# Fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-exception-while-booting-elasticsearch/316884>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 18, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-exception-while-booting-elasticsearch/316884 "2022-10-18T12:10:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Abhi\_Abhishek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abhi_abhishek/32/101426_2.png) [@Abhi\_Abhishek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhi_Abhishek)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-exception-while-booting-elasticsearch/316884/1 "2022-10-18T12:10:00Z")

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Hello,  
While I am trying to upgrade from 8.3.2 to 8.4.1 Its upgrading the Elasticsearch but the service is not running.

```auto
[2022-10-18T11:15:37,060][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JNANatives.definitelyRunningAsRoot(JNANatives.java:162) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Natives.definitelyRunningAsRoot(Natives.java:57) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initializeNatives(Elasticsearch.java:259) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase2(Elasticsearch.java:166) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:66) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Failed to allocate closure
        at com.sun.jna.Native.registerMethod(Native Method) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at com.sun.jna.Native.register(Native.java:1906) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at com.sun.jna.Native.register(Native.java:1775) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at com.sun.jna.Native.register(Native.java:1493) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JNACLibrary.<clinit>(JNACLibrary.java:38) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]

```

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-exception-while-booting-elasticsearch/316884/2 "2022-10-19T03:13:35Z")

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How did you upgrade?  
Can you share more of the log please.

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**Author:** ![Abhi\_Abhishek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abhi_abhishek/32/101426_2.png) [@Abhi\_Abhishek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhi_Abhishek)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-exception-while-booting-elasticsearch/316884/3 "2022-10-19T03:45:15Z")

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I have upgraded it by RPM package by using the command sudo rpm --upgrade elasticsearch...  
The logs are only this much it was reapeating whenever I try to start a elastic service.

```auto
[2022-10-18T06:06:15,371][INFO][o.e.i.g.DatabaseReaderLazyLoader] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] evicted [0] entries from cache after reloading database [/tmp/elasticsearch-16319186703517499351/geoip-databases/Wh7QmrtaQs20kcOkcYtUTw/GeoLite2-ASN.mmdb]
[2022-10-18T06:06:15,382][INFO][o.e.i.g.DatabaseNodeService] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] successfully loaded geoip database file [GeoLite2-ASN.mmdb]
[2022-10-18T06:06:17,913][INFO][o.e.i.g.DatabaseReaderLazyLoader] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] evicted [0] entries from cache after reloading database [/tmp/elasticsearch-16319186703517499351/geoip-databases/Wh7QmrtaQs20kcOkcYtUTw/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb]
[2022-10-18T06:06:17,913][INFO][o.e.i.g.DatabaseNodeService] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] successfully loaded geoip database file [GeoLite2-Country.mmdb]
[2022-10-18T06:06:26,655][INFO][o.e.i.g.DatabaseReaderLazyLoader] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] evicted [0] entries from cache after reloading database [/tmp/elasticsearch-16319186703517499351/geoip-databases/Wh7QmrtaQs20kcOkcYtUTw/GeoLite2-City.mmdb]
[2022-10-18T06:06:26,656][INFO][o.e.i.g.DatabaseNodeService] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] successfully loaded geoip database file [GeoLite2-City.mmdb]
[2022-10-18T10:55:21,712][INFO][o.e.t.ClusterConnectionManager] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] transport connection to [{vm0dnelkdma0001.corp.chartercom.com}{X6EckQreTvmJEDlWCcn8CA}{WPLd1lT-RVu3K891dIM7tw}{vm0dnelkdma0001.corp.chartercom.com}{vm0dnelkdma0001.corp.chartercom.com}{22.240.82.10:9300}{ir}] closed by remote
[2022-10-18T10:55:21,728][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterApplierService] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] removed {{vm0dnelkdma0001.corp.chartercom.com}{X6EckQreTvmJEDlWCcn8CA}{WPLd1lT-RVu3K891dIM7tw}{vm0dnelkdma0001.corp.chartercom.com}{vm0dnelkdma0001.corp.chartercom.com}{22.240.82.10:9300}{ir}}, term: 131, version: 72021, reason: ApplyCommitRequest{term=131, version=72021, sourceNode={vm0dnelkdma0002.corp.chartercom.com}{Z9XzmY8YTy6Vj_tTNF7tpA}{SZ8Gl_6aQb63yasjx88Sbw}{vm0dnelkdma0002.corp.chartercom.com}{vm0dnelkdma0002.corp.chartercom.com}{22.240.82.12:9300}{cdfhilmrstw}{ml.machine_memory=67387314176, ml.max_jvm_size=33285996544, xpack.installed=true}}
[2022-10-18T11:11:12,459][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] stopping ...
[2022-10-18T11:11:12,463][INFO][o.e.x.w.WatcherService] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] stopping watch service, reason [shutdown initiated]
[2022-10-18T11:11:12,464][INFO][o.e.x.w.WatcherLifeCycleService] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] watcher has stopped and shutdown
[2022-10-18T11:11:12,780][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.l.CppLogMessageHandler] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] [controller/8876] [Main.cc@176] ML controller exiting
[2022-10-18T11:11:12,781][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.NativeController] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] Native controller process has stopped - no new native processes can be started
[2022-10-18T11:11:12,780][INFO][o.e.c.c.Coordinator] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] master node [{vm0dnelkdma0002.corp.chartercom.com}{Z9XzmY8YTy6Vj_tTNF7tpA}{SZ8Gl_6aQb63yasjx88Sbw}{vm0dnelkdma0002.corp.chartercom.com}{vm0dnelkdma0002.corp.chartercom.com}{22.240.82.12:9300}{cdfhilmrstw}] disconnected, restarting discovery
[2022-10-18T11:11:15,893][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] stopped
[2022-10-18T11:11:15,893][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] closing ...
[2022-10-18T11:11:15,901][INFO][o.e.i.g.DatabaseReaderLazyLoader] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] evicted [0] entries from cache after reloading database [/tmp/elasticsearch-16319186703517499351/geoip-databases/Wh7QmrtaQs20kcOkcYtUTw/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb]
[2022-10-18T11:11:15,901][INFO][o.e.i.g.DatabaseReaderLazyLoader] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] evicted [0] entries from cache after reloading database [/tmp/elasticsearch-16319186703517499351/geoip-databases/Wh7QmrtaQs20kcOkcYtUTw/GeoLite2-ASN.mmdb]
[2022-10-18T11:11:15,901][INFO][o.e.i.g.DatabaseReaderLazyLoader] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] evicted [0] entries from cache after reloading database [/tmp/elasticsearch-16319186703517499351/geoip-databases/Wh7QmrtaQs20kcOkcYtUTw/GeoLite2-City.mmdb]
[2022-10-18T11:11:15,941][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] closed
[2022-10-18T11:15:37,060][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JNANatives.definitelyRunningAsRoot(JNANatives.java:162) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Natives.definitelyRunningAsRoot(Natives.java:57) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initializeNatives(Elasticsearch.java:259) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase2(Elasticsearch.java:166) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:66) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Failed to allocate closure
        at com.sun.jna.Native.registerMethod(Native Method) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at com.sun.jna.Native.register(Native.java:1906) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at com.sun.jna.Native.register(Native.java:1775) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at com.sun.jna.Native.register(Native.java:1493) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JNACLibrary.<clinit>(JNACLibrary.java:38) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        ... 5 more
[2022-10-18T11:29:29,417][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JNANatives.definitelyRunningAsRoot(JNANatives.java:162) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Natives.definitelyRunningAsRoot(Natives.java:57) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initializeNatives(Elasticsearch.java:259) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase2(Elasticsearch.java:166) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:66) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Failed to allocate closure
        at com.sun.jna.Native.registerMethod(Native Method) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at com.sun.jna.Native.register(Native.java:1906) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at com.sun.jna.Native.register(Native.java:1775) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at com.sun.jna.Native.register(Native.java:1493) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JNACLibrary.<clinit>(JNACLibrary.java:38) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        ... 5 more
[2022-10-18T12:27:08,433][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JNANatives.definitelyRunningAsRoot(JNANatives.java:162) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Natives.definitelyRunningAsRoot(Natives.java:57) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initializeNatives(Elasticsearch.java:259) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase2(Elasticsearch.java:166) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:66) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Failed to allocate closure
        at com.sun.jna.Native.registerMethod(Native Method) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at com.sun.jna.Native.register(Native.java:1906) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at com.sun.jna.Native.register(Native.java:1775) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at com.sun.jna.Native.register(Native.java:1493) ~[jna-5.10.0.jar:?]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JNACLibrary.<clinit>(JNACLibrary.java:38) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?]
        ... 5 more

```

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-exception-while-booting-elasticsearch/316884/4 "2022-10-19T03:59:49Z")

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> [@Abhi\_Abhishek](#):
>
> ```auto
> [2022-10-18T11:11:12,459][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vm0dnelkdma0003.corp.chartercom.com] stopping ...
> 
> ```

This suggests that something has asked Elasticsearch to shutdown.

I would look in your OS logs to see if there is anything related.

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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:** [November 16, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-exception-while-booting-elasticsearch/316884/5 "2022-11-16T04:00:03Z")

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