# Failed to obtain node locks, tried \[/usr/share/elasticsearch/data\]; maybe these locations are not writable or multiple nodes were started **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 17, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-obtain-node-locks-tried-usr-share-elasticsearch-data-maybe-these-locations-are-not-writable-or-multiple-nodes-were-started/333657 "2023-05-17T12:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Resul\_Zoroglu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/resul_zoroglu/32/119499_2.png) [@Resul\_Zoroglu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Resul_Zoroglu)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-obtain-node-locks-tried-usr-share-elasticsearch-data-maybe-these-locations-are-not-writable-or-multiple-nodes-were-started/333657/1 "2023-05-17T12:54:40Z")
I installed elasticsearch on kubernetes using helm. elasticsearch version: 8.5.1 pods do not stand up. Error in pods log: ```auto {"@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.(NodeEnvironment.java:285)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:474)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:318)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch$2.(Elasticsearch.java:214)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase3(Elasticsearch.java:214)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:67)\nCaused by: java.io.IOException: failed to obtain lock on /usr/share/elasticsearch/data\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment$NodeLock.(NodeEnvironment.java:230)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment$NodeLock.(NodeEnvironment.java:198)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.(NodeEnvironment.java:277)\n\t... 5 more\nCaused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data/node.lock\n\tat java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:92)\n\tat java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:106)\n\tat java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111)\n\tat java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixPath.toRealPath(UnixPath.java:825)\n\tat org.apache.lucene.core@9.4.1/org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLockFactory.obtainFSLock(NativeFSLockFactory.java:94)\n\tat org.apache.lucene.core@9.4.1/org.apache.lucene.store.FSLockFactory.obtainLock(FSLockFactory.java:43)\n\tat org.apache.lucene.core@9.4.1/org.apache.lucene.store.BaseDirectory.obtainLock(BaseDirectory.java:44)\n\tat org.elasticsearch.server@8.5.1/org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment$NodeLock.(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? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-obtain-node-locks-tried-usr-share-elasticsearch-data-maybe-these-locations-are-not-writable-or-multiple-nodes-were-started/333657/2 "2023-06-14T12:54:41Z")
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