# Installing elasticsearch & running for the first time **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 30, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-running-for-the-first-time/40537 "2016-01-30T02:53:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![w0lverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@w0lverine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/w0lverine)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-running-for-the-first-time/40537/1 "2016-01-30T02:53:16Z")
When I first run ./elasticsearch I get the following errors. I know I am running as root which is the cause of running elasticsearch but when I do not I get access denied to the jdk files. When I do not run as root. I get the following output: > Failed to configure logging... > ElasticsearchException[Failed to load logging configuration]; nested: NoSuchFileException[/usr/share/elasticsearch/config]; > at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.log4j.LogConfigurator.resolveConfig(LogConfigurator.java:158) > at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.log4j.LogConfigurator.configure(LogConfigurator.java:103) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setupLogging(Bootstrap.java:204) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:258) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:35) > Caused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/config > 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.UnixFileAttributeViews$Basic.readAttributes(UnixFileAttributeViews.java:55) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.readAttributes(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:144) > at sun.nio.fs.LinuxFileSystemProvider.readAttributes(LinuxFileSystemProvider.java:97) > at java.nio.file.Files.readAttributes(Files.java:1686) > at java.nio.file.FileTreeWalker.walk(FileTreeWalker.java:109) > at java.nio.file.FileTreeWalker.walk(FileTreeWalker.java:69) > at java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(Files.java:2602) > at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.log4j.LogConfigurator.resolveConfig(LogConfigurator.java:142) > ... 4 more > log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (bootstrap). > log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. > log4j:WARN See [Apache log4j 1.2 - Frequently Asked Technical Questions](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig) for more info. > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to access 'path.conf' (/usr/share/elasticsearch/config) > > > Likely root cause: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/config > > 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.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:383) > > at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:630) > > at java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:734) > > at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:720) > > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.ensureDirectoryExists(Security.java:250) > > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addPath(Security.java:227) > > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addFilePermissions(Security.java:194) > > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.createPermissions(Security.java:184) > > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:105) > > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setupSecurity(Bootstrap.java:196) > > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:167) > > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:285) > > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:35) > > Refer to the log for complete error details. Here is my log node log: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/6/61aef0b4167bf663c6785b02522cfdc43c744261.png) I can not install openjdk without being root and I think elasticsearch can not access openjdk because it is not running as root. Any suggestions? ---
**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:** [January 30, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-running-for-the-first-time/40537/2 "2016-01-30T03:07:21Z")
Please don't post images of text like that, they are not always readable. > [@w0lverine](#): > > I can not install openjdk without being root and I think elasticsearch can not access openjdk because it is not running as root. Nope, **you should never run ES as root!** You should really start ES using `service elasticsearch start`. ---
**Author:** ![w0lverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@w0lverine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/w0lverine)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-running-for-the-first-time/40537/3 "2016-01-30T03:24:38Z")
When I run the script I am told: "You need root privileges to run this script" ---
**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:** [January 30, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-running-for-the-first-time/40537/4 "2016-01-30T03:41:27Z")
Then use `sudo service elasticsearch start` ---
**Author:** ![w0lverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@w0lverine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/w0lverine)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-running-for-the-first-time/40537/5 "2016-01-30T03:47:19Z")
I did and I got the same log as I 1st posted. I was using openjdk so I reconfigured everything and installed java 8 as recommended and has fixed the issue! Thanks for your help. Many more to come for sure. ---
**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, 11:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-running-for-the-first-time/40537/6 "2017-07-05T23:20:12Z")