# New installation - unable to start Elastic search on our harden RHEL8 image **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 26, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-installation-unable-to-start-elastic-search-on-our-harden-rhel8-image/295440 "2022-01-26T09:38:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jokem48](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@jokem48](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jokem48)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-installation-unable-to-start-elastic-search-on-our-harden-rhel8-image/295440/1 "2022-01-26T09:38:53Z")
Fresh install in our newly created RHEL8 vm. When we download and try to start Elasticsearch for the first time, we encounter an error. systemctl status ```auto ● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2022-01-26 16:49:21 +08; 35min ago Docs: https://www.elastic.co Process: 24064 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/systemd-entrypoint -p ${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 24064 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Tasks: 0 (limit: 49463) Memory: 76.9M CGroup: /system.slice/elasticsearch.service Jan 26 16:49:21 ELKPOC systemd-entrypoint[24064]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:157) Jan 26 16:49:21 ELKPOC systemd-entrypoint[24064]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:77) Jan 26 16:49:21 ELKPOC systemd-entrypoint[24064]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:112) Jan 26 16:49:21 ELKPOC systemd-entrypoint[24064]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:77) Jan 26 16:49:21 ELKPOC systemd-entrypoint[24064]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:122) Jan 26 16:49:21 ELKPOC systemd-entrypoint[24064]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:80) Jan 26 16:49:21 ELKPOC systemd-entrypoint[24064]: ERROR: Elasticsearch did not exit normally - check the logs at /var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.log Jan 26 16:49:21 ELKPOC systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Jan 26 16:49:21 ELKPOC systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jan 26 16:49:21 ELKPOC systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. [root@ELKPOC elasticsearch]# ``` Elasticsearch.log ```auto [2022-01-26T16:49:10,014][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [ELKPOC] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/var (/dev/mapper/rhel-var)]], net usable_space [1.3gb], net total_space [1.9gb], types [xfs] [2022-01-26T16:49:10,015][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [ELKPOC] heap size [3.7gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true] [2022-01-26T16:49:10,093][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [ELKPOC] node name [ELKPOC], node ID [KRcgwYrBRMCHt8-7sSIdIQ], cluster name [elasticsearch], roles [transform, data_frozen, master, remote_cluster_client, data, ml, data_content, data_hot, data_warm, data_cold, ingest] [2022-01-26T16:49:16,232][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.l.CppLogMessageHandler] [ELKPOC] [controller/24280] [Main.cc@122] controller (64 bit): Version 7.16.3 (Build b71e71b93f3e4d) Copyright (c) 2021 Elasticsearch BV [2022-01-26T16:49:16,937][INFO][o.e.x.s.a.s.FileRolesStore] [ELKPOC] parsed [0] roles from file [/etc/elasticsearch/roles.yml] [2022-01-26T16:49:18,151][INFO][o.e.i.g.ConfigDatabases] [ELKPOC] initialized default databases [[GeoLite2-Country.mmdb, GeoLite2-City.mmdb, GeoLite2-ASN.mmdb]], config databases [[]] and watching [/etc/elasticsearch/ingest-geoip] for changes [2022-01-26T16:49:18,153][INFO][o.e.i.g.DatabaseNodeService] [ELKPOC] initialized database registry, using geoip-databases directory [/tmp/elasticsearch-5776624951691438798/geoip-databases/KRcgwYrBRMCHt8-7sSIdIQ] [2022-01-26T16:49:19,008][INFO][o.e.t.NettyAllocator] [ELKPOC] creating NettyAllocator with the following configs: [name=elasticsearch_configured, chunk_size=1mb, suggested_max_allocation_size=1mb, factors={es.unsafe.use_netty_default_chunk_and_page_size=false, g1gc_enabled=true, g1gc_region_size=4mb}] [2022-01-26T16:49:19,117][INFO][o.e.d.DiscoveryModule] [ELKPOC] using discovery type [zen] and seed hosts providers [settings] [2022-01-26T16:49:19,712][INFO][o.e.g.DanglingIndicesState] [ELKPOC] gateway.auto_import_dangling_indices is disabled, dangling indices will not be automatically detected or imported and must be managed manually [2022-01-26T16:49:20,408][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [ELKPOC] initialized [2022-01-26T16:49:20,408][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [ELKPOC] starting ... [2022-01-26T16:49:20,419][INFO][o.e.x.s.c.f.PersistentCache] [ELKPOC] persistent cache index loaded [2022-01-26T16:49:20,420][INFO][o.e.x.d.l.DeprecationIndexingComponent] [ELKPOC] deprecation component started [2022-01-26T16:49:20,549][INFO][o.e.t.TransportService] [ELKPOC] publish_address {127.0.0.1:9300}, bound_addresses {[::1]:9300}, {127.0.0.1:9300} [2022-01-26T16:49:20,702][WARN][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks] [ELKPOC] system call filters failed to install; check the logs and fix your configuration or disable system call filters at your own risk [2022-01-26T16:49:20,702][WARN][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks] [ELKPOC] the default discovery settings are unsuitable for production use; at least one of [discovery.seed_hosts, discovery.seed_providers, cluster.initial_master_nodes] must be configured [2022-01-26T16:49:20,703][INFO][o.e.c.c.Coordinator] [ELKPOC] cluster UUID [WRx3F12QR1uLWGM7ImdjcQ] [2022-01-26T16:49:20,715][INFO][o.e.c.c.ClusterBootstrapService] [ELKPOC] no discovery configuration found, will perform best-effort cluster bootstrapping after [3s] unless existing master is discovered [2022-01-26T16:49:20,877][INFO][o.e.c.s.MasterService] [ELKPOC] elected-as-master ([1] nodes joined)[{ELKPOC}{KRcgwYrBRMCHt8-7sSIdIQ}{_5shhGTxSCyAdRhPUwjLDg}{127.0.0.1}{127.0.0.1:9300}{cdfhilmrstw} elect leader, _BECOME_MASTER_TASK_, _FINISH_ELECTION_], term: 2, version: 3, delta: master node changed {previous [], current [{ELKPOC}{KRcgwYrBRMCHt8-7sSIdIQ}{_5shhGTxSCyAdRhPUwjLDg}{127.0.0.1}{127.0.0.1:9300}{cdfhilmrstw}]} [2022-01-26T16:49:20,981][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterApplierService] [ELKPOC] master node changed {previous [], current [{ELKPOC}{KRcgwYrBRMCHt8-7sSIdIQ}{_5shhGTxSCyAdRhPUwjLDg}{127.0.0.1}{127.0.0.1:9300}{cdfhilmrstw}]}, term: 2, version: 3, reason: Publication{term=2, version=3} [2022-01-26T16:49:21,059][INFO][o.e.h.AbstractHttpServerTransport] [ELKPOC] publish_address {127.0.0.1:9200}, bound_addresses {[::1]:9200}, {127.0.0.1:9200} [2022-01-26T16:49:21,060][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [ELKPOC] started [2022-01-26T16:49:21,063][ERROR][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [ELKPOC] fatal error in thread [main], exiting java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.sun.jna.Native at org.elasticsearch.systemd.Libsystemd.lambda$static$0(Libsystemd.java:23) ~[?:?] at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:318) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.systemd.Libsystemd.(Libsystemd.java:22) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.systemd.SystemdPlugin.sd_notify(SystemdPlugin.java:113) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.systemd.SystemdPlugin.onNodeStarted(SystemdPlugin.java:124) ~[?:?] at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1511) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:1278) ~[elasticsearch-7.16.3.jar:7.16.3] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:335) ~[elasticsearch-7.16.3.jar:7.16.3] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:443) ~[elasticsearch-7.16.3.jar:7.16.3] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:166) ~[elasticsearch-7.16.3.jar:7.16.3] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:157) ~[elasticsearch-7.16.3.jar:7.16.3] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:77) ~[elasticsearch-7.16.3.jar:7.16.3] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:112) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.16.3.jar:7.16.3] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:77) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.16.3.jar:7.16.3] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:122) ~[elasticsearch-7.16.3.jar:7.16.3] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:80) ~[elasticsearch-7.16.3.jar:7.16.3] [root@ELKPOC elasticsearch]# ``` Appreciate any feedback, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/new-installation-unable-to-start-elastic-search-on-our-harden-rhel8-image/295440/2 "2022-02-23T09:39:27Z")
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