# Install elasticsearch error in centos

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-error-in-centos/55379>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 13, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-error-in-centos/55379 "2016-07-13T07:35:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gutasaputra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gutasaputra/32/10472_2.png) [@gutasaputra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gutasaputra)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-error-in-centos/55379/1 "2016-07-13T07:35:09Z")

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hi there, last time i install elasticsearch in windows, everything work perfectly fine now  
after some development on my application modules, now i decided to move to my server.

which in running on centos.

i have problems when installing it.

after downloading elasticsearch package.

i run this command :

> bin/elasticsearch

and then i got this error msg :

```
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: don't run elasticsearch as root.
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:93)
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:144)
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:270)
> at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:35

```

this my environment specification :

```
centos-release-6-6.el6.centos.12.2.x86_64

java version "1.7.0_101"

elastic version 2.3.4

```

i dont know what to do to fix this one.

please help me.

thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-error-in-centos/55379/2 "2016-07-13T07:48:46Z")

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> don't run elasticsearch as root

Don't run Elasticsearch as the root user. Run it as some other user, e.g. yourself.

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**Author:** ![Me\_Cloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Me\_Cloud](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Me_Cloud)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-error-in-centos/55379/3 "2017-01-30T04:29:54Z")

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how to make elasticsearch don't run as root ?

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-elasticsearch-error-in-centos/55379/4 "2017-07-05T22:03:46Z")

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