# Install Elasticsearch 2.4 using yum/dnf **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 13, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-2-4-using-yum-dnf/60350 "2016-09-13T07:40:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kissaki](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kissaki/32/12437_2.png) [@Kissaki](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kissaki)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-2-4-using-yum-dnf/60350/1 "2016-09-13T07:40:16Z")
Hi, I have no problems downloading the tar.gz file and running Elasticsearch manually. However, when I use dnf to install elasticsearch to run it as a service I cant get it to start. I'm using the oracle jdk 1.8.0\_102 and installed elasticsearch using dnf like here: > **[Register a snapshot repository | Elasticsearch Guide \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/snapshots-register-repository.html)** When I try to start the service, the systemctl status gives me this back: > elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch > Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) > Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2016-09-13 09:35:43 CEST; 2s ago > Docs: [http://www.elastic.co](http://www.elastic.co) > Process: 11211 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -Des.pidfile=${PID\_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid -Des.default.path.home=${ES\_HOME} -Des.default.path.logs=${LOG\_DIR} -Des.default.path.data=${DATA\_DIR} -Des.default.path.conf=${CONF\_DIR} (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) > Process: 11203 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-systemd-pre-exec (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) > Main PID: 11211 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) > Sep 13 09:35:43 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[11211]: at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginInfo.readFromProperties(PluginInfo.java:87) > Sep 13 09:35:43 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[11211]: at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.getModuleBundles(PluginsService.java:335) > Sep 13 09:35:43 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[11211]: at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:114) > Sep 13 09:35:43 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[11211]: at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:158) > Sep 13 09:35:43 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[11211]: at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:140) > Sep 13 09:35:43 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[11211]: at org.elasticsearch.node.NodeBuilder.build(NodeBuilder.java:143) > Sep 13 09:35:43 localhost.localdomain elasticsearch[11211]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:194) > Sep 13 09:35:43 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE > Sep 13 09:35:43 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Unit entered failed state. > Sep 13 09:35:43 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. In /var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.log, I can see this message: > [2016-09-13 09:35:43,950][INFO][node] [Adam X] version[2.4.0], pid[11211], build[ce9f0c7/2016-08-29T09:14:17Z] > [2016-09-13 09:35:43,950][INFO][node] [Adam X] initializing ... > [2016-09-13 09:35:43,954][ERROR][bootstrap] Exception > java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to initialize modules > at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:121) > at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:158) > at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:140) > at org.elasticsearch.node.NodeBuilder.build(NodeBuilder.java:143) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:194) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:286) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:35) > Caused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/ingest-common/plugin-descriptor.properties > at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:86) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:214) > at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:361) > at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:407) > at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:384) > at java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Files.java:152) > at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginInfo.readFromProperties(PluginInfo.java:87) > at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.getModuleBundles(PluginsService.java:335) > at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:114) > ... 6 more Installing the alpha 5 using dnf seems to work without problems, but I seem to just cant get the 2.4 release to run as a service. Does anyone have an idea what's wrong here? ---
**Author:** ![Kissaki](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kissaki/32/12437_2.png) [@Kissaki](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kissaki)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-2-4-using-yum-dnf/60350/2 "2016-09-13T09:53:55Z")
I played around a bit. I found that the modules folder had several empty plugin folders: - ingest-common - lang-mustache - lang-painless - perlocator - transport-netty3 - transport-netty4 - aggs-matrix-stats After removing them I got a permission denied on > /var/lib/elasticsearch/nodes So I did a > chown -R elasticsearch:elasticsearch /var/lib/elasticsearch Now I can start elasticsearch as a service. Still have to find out what's with the empty module folders happening though. **_edit_** forgot to mention aggs-matrix-stats **_edit2_** Played around a bit more. When I tried to install the kopf Plugin, I got the following error message: > bin/plugin: line 20: dirname: command not found > bin/plugin: line 110: cut: command not found > bin/plugin: line 110: hostname: command not found And the last line was something like > elasticsearch could not find any executable java binary Executing the plugin install not as sudo but with my own user with a previous chown on /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins worked however. The kopf plugin is now working. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-2-4-using-yum-dnf/60350/3 "2017-07-05T22:20:41Z")