# Fail to start after upgrade
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-start-after-upgrade/101796
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 26, 2017, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-start-after-upgrade/101796 "2017-09-26T07:52:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@McElroy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/McElroy)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2017, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-start-after-upgrade/101796/1 "2017-09-26T07:52:22Z")
Hi,
i get the following in my log after i upgraded from 5.2.2 to 5.6.1
> [2017-09-26T09:47:50,477][WARN][o.e.c.l.LogConfigurator] ignoring unsupported logging configuration file [/etc/elasticsearch/logging.yml], logging is configured via [/etc/elasticsearch/log4j2.properties]
> [2017-09-26T09:47:50,504][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [atlxweb30238] uncaught exception in thread [main]
> org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/.installing-5204752428567596618/plugin-descriptor.properties
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:67) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:134) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> Caused by: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/.installing-5204752428567596618/plugin-descriptor.properties
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:342) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> ... 6 more
> Caused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/.installing-5204752428567596618/plugin-descriptor.properties
> at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:86) ~[?:1.8.0\_66]
> at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) ~[?:1.8.0\_66]
> at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107) ~[?:1.8.0\_66]
> at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:214) ~[?:1.8.0\_66]
> at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:361) ~[?:1.8.0\_66]
> at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:407) ~[?:1.8.0\_66]
> at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:384) ~[?:1.8.0\_66]
> at java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Files.java:152) ~[?:1.8.0\_66]
> at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginInfo.readFromProperties(PluginInfo.java:114) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Spawner.spawnNativePluginControllers(Spawner.java:76) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:168) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:342) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.1.jar:5.6.1]
> ... 6 more
I downloaded the new deb-file and installed it via dpkg on my machine.
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### Author:  [@McElroy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/McElroy)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2017, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-start-after-upgrade/101796/2 "2017-09-26T08:13:57Z")
fixed it. I deleted /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/.installing-5204752428567596618 and installed it again. Now it is working like a charme.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2017, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-start-after-upgrade/101796/3 "2017-10-24T08:14:00Z")
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