# Problem starting elasticsearch 0.90.11 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 7, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-starting-elasticsearch-0-90-11/19138 "2014-08-07T14:34:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_Adamson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jim\_Adamson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jim_Adamson)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-starting-elasticsearch-0-90-11/19138/1 "2014-08-07T14:34:13Z")
I am having a problem running elasticsearch-0.90.11.deb on Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS (VMWare VM, Intel Xeon @ 2.3Ghz, 2GB RAM). The problem occurs after I run `/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start`. Although ES appears to start successfully, grepping for the process shows it is not running. Issuing the following: cd /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin ./elasticsearch -f ...gives: log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (node). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. log4j:WARN See [http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig) for more info. With help from a developer colleague I have managed to get it to run by adding a suitable log4j.properties file to /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin, cd-ing to that directory and running `./elasticsearch -f -Dlog4j.configuration=./log4j.properties`. However, I'm not sure why this would have been required in the first place and feel there must be something misconfigured that's resulting in the init.d script failing to start ES. I have tried adding the following to /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml but it doesn't make a difference: path.conf: /etc/elasticsearch path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch path.work: /tmp/elasticsearch path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch ES is one of the dependencies for some software we are running called atom, which only support ES \< v1. The install instructions are available at [https://www.accesstomemory.org/en/docs/2.0/admin-manual/installation/linux/#installation-linux](https://www.accesstomemory.org/en/docs/2.0/admin-manual/installation/linux/#installation-linux). The version of Java is Oracle’s JVM distributed by Web Upd8: java -version java version "1.8.0\_11" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0\_11-b12) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.11-b03, mixed mode) Thanks for any help you can provide. Jim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-starting-elasticsearch-0-90-11/19138/2 "2014-08-08T00:21:50Z")
I just tested this and didn't run into the same problem. Have you changed something locally around your environment variables, or in the service defaults? Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 8 August 2014 00:34, Jim Adamson [jim.adamson@york.ac.uk](mailto:jim.adamson@york.ac.uk) wrote: > I am having a problem running elasticsearch-0.90.11.deb on Ubuntu 12.04.4 > LTS (VMWare VM, Intel Xeon @ 2.3Ghz, 2GB RAM). The problem occurs after I > run `/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start`. Although ES appears to start > successfully, grepping for the process shows it is not running. > > Issuing the following: > > cd /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin > ./elasticsearch -f > > ...gives: > > log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (node). > log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. > log4j:WARN See [Apache log4j 1.2 - Frequently Asked Technical Questions](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig) for > more info. > > With help from a developer colleague I have managed to get it to run by > adding a suitable log4j.properties file to /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin, > cd-ing to that directory and running `./elasticsearch -f -Dlog4j.configuration=./log4j.properties`. However, I'm not sure why this > would have been required in the first place and feel there must be > something misconfigured that's resulting in the init.d script failing to > start ES. > > I have tried adding the following to /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml > but it doesn't make a difference: > > path.conf: /etc/elasticsearch > path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch > path.work: /tmp/elasticsearch > path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch > > ES is one of the dependencies for some software we are running called > atom, which only support ES \< v1. The install instructions are available at > [Linux | Documentation (Version 2.0) | AtoM: Open Source Archival Description Software](https://www.accesstomemory.org/en/docs/2.0/admin-manual/installation/linux/#installation-linux) > . > > The version of Java is Oracle’s JVM distributed by Web Upd8: > > java -version > java version "1.8.0\_11" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0\_11-b12) > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.11-b03, mixed mode) > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > > Jim > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-starting-elasticsearch-0-90-11/19138/3 "2014-08-08T07:37:32Z")
I do not use deb or rpm, but I remember this is an issue when running ES under superuser privilege. ES should never (never) run as root, instead a user with minimal privilege should be created. Jörg On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:21 AM, Mark Walkom [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) wrote: > I just tested this and didn't run into the same problem. > > Have you changed something locally around your environment variables, or > in the service defaults? > > Regards, > Mark Walkom > > Infrastructure Engineer > Campaign Monitor > email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > On 8 August 2014 00:34, Jim Adamson [jim.adamson@york.ac.uk](mailto:jim.adamson@york.ac.uk) wrote: > > > I am having a problem running elasticsearch-0.90.11.deb on Ubuntu 12.04.4 > > LTS (VMWare VM, Intel Xeon @ 2.3Ghz, 2GB RAM). The problem occurs after I > > run `/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start`. Although ES appears to start > > successfully, grepping for the process shows it is not running. > > > > Issuing the following: > > > > cd /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin > > ./elasticsearch -f > > > > ...gives: > > > > log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (node). > > log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. > > log4j:WARN See [Apache log4j 1.2 - Frequently Asked Technical Questions](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig) for > > more info. > > > > With help from a developer colleague I have managed to get it to run by > > adding a suitable log4j.properties file to /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin, > > cd-ing to that directory and running `./elasticsearch -f -Dlog4j.configuration=./log4j.properties`. However, I'm not sure why this > > would have been required in the first place and feel there must be > > something misconfigured that's resulting in the init.d script failing to > > start ES. > > > > I have tried adding the following to /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml > > but it doesn't make a difference: > > > > path.conf: /etc/elasticsearch > > path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch > > path.work: /tmp/elasticsearch > > path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch > > > > ES is one of the dependencies for some software we are running called > > atom, which only support ES \< v1. The install instructions are available at > > [Linux | Documentation (Version 2.0) | AtoM: Open Source Archival Description Software](https://www.accesstomemory.org/en/docs/2.0/admin-manual/installation/linux/#installation-linux) > > . > > > > The version of Java is Oracle’s JVM distributed by Web Upd8: > > > > java -version > > java version "1.8.0\_11" > > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0\_11-b12) > > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.11-b03, mixed mode) > > > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > > > > Jim > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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**Author:** ![ShayneThill02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShayneThill02](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ShayneThill02)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-starting-elasticsearch-0-90-11/19138/4 "2014-08-08T09:19:27Z")
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**Author:** ![Jim\_Adamson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jim\_Adamson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jim_Adamson)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-starting-elasticsearch-0-90-11/19138/5 "2014-08-08T16:38:03Z")
Hello Jörg! Thanks for the reply. I was indeed trying to start ES as superuser. I will try this in a week or so as I am off on leave at the moment. Jim On Friday, 8 August 2014 08:37:41 UTC+1, Jörg Prante wrote: > I do not use deb or rpm, but I remember this is an issue when running ES > under superuser privilege. > > ES should never (never) run as root, instead a user with minimal privilege > should be created. > > Jörg > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:21 AM, Mark Walkom \<[ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) > \\> wrote: > > > I just tested this and didn't run into the same problem. > > > > Have you changed something locally around your environment variables, or > > in the service defaults? > > > > Regards, > > Mark Walkom > > > > Infrastructure Engineer > > Campaign Monitor > > email: [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) \ > > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > > > On 8 August 2014 00:34, Jim Adamson \<[jim.a...@york.ac.uk](mailto:jim.a...@york.ac.uk) \\> > > wrote: > > > > > I am having a problem running elasticsearch-0.90.11.deb on Ubuntu > > > 12.04.4 LTS (VMWare VM, Intel Xeon @ 2.3Ghz, 2GB RAM). The problem occurs > > > after I run `/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start`. Although ES appears to start > > > successfully, grepping for the process shows it is not running. > > > > > > Issuing the following: > > > > > > cd /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin > > > ./elasticsearch -f > > > > > > ...gives: > > > > > > log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (node). > > > log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. > > > log4j:WARN See [Apache log4j 1.2 - Frequently Asked Technical Questions](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig) > > > for more info. > > > > > > With help from a developer colleague I have managed to get it to run by > > > adding a suitable log4j.properties file to /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin, > > > cd-ing to that directory and running `./elasticsearch -f -Dlog4j.configuration=./log4j.properties`. However, I'm not sure why this > > > would have been required in the first place and feel there must be > > > something misconfigured that's resulting in the init.d script failing to > > > start ES. > > > > > > I have tried adding the following to > > > /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml but it doesn't make a difference: > > > > > > path.conf: /etc/elasticsearch > > > path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch > > > path.work: /tmp/elasticsearch > > > path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch > > > > > > ES is one of the dependencies for some software we are running called > > > atom, which only support ES \< v1. The install instructions are available at > > > [Linux | Documentation (Version 2.0) | AtoM: Open Source Archival Description Software](https://www.accesstomemory.org/en/docs/2.0/admin-manual/installation/linux/#installation-linux) > > > . > > > > > > The version of Java is Oracle’s JVM distributed by Web Upd8: > > > > > > java -version > > > java version "1.8.0\_11" > > > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0\_11-b12) > > > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.11-b03, mixed mode) > > > > > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com) > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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**Author:** ![Jim\_Adamson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jim\_Adamson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jim_Adamson)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-starting-elasticsearch-0-90-11/19138/6 "2014-08-08T16:40:44Z")
Hello Mark, Thanks for the reply. No I haven't but the VM was provisioned by our central IT so there may be something particular about the VM's configuration that's the cause of this. I'll try Jörg's suggestion and then if that doesn't work I'll pursue this line. Jim On Friday, 8 August 2014 01:22:26 UTC+1, Mark Walkom wrote: > I just tested this and didn't run into the same problem. > > Have you changed something locally around your environment variables, or > in the service defaults? > > Regards, > Mark Walkom > > Infrastructure Engineer > Campaign Monitor > email: [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) \ > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > On 8 August 2014 00:34, Jim Adamson \<[jim.a...@york.ac.uk](mailto:jim.a...@york.ac.uk) \\> > wrote: > > > I am having a problem running elasticsearch-0.90.11.deb on Ubuntu 12.04.4 > > LTS (VMWare VM, Intel Xeon @ 2.3Ghz, 2GB RAM). The problem occurs after I > > run `/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start`. Although ES appears to start > > successfully, grepping for the process shows it is not running. > > > > Issuing the following: > > > > cd /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin > > ./elasticsearch -f > > > > ...gives: > > > > log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (node). > > log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. > > log4j:WARN See [Apache log4j 1.2 - Frequently Asked Technical Questions](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig) for > > more info. > > > > With help from a developer colleague I have managed to get it to run by > > adding a suitable log4j.properties file to /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin, > > cd-ing to that directory and running `./elasticsearch -f -Dlog4j.configuration=./log4j.properties`. However, I'm not sure why this > > would have been required in the first place and feel there must be > > something misconfigured that's resulting in the init.d script failing to > > start ES. > > > > I have tried adding the following to /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml > > but it doesn't make a difference: > > > > path.conf: /etc/elasticsearch > > path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch > > path.work: /tmp/elasticsearch > > path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch > > > > ES is one of the dependencies for some software we are running called > > atom, which only support ES \< v1. The install instructions are available at > > [Linux | Documentation (Version 2.0) | AtoM: Open Source Archival Description Software](https://www.accesstomemory.org/en/docs/2.0/admin-manual/installation/linux/#installation-linux) > > . > > > > The version of Java is Oracle’s JVM distributed by Web Upd8: > > > > java -version > > java version "1.8.0\_11" > > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0\_11-b12) > > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.11-b03, mixed mode) > > > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > > > > Jim > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d27fc22a-df18-4c98-998a-033a82545f95%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/d27fc22a-df18-4c98-998a-033a82545f95%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Adamson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jim\_Adamson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jim_Adamson)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-starting-elasticsearch-0-90-11/19138/7 "2014-08-19T11:28:01Z")
Hello again Jörg, I had a look at this and contrary to what I said in my previous message /etc/init.d/elasticsearch _is_ configured to run ES as an unprivileged user: ES\_USER=elasticsearch ES\_GROUP=elasticsearch That user exists and is a member of that group. Any further suggestions? thanks, Jim On Friday, 8 August 2014 17:38:03 UTC+1, Jim Adamson wrote: > Hello Jörg! > > Thanks for the reply. I was indeed trying to start ES as superuser. I will > try this in a week or so as I am off on leave at the moment. > > Jim > > On Friday, 8 August 2014 08:37:41 UTC+1, Jörg Prante wrote: > > > I do not use deb or rpm, but I remember this is an issue when running ES > > under superuser privilege. > > > > ES should never (never) run as root, instead a user with minimal > > privilege should be created. > > > > Jörg > > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:21 AM, Mark Walkom [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) > > wrote: > > > > > I just tested this and didn't run into the same problem. > > > > > > Have you changed something locally around your environment variables, or > > > in the service defaults? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Mark Walkom > > > > > > Infrastructure Engineer > > > Campaign Monitor > > > email: [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) > > > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > > > > > On 8 August 2014 00:34, Jim Adamson [jim.a...@york.ac.uk](mailto:jim.a...@york.ac.uk) wrote: > > > > > > > I am having a problem running elasticsearch-0.90.11.deb on Ubuntu > > > > 12.04.4 LTS (VMWare VM, Intel Xeon @ 2.3Ghz, 2GB RAM). The problem occurs > > > > after I run `/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start`. Although ES appears to start > > > > successfully, grepping for the process shows it is not running. > > > > > > > > Issuing the following: > > > > > > > > cd /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin > > > > ./elasticsearch -f > > > > > > > > ...gives: > > > > > > > > log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (node). > > > > log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. > > > > log4j:WARN See [Apache log4j 1.2 - Frequently Asked Technical Questions](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig) > > > > for more info. > > > > > > > > With help from a developer colleague I have managed to get it to run by > > > > adding a suitable log4j.properties file to /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin, > > > > cd-ing to that directory and running `./elasticsearch -f -Dlog4j.configuration=./log4j.properties`. However, I'm not sure why this > > > > would have been required in the first place and feel there must be > > > > something misconfigured that's resulting in the init.d script failing to > > > > start ES. > > > > > > > > I have tried adding the following to > > > > /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml but it doesn't make a difference: > > > > > > > > path.conf: /etc/elasticsearch > > > > path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch > > > > path.work: /tmp/elasticsearch > > > > path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch > > > > > > > > ES is one of the dependencies for some software we are running called > > > > atom, which only support ES \< v1. The install instructions are available at > > > > [Linux | Documentation (Version 2.0) | AtoM: Open Source Archival Description Software](https://www.accesstomemory.org/en/docs/2.0/admin-manual/installation/linux/#installation-linux) > > > > . > > > > > > > > The version of Java is Oracle’s JVM distributed by Web Upd8: > > > > > > > > java -version > > > > java version "1.8.0\_11" > > > > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0\_11-b12) > > > > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.11-b03, mixed mode) > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com) > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com) > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > . > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-starting-elasticsearch-0-90-11/19138/8 "2014-08-19T11:41:33Z")
Check if the file permissions are set correctly. If logging system complains, it can not access files. Jörg On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Jim Adamson [jim.adamson@york.ac.uk](mailto:jim.adamson@york.ac.uk) wrote: > Hello again Jörg, > > I had a look at this and contrary to what I said in my previous > message /etc/init.d/elasticsearch _is_ configured to run ES as an > unprivileged user: > > ES\_USER=elasticsearch > ES\_GROUP=elasticsearch > > That user exists and is a member of that group. > > Any further suggestions? > > thanks, > Jim > > On Friday, 8 August 2014 17:38:03 UTC+1, Jim Adamson wrote: > > > Hello Jörg! > > > > Thanks for the reply. I was indeed trying to start ES as superuser. I > > will try this in a week or so as I am off on leave at the moment. > > > > Jim > > > > On Friday, 8 August 2014 08:37:41 UTC+1, Jörg Prante wrote: > > > > > I do not use deb or rpm, but I remember this is an issue when running ES > > > under superuser privilege. > > > > > > ES should never (never) run as root, instead a user with minimal > > > privilege should be created. > > > > > > Jörg > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:21 AM, Mark Walkom [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I just tested this and didn't run into the same problem. > > > > > > > > Have you changed something locally around your environment variables, > > > > or in the service defaults? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Mark Walkom > > > > > > > > Infrastructure Engineer > > > > Campaign Monitor > > > > email: [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) > > > > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > > > > > > > On 8 August 2014 00:34, Jim Adamson [jim.a...@york.ac.uk](mailto:jim.a...@york.ac.uk) wrote: > > > > > > > > > I am having a problem running elasticsearch-0.90.11.deb on Ubuntu > > > > > 12.04.4 LTS (VMWare VM, Intel Xeon @ 2.3Ghz, 2GB RAM). The problem occurs > > > > > after I run `/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start`. Although ES appears to start > > > > > successfully, grepping for the process shows it is not running. > > > > > > > > > > Issuing the following: > > > > > > > > > > cd /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin > > > > > ./elasticsearch -f > > > > > > > > > > ...gives: > > > > > > > > > > log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (node). > > > > > log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. > > > > > log4j:WARN See [Apache log4j 1.2 - Frequently Asked Technical Questions](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig) > > > > > for more info. > > > > > > > > > > With help from a developer colleague I have managed to get it to run > > > > > by adding a suitable log4j.properties file to /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin, > > > > > cd-ing to that directory and running `./elasticsearch -f -Dlog4j.configuration=./log4j.properties`. However, I'm not sure why > > > > > this would have been required in the first place and feel there must be > > > > > something misconfigured that's resulting in the init.d script failing to > > > > > start ES. > > > > > > > > > > I have tried adding the following to /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml > > > > > but it doesn't make a difference: > > > > > > > > > > path.conf: /etc/elasticsearch > > > > > path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch > > > > > path.work: /tmp/elasticsearch > > > > > path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch > > > > > > > > > > ES is one of the dependencies for some software we are running called > > > > > atom, which only support ES \< v1. 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**Author:** ![Jim\_Adamson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jim\_Adamson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jim_Adamson)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-starting-elasticsearch-0-90-11/19138/9 "2014-08-19T11:53:04Z")
Permissions on the log directory /var/log/elasticsearch look okay: drwxr-xr-x 2 elasticsearch elasticsearch 4096 Aug 19 12:50 elasticsearch Jim On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 12:41:42 UTC+1, Jörg Prante wrote: > Check if the file permissions are set correctly. If logging system > complains, it can not access files. > > Jörg > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Jim Adamson \<[jim.a...@york.ac.uk](mailto:jim.a...@york.ac.uk) > \\> wrote: > > > Hello again Jörg, > > > > I had a look at this and contrary to what I said in my previous > > message /etc/init.d/elasticsearch _is_ configured to run ES as an > > unprivileged user: > > > > ES\_USER=elasticsearch > > ES\_GROUP=elasticsearch > > > > That user exists and is a member of that group. > > > > Any further suggestions? > > > > thanks, > > Jim > > > > On Friday, 8 August 2014 17:38:03 UTC+1, Jim Adamson wrote: > > > > > Hello Jörg! > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. I was indeed trying to start ES as superuser. I > > > will try this in a week or so as I am off on leave at the moment. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > On Friday, 8 August 2014 08:37:41 UTC+1, Jörg Prante wrote: > > > > > > > I do not use deb or rpm, but I remember this is an issue when running > > > > ES under superuser privilege. > > > > > > > > ES should never (never) run as root, instead a user with minimal > > > > privilege should be created. > > > > > > > > Jörg > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:21 AM, Mark Walkom [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I just tested this and didn't run into the same problem. > > > > > > > > > > Have you changed something locally around your environment variables, > > > > > or in the service defaults? > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Mark Walkom > > > > > > > > > > Infrastructure Engineer > > > > > Campaign Monitor > > > > > email: [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) > > > > > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > > > > > > > > > On 8 August 2014 00:34, Jim Adamson [jim.a...@york.ac.uk](mailto:jim.a...@york.ac.uk) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I am having a problem running elasticsearch-0.90.11.deb on Ubuntu > > > > > > 12.04.4 LTS (VMWare VM, Intel Xeon @ 2.3Ghz, 2GB RAM). The problem occurs > > > > > > after I run `/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start`. Although ES appears to start > > > > > > successfully, grepping for the process shows it is not running. > > > > > > > > > > > > Issuing the following: > > > > > > > > > > > > cd /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin > > > > > > ./elasticsearch -f > > > > > > > > > > > > ...gives: > > > > > > > > > > > > log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (node). > > > > > > log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. > > > > > > log4j:WARN See [Apache log4j 1.2 - Frequently Asked Technical Questions](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig) > > > > > > for more info. > > > > > > > > > > > > With help from a developer colleague I have managed to get it to run > > > > > > by adding a suitable log4j.properties file to /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin, > > > > > > cd-ing to that directory and running `./elasticsearch -f -Dlog4j.configuration=./log4j.properties`. However, I'm not sure why > > > > > > this would have been required in the first place and feel there must be > > > > > > something misconfigured that's resulting in the init.d script failing to > > > > > > start ES. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have tried adding the following to /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml > > > > > > but it doesn't make a difference: > > > > > > > > > > > > path.conf: /etc/elasticsearch > > > > > > path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch > > > > > > path.work: /tmp/elasticsearch > > > > > > path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch > > > > > > > > > > > > ES is one of the dependencies for some software we are running called > > > > > > atom, which only support ES \< v1. 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**Author:** ![Jim\_Adamson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jim\_Adamson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jim_Adamson)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-starting-elasticsearch-0-90-11/19138/10 "2014-08-20T10:19:39Z")
Just to say it's all working now 🙂 The problem was a directive that was missing a space after the colon: _script.disable\_dynamic:true_ Jim On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 12:53:05 UTC+1, Jim Adamson wrote: > Permissions on the log directory /var/log/elasticsearch look okay: > > drwxr-xr-x 2 elasticsearch elasticsearch 4096 Aug 19 12:50 > elasticsearch > > Jim > > On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 12:41:42 UTC+1, Jörg Prante wrote: > > > Check if the file permissions are set correctly. If logging system > > complains, it can not access files. > > > > Jörg > > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Jim Adamson [jim.a...@york.ac.uk](mailto:jim.a...@york.ac.uk) wrote: > > > > > Hello again Jörg, > > > > > > I had a look at this and contrary to what I said in my previous > > > message /etc/init.d/elasticsearch _is_ configured to run ES as an > > > unprivileged user: > > > > > > ES\_USER=elasticsearch > > > ES\_GROUP=elasticsearch > > > > > > That user exists and is a member of that group. > > > > > > Any further suggestions? > > > > > > thanks, > > > Jim > > > > > > On Friday, 8 August 2014 17:38:03 UTC+1, Jim Adamson wrote: > > > > > > > Hello Jörg! > > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. I was indeed trying to start ES as superuser. I > > > > will try this in a week or so as I am off on leave at the moment. > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > On Friday, 8 August 2014 08:37:41 UTC+1, Jörg Prante wrote: > > > > > > > > > I do not use deb or rpm, but I remember this is an issue when running > > > > > ES under superuser privilege. > > > > > > > > > > ES should never (never) run as root, instead a user with minimal > > > > > privilege should be created. > > > > > > > > > > Jörg > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:21 AM, Mark Walkom \<[ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I just tested this and didn't run into the same problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > Have you changed something locally around your environment variables, > > > > > > or in the service defaults? > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Mark Walkom > > > > > > > > > > > > Infrastructure Engineer > > > > > > Campaign Monitor > > > > > > email: [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) > > > > > > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8 August 2014 00:34, Jim Adamson [jim.a...@york.ac.uk](mailto:jim.a...@york.ac.uk) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am having a problem running elasticsearch-0.90.11.deb on Ubuntu > > > > > > > 12.04.4 LTS (VMWare VM, Intel Xeon @ 2.3Ghz, 2GB RAM). The problem occurs > > > > > > > after I run `/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start`. Although ES appears to start > > > > > > > successfully, grepping for the process shows it is not running. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Issuing the following: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cd /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin > > > > > > > ./elasticsearch -f > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...gives: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (node). > > > > > > > log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. > > > > > > > log4j:WARN See [Apache log4j 1.2 - Frequently Asked Technical Questions](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig) > > > > > > > for more info. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > With help from a developer colleague I have managed to get it to run > > > > > > > by adding a suitable log4j.properties file to /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin, > > > > > > > cd-ing to that directory and running `./elasticsearch -f -Dlog4j.configuration=./log4j.properties`. However, I'm not sure > > > > > > > why this would have been required in the first place and feel there must be > > > > > > > something misconfigured that's resulting in the init.d script failing to > > > > > > > start ES. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have tried adding the following to /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml > > > > > > > but it doesn't make a difference: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > path.conf: /etc/elasticsearch > > > > > > > path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch > > > > > > > path.work: /tmp/elasticsearch > > > > > > > path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ES is one of the dependencies for some software we are running > > > > > > > called atom, which only support ES \< v1. The install instructions are > > > > > > > available at [https://www.accesstomemory](https://www.accesstomemory). > > > > > > > org/en/docs/2.0/admin-manual/installation/linux/#installation-linux. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The version of Java is Oracle’s JVM distributed by Web Upd8: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > java -version > > > > > > > java version "1.8.0\_11" > > > > > > > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0\_11-b12) > > > > > > > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.11-b03, mixed mode) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > > send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-) > > > > > > > 232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%[40googlegroups.com](http://40googlegroups.com) > > > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > > > > > send an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/](https://groups.google.com/d/) > > > > > > msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq > > > > > > 6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%[40mail.gmail.com](http://40mail.gmail.com) > > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > > > > an email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com). > > > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c48aaf92-0592-4987-8e51-cca65e7c354a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c48aaf92-0592-4987-8e51-cca65e7c354a%40googlegroups.com) > > > > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c48aaf92-0592-4987-8e51-cca65e7c354a%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c48aaf92-0592-4987-8e51-cca65e7c354a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > > > > . > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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