Issues installing / starting ES 2.1.0 when installed from a repository

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Is anyone else having issues getting a fresh install of 2.1.0 when installed repository? It is as though all the paths are screwed up. I get this when I try to start it:

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:99)
at java.nio.file.Files.readAttributes(Files.java:1737)
at java.nio.file.FileTreeWalker.getAttributes(FileTreeWalker.java:225)
at java.nio.file.FileTreeWalker.visit(FileTreeWalker.java:276)
at java.nio.file.FileTreeWalker.walk(FileTreeWalker.java:322)
at java.nio.file.Files.walkFileTree(Files.java:2662)
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 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:384)
at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:674)
at java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:781)
at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:767)
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.

If I download the tar/gz files and run from there it seems to start ok, but I need this to install using apt-get and run as a service.

it's looking for a config file at [/usr/share/elasticsearch/config] but when installed from a repo, this should be /etc/elasticsearch/ .

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I am able to solve this issue by uncomment CONF_DIR, LOG_DIR in my case.

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Hi,

Can you plz share the command that you are using to run ES?

Regards,
Shrawan

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You are able to tell elasticsearch where its config files are from the command line. In my case the command is:
sudo -u elasticsearch bin/elasticsearch -Des.path.conf=/etc/elasticsearch

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Hi all,

first post for ES.
Been happily running 2.x via apt fro many months now. Just used synaptic to pull new updates for my system and now I get this same error.

i.e.
Exception in thread "main" ElasticsearchException[Failed to load logging configuration];
Likely root cause: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/config

Anyone got a simple 'instruction' on what has gone wrong and why?

It would be nice to NOT get a reply like:
"I changed config_foo_bar_xx1=zz2"

and more like:
"In director /foo/bar/elasticsearc/
I updated file fooBarElastic.config so that paramgers config_foo_bar_xx1=zz2"

And also - is it a recommendation to NOT upgrade things as they come along?
Thank God we did not run an update on our live server!!! Not Good!

Kind regards, Nicholas.

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To anyone who had the problem I just described above.
I have no idea why installing my updates failed and I'm guessing that directories or files have changed position while services were still active and running during the update - but no evidence just a hunch.

Easiest way I got round it was:

  1. Launch synaptic package manager:
    /> sudo synaptic

  2. Select ElasticSearch and Kibana for complete removal.

  3. This will fail to do a complete clean up so go into dir:
    /var/lib

Remove dir elasticsearc dir

/> sudo rm -r elasticsearch/

  1. Reinstall Elastic search with synaptic.

  2. Test it works by running as a service:
    /> sudo service elasticsearch start

  • Starting Elasticsearch Server

/> sudo service elasticsearch status

  • elasticsearch is running
  1. Check your logs are OK
    /> /var/log/elasticsearch $ tail -f -n200 elasticsearch.log

Please Mr Elastic stop messing up your releases! Otherwise I'm using Whoosh!!!! ........... :frowning:

Kind regards, Nicholas.