Failed to obtain node locks, tried [/usr/share/elasticsearch/data]; maybe these locations are not writable or multiple nodes were started

I installed elasticsearch on kubernetes using helm.
elasticsearch version: 8.5.1

pods do not stand up. Error in pods log:

{"@timestamp":"2023-05-17T12:50:32.223Z", "log.level":"ERROR", "message":"fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch", "ecs.version": "1.2.0","service.name":"ES_ECS","event.dataset":"elasticsearch.server","process.thread.name":"main","log.logger":"org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch","elasticsearch.node.name":"elasticsearch-master-0","elasticsearch.cluster.name":"elasticsearch","error.type":"java.lang.IllegalStateException","error.message":"failed to obtain node locks, tried [/usr/share/elasticsearch/data]; maybe these locations are not writable or multiple nodes were started on the same data path?","error.stack_trace":"java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to obtain node locks, tried [/usr/share/elasticsearch/data]; maybe these locations are not writable or multiple nodes were started on the same data path?\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:285)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:474)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:318)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch$2.<init>(Elasticsearch.java:214)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase3(Elasticsearch.java:214)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:67)\nCaused by: java.io.IOException: failed to obtain lock on /usr/share/elasticsearch/data\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment$NodeLock.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:230)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment$NodeLock.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:198)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:277)\n\t... 5 more\nCaused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data/node.lock\n\tat java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:92)\n\tat java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:106)\n\tat java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111)\n\tat java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixPath.toRealPath(UnixPath.java:825)\n\tat org.apache.lucene.core@9.4.1/org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLockFactory.obtainFSLock(NativeFSLockFactory.java:94)\n\tat org.apache.lucene.core@9.4.1/org.apache.lucene.store.FSLockFactory.obtainLock(FSLockFactory.java:43)\n\tat org.apache.lucene.core@9.4.1/org.apache.lucene.store.BaseDirectory.obtainLock(BaseDirectory.java:44)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment$NodeLock.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:223)\n\t... 7 more\n\tSuppressed: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data/node.lock\n\t\tat java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:90)\n\t\tat java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:106)\n\t\tat java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111)\n\t\tat java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:218)\n\t\tat java.base/java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:380)\n\t\tat java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createFile(Files.java:658)\n\t\tat org.apache.lucene.core@9.4.1/org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLockFactory.obtainFSLock(NativeFSLockFactory.java:84)\n\t\t... 10 more\n"}
ERROR: Elasticsearch did not exit normally - check the logs at /usr/share/elasticsearch/logs/elasticsearch.log

How can I fix?

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