Issues starting elastic search

I'm currently attempting to install and run Elasticsearch on CloudLinux, but I'm encountering some difficulties. The main issue is the absence of a .log file in the directory:

/var/log/elasticsearch

Despite the log path being properly defined in:

/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml

The only types of files present are:

-rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch  4489 May 15 18:30 gc.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch   131 May 15 17:59 gc.log.00
-rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch   131 May 15 18:00 gc.log.01
-rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch  2136 May 15 18:16 gc.log.02
-rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch  2874 May 15 18:16 gc.log.03
-rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch  2136 May 15 18:26 gc.log.04
-rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch  4082 May 15 18:26 gc.log.05
-rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch  2136 May 15 18:29 gc.log.06
-rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch  5297 May 15 18:29 gc.log.07
-rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch  2136 May 15 18:30 gc.log.08
-rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 22926 May 15 17:59 hs_err_pid929569.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 22926 May 15 18:00 hs_err_pid929948.log

SystemCTL log:

May 15 18:30:41 techtree.mysticnet.com systemd-entrypoint[938900]:         at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.j>
May 15 18:30:41 techtree.mysticnet.com systemd-entrypoint[938900]:         at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearc>
May 15 18:30:41 techtree.mysticnet.com systemd-entrypoint[938900]:         at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(Environm>
May 15 18:30:41 techtree.mysticnet.com systemd-entrypoint[938900]:         at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command>
May 15 18:30:41 techtree.mysticnet.com systemd-entrypoint[938900]:         at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:77)
May 15 18:30:41 techtree.mysticnet.com systemd-entrypoint[938900]:         at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.j>
May 15 18:30:41 techtree.mysticnet.com systemd-entrypoint[938900]:         at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.j>
May 15 18:30:41 techtree.mysticnet.com systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
May 15 18:30:41 techtree.mysticnet.com systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
May 15 18:30:41 techtree.mysticnet.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch.

How can I debug this further is there anywhere else a file in which I need to take a look in order to find any logs?

Hi @tanchev,

Can you share your yml configuration? Can you also check if that's the full log error. It looks like a partial stack trace to me with the top cut off, but it looks like Elasticsearch is struggling to start.