# java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to obtain node locks **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 6, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalstateexception-failed-to-obtain-node-locks/171085 "2019-03-06T10:40:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ram\_Yoogesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@Ram\_Yoogesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ram_Yoogesh)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalstateexception-failed-to-obtain-node-locks/171085/1 "2019-03-06T10:40:18Z")
i am trying to set up kibana development environment , I foloowed the below commands from the website [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#customizing-configkibanadevyml](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#customizing-configkibanadevyml) 1 - clone the repo 2 - install nvm 3 - yarn kbn bootstrap Bootstrap was successful, but when i run the following command yarn es snapshot --license oss to work with the open source software, am getting the following error. ![error](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/9/69496d3c5e3996171396f1d968c68f2430a9eae3.png) ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalstateexception-failed-to-obtain-node-locks/171085/2 "2019-03-06T11:28:19Z")
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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:** [April 3, 2019, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-illegalstateexception-failed-to-obtain-node-locks/171085/3 "2019-04-03T11:28:19Z")
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