# Problems running via docker-compose **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 4, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-running-via-docker-compose/147124 "2018-09-04T01:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vgoklani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@vgoklani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vgoklani)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-running-via-docker-compose/147124/1 "2018-09-04T01:14:00Z")
Hello - could you please review my docker-compose file, as I'm getting a ton of errors. docker-compose file: ``` version: '2' services: elasticsearch: container_name: elasticsearch restart: always image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:6.3.2 ports: - "127.0.0.1:8200:9200" - "127.0.0.1:8300:9300" volumes: - /opt_docker/data/elasticsearch:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data - /opt_docker/log/elasticsearch:/usr/share/elasticsearch/logs env_file: - ./environment environment: - client_id=elasticsearch - MACHINE_NAME=${HOSTNAME} - bootstrap.memory_lock=true - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m" - discovery.type=single-node ulimits: memlock: soft: -1 hard: -1 depends_on: mem_limit: 8192m ``` errors: ``` [2018-09-03T23:13:59,324][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [] initializing ... [2018-09-03T23:13:59,375][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to create node environment at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:140) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to create node environment at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:273) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:252) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:326) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] ... 6 more Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data/nodes at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:90) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:385) ~[?:?] at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:682) ~[?:?] at java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:789) ~[?:?] at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:775) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.(NodeEnvironment.java:203) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:270) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:252) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:326) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.2.jar:6.3.2] ... 6 more ``` ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-running-via-docker-compose/147124/2 "2018-09-04T01:49:43Z")
Most likely your volume is not writable from the container? ---
**Author:** ![vgoklani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@vgoklani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vgoklani)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-running-via-docker-compose/147124/3 "2018-09-04T02:01:46Z")
why wouldn't the volume be writable from the container? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-running-via-docker-compose/147124/4 "2018-09-04T04:56:20Z")
I don't know. But ```auto Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data/nodes ``` Seems to indicate that. ---
**Author:** ![vgoklani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@vgoklani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vgoklani)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-running-via-docker-compose/147124/5 "2018-09-04T05:10:29Z")
is there a standard fix? What pattern should one follow for pulling down the container, and then persisting the volume container? It seems like everyone that pulls down the container and tries to persist the data will run into this problem. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-running-via-docker-compose/147124/6 "2018-09-04T06:22:32Z")
Did you check who is the owner of `/opt_docker/data/elasticsearch` dir? ---
**Author:** ![vgoklani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@vgoklani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vgoklani)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-running-via-docker-compose/147124/7 "2018-09-04T06:35:26Z")
it is owned by root, the elasticsearch user only exists in the docker container ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-running-via-docker-compose/147124/8 "2018-09-04T06:47:47Z")
But does Docker runs as root? I'm not super familiar with Docker though. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-running-via-docker-compose/147124/9 "2018-10-02T06:47:51Z")
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