# Installing Elasticsearch-5.6.3 encountered error **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 30, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-5-6-3-encountered-error/105700 "2017-10-30T03:18:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mark.quilates](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark.quilates/32/24802_2.png) [@mark.quilates](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mark.quilates)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-5-6-3-encountered-error/105700/1 "2017-10-30T03:18:48Z")
Hi Guys, I'm installing kibana-5.6.3 for our monitoring. I'm following the steps given on this site however, I experienced some problem when I about to install elasticsearch-5.6.3. I already installed Java 8 on my system, but got this message after I ran this command: ./bin/elasticsearch [root@kibana elasticsearch-5.6.3]# ./bin/elasticsearch [2017-10-30T02:31:46,245][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [] 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:136) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:70) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:134) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3] Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:106) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:195) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:342) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3] ... 6 more [root@kibana elasticsearch-5.6.3]# Anyone can help me about this. Thanks in advance 🙂 ---
**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 30, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-5-6-3-encountered-error/105700/2 "2017-10-30T03:33:43Z")
> [@mark.quilates](#): > > can not run elasticsearch as root This is why 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mark.quilates](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark.quilates/32/24802_2.png) [@mark.quilates](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mark.quilates)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-5-6-3-encountered-error/105700/3 "2017-10-30T04:11:30Z")
Hi warkolm, So, i have to create an another account for this? sorry not so familiar about this. Thanks! ---
**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 30, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-5-6-3-encountered-error/105700/4 "2017-10-30T04:17:55Z")
Just download the DEB/RPM and use those, it handles all of that for you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mark.quilates](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark.quilates/32/24802_2.png) [@mark.quilates](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mark.quilates)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-5-6-3-encountered-error/105700/5 "2017-10-30T04:19:53Z")
Hi warkolm, i created an another account, and ran this command again: **./bin/elasticsearch** and got the below error. Exception in thread "main" 2017-10-30 03:30:46,165 main ERROR No log4j2 configuration file found. Using default configuration: logging only errors to the console. Set system property 'log4j2.debug' to show Log4j2 internal initialization logging. 2017-10-30 03:30:47,298 main ERROR Could not register mbeans java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("javax.management.MBeanTrustPermission" "register") at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:472) at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:585) at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.checkMBeanTrustPermission(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:1848) at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.registerMBean(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:322) at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.registerMBean(JmxMBeanServer.java:522) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.jmx.Server.register(Server.java:389) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.jmx.Server.reregisterMBeansAfterReconfigure(Server.java:167) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.jmx.Server.reregisterMBeansAfterReconfigure(Server.java:140) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.setConfiguration(LoggerContext.java:556) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.reconfigure(LoggerContext.java:617) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.reconfigure(LoggerContext.java:634) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext.start(LoggerContext.java:229) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jContextFactory.getContext(Log4jContextFactory.java:242) at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jContextFactory.getContext(Log4jContextFactory.java:45) at org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getContext(LogManager.java:174) at org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(LogManager.java:648) at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.ESLoggerFactory.getLogger(ESLoggerFactory.java:54) at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.ESLoggerFactory.getLogger(ESLoggerFactory.java:62) at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.Loggers.getLogger(Loggers.java:101) at org.elasticsearch.ExceptionsHelper.(ExceptionsHelper.java:42) at org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException.toString(ElasticsearchException.java:663) at java.lang.String.valueOf(String.java:2994) at java.io.PrintStream.println(PrintStream.java:821) at java.lang.Throwable$WrappedPrintStream.println(Throwable.java:748) at java.lang.Throwable.printStackTrace(Throwable.java:655) at java.lang.Throwable.printStackTrace(Throwable.java:643) at java.lang.ThreadGroup.uncaughtException(ThreadGroup.java:1061) at java.lang.ThreadGroup.uncaughtException(ThreadGroup.java:1052) at java.lang.Thread.dispatchUncaughtException(Thread.java:1959) SettingsException[Failed to load settings from /usr/local/kibana/elasticsearch-5.6.3/config/elasticsearch.yml]; nested: AccessDeniedException[/usr/local/kibana/elasticsearch-5.6.3/config/elasticsearch.yml]; at org.elasticsearch.node.InternalSettingsPreparer.prepareEnvironment(InternalSettingsPreparer.java:102) at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.createEnv(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:75) at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:70) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:134) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /usr/local/kibana/elasticsearch-5.6.3/config/elasticsearch.yml at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84) at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107) at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:214) at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:361) at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:407) at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:384) at java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Files.java:152) at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromPath(Settings.java:1032) at org.elasticsearch.node.InternalSettingsPreparer.prepareEnvironment(InternalSettingsPreparer.java:100) ... 6 more Thanks for your help. ---
**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 30, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-5-6-3-encountered-error/105700/6 "2017-10-30T04:22:04Z")
> [@mark.quilates](#): > > Failed to load settings from /usr/local/kibana/elasticsearch-5.6.3/config/elasticsearch.yml]; nested: AccessDeniedException[/usr/local/kibana/elasticsearch-5.6.3/config/elasticsearch.yml]; That's why. ---
**Author:** ![mark.quilates](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark.quilates/32/24802_2.png) [@mark.quilates](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mark.quilates)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-5-6-3-encountered-error/105700/7 "2017-10-30T04:28:58Z")
@warkolm Can you help me, what should I need to do? Also, can you guide me or give me a link where steps by steps installation for ELK package is there. Thank you very much! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-5-6-3-encountered-error/105700/8 "2017-11-27T04:29:02Z")
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