], list\_timeout [30s] [16:07:58,628][DEBUG][http.netty] [Scratch, Nicholas] using max\_chunk\_size[8kb], max\_header\_size[8kb], max\_initial\_line\_length[4kb], max\_content\_length[100mb], receive\_predictor[512kb-\>512kb] [16:07:58,642][DEBUG][indices.recovery] [Scratch, Nicholas] using max\_size\_per\_sec[0b], concurrent\_streams [3], file\_chunk\_size [512kb], translog\_size [512kb], translog\_ops [1000], and compress [true] [16:07:58,651][DEBUG][indices.memory] [Scratch, Nicholas] using index\_buffer\_size [50.5mb], with min\_shard\_index\_buffer\_size [4mb], max\_shard\_index\_buffer\_size [512mb], shard\_inactive\_time [30m] [16:07:58,653][DEBUG][indices.cache.filter] [Scratch, Nicholas] using [node] weighted filter cache with size [20%], actual\_size [101.1mb], expire [null], clean\_interval [1m] [16:07:58,690][DEBUG][gateway.local.state.meta] [Scratch, Nicholas] using gateway.local.auto\_import\_dangled [YES], with gateway.local.dangling\_timeout [2h] [16:07:58,691][DEBUG][gateway.local.state.meta] [Scratch, Nicholas] took 0s to load state [16:07:58,692][DEBUG][gateway.local.state.shards] [Scratch, Nicholas] took 0s to load started shards state [16:07:58,710][ERROR][bootstrap] {0.20.5}: Initialization Failed ... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-fails-to-start-for-unknown-reason/11515/2 "2017-07-06T02:41:58Z")