# New ES user : Issue while installation **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 13, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-es-user-issue-while-installation/111639 "2017-12-13T20:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elastic\_user](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Elastic\_user](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elastic_user)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-es-user-issue-while-installation/111639/1 "2017-12-13T20:13:42Z")
Hi there, i am few hours in to ES now and trying to install elastic one of my nodes, and have been getting this error, i did look upon my path.conf file and .yml file wherein i didnt find problems (offcourse with limtied knowledge i have about ES 6.0) Can someone help with next steps please. much appreicated. [2017-12-13T13:00:57,433][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [OPS\_ES\_CLUSTER\_NDOENAMEXXXX\_N1] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [path.conf] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings ``` at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:134) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.1.jar:6.0.1] ``` ---
**Author:** ![mujtabahussain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mujtabahussain/32/17514_2.png) [@mujtabahussain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mujtabahussain)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-es-user-issue-while-installation/111639/2 "2017-12-13T21:18:50Z")
> [@Elastic\_user](#): > > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [path.conf] Have you modified your `elasticsearch.yml`, specifically the `path.conf` section? ---
**Author:** ![Elastic\_user](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Elastic\_user](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elastic_user)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-es-user-issue-while-installation/111639/3 "2017-12-13T21:37:53Z")
> [@Elastic\_user](#): > > [2017-12-13 Yes i added below, as path.conf wasn't present in yml file before. path.conf: /opt/elasticsearch/config/ ---
**Author:** ![mujtabahussain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mujtabahussain/32/17514_2.png) [@mujtabahussain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mujtabahussain)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-es-user-issue-while-installation/111639/4 "2017-12-13T22:30:22Z")
Does that location exist? ---
**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:** [December 13, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-es-user-issue-while-installation/111639/5 "2017-12-13T22:36:36Z")
> [@Elastic\_user](#): > > Yes i added below, as path.conf wasn't present in yml file before. Unless you are changing it from the default, you don't need to define it. ---
**Author:** ![Elastic\_user](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Elastic\_user](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elastic_user)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-es-user-issue-while-installation/111639/6 "2017-12-13T22:37:13Z")
yes it does [elastic@NODE config]$ pwd /opt/elasticsearch/config [elastic@NODE config]$ ls -ltr total 16 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5091 Dec 4 09:27 log4j2.properties -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2672 Dec 13 12:13 jvm.options -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3098 Dec 13 12:59 elasticsearch.yml ---
**Author:** ![mujtabahussain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mujtabahussain/32/17514_2.png) [@mujtabahussain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mujtabahussain)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-es-user-issue-while-installation/111639/7 "2017-12-13T22:39:43Z")
This is strange. I know `path.data` and `path.logs` are config settings, but this is the first time I have seen `path.conf` ☹ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-es-user-issue-while-installation/111639/8 "2018-01-10T22:40:30Z")
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