# Getting JAVA ERROR when I run elasticsearch on UBUNTU **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 31, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-java-error-when-i-run-elasticsearch-on-ubuntu/162466 "2018-12-31T03:04:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![venu.pgi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@venu.pgi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/venu.pgi)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-java-error-when-i-run-elasticsearch-on-ubuntu/162466/1 "2018-12-31T03:04:46Z")
Hi All, I have installed the elasticsearch on my Ubuntu laptop . I have Java version 11 as well. However when I run the command ./elasticsearch , it is giving me the following errors. I am new to the elasticsearch, kindly help me out to solve this problem. I appreciate your kind help. * * * Venu@venu-INVALID:~/elasticsearch-6.5.4/bin$ java -version java version "11.0.1" 2018-10-16 LTS Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.1+13-LTS) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.1+13-LTS, mixed mode) * * * venu@venu-INVALID:~/elasticsearch-6.5.4/bin$ ./elasticsearch Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /home/venu/elasticsearch-6.5.4/config/jvm.options at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:90) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116) at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:215) at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:370) at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:421) at java.base/java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:420) at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Files.java:155) at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.JvmOptionsParser.main(JvmOptionsParser.java:60) ---
**Author:** ![venu.pgi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@venu.pgi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/venu.pgi)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-java-error-when-i-run-elasticsearch-on-ubuntu/162466/2 "2018-12-31T03:07:00Z")
Also, when I try to run it with sudo option, it gives me the following error. venu@venu-INVALID:~/elasticsearch-6.5.4/bin$ sudo ./elasticsearch [sudo] password for venu: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release. Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: UseAVX=2 is not supported on this CPU, setting it to UseAVX=1 [2018-12-31T13:45:02,155][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [unknown] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:140) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:103) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4] ... 6 more ---
**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-java-error-when-i-run-elasticsearch-on-ubuntu/162466/3 "2018-12-31T05:56:28Z")
> [@venu.pgi](#): > > java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /home/venu/elasticsearch-6.5.4/config/jvm.options It looks like the user you are trying to run as doesn't have access to read the ES configuration files. It's probably something you can fix with `chmod` but I don't how your system is configured. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-java-error-when-i-run-elasticsearch-on-ubuntu/162466/4 "2019-01-28T05:56:41Z")
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