# Problems with installing/starting current Elasticsearch on ubuntu **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 2, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-installing-starting-current-elasticsearch-on-ubuntu/315632 "2022-10-02T12:27:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![besucher80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@besucher80](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/besucher80)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-installing-starting-current-elasticsearch-on-ubuntu/315632/1 "2022-10-02T12:27:17Z")
hi, i have installed elasticsearch like here: `https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/deb.html` Now i want to start it with: `sudo systemctl start elasticsearch.service` But this always fail. In the elasticsaerch logs i found the follow message: ```auto [2022-10-02T09:09:15,173][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [localhost] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/ (/dev/mapper/vg00-lv01)]], net usable_space [573.3mb], net total_space [27.1gb], types [ext4] [2022-10-02T09:09:15,509][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [localhost] heap size [180mb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true] [2022-10-02T09:09:15,758][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [localhost] node name [localhost], node ID [MMTCWd-8QLWq0HZrhL-hTA], cluster name [elasticsearch], roles [data_warm, master, remote_cluster_client, data, data_cold, ingest, data_frozen, ml, data_hot, transform, data_content] [2022-10-02T09:09:35,750][WARN][i.n.u.i.PlatformDependent] [localhost] Failed to get the temporary directory; falling back to: /tmp [2022-10-02T09:09:42,565][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch] [localhost] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.io.FilePermission" "/tmp" "read") at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:485) ~[?:?] at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:1068) ~[?:?] at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:411) ~[?:?] at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkRead(SecurityManager.java:751) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.UnixPath.checkRead(UnixPath.java:780) ~[?:?] at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.checkAccess(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:294) ~[?:?] at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:772) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.ingest.geoip.DatabaseNodeService.initialize(DatabaseNodeService.java:150) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.ingest.geoip.IngestGeoIpPlugin.createComponents(IngestGeoIpPlugin.java:121) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.lambda$new$15(Node.java:696) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.2.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.lambda$flatMap$0(PluginsService.java:236) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.2.jar:?] at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$7$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:273) ~[?:?] at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:197) ~[?:?] at java.util.AbstractList$RandomAccessSpliterator.forEachRemaining(AbstractList.java:720) ~[?:?] at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:509) ~[?:?] at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:499) ~[?:?] at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:575) ~[?:?] at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluateToArrayNode(AbstractPipeline.java:260) ~[?:?] at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.toArray(ReferencePipeline.java:616) ~[?:?] at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.toArray(ReferencePipeline.java:622) ~[?:?] at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.toList(ReferencePipeline.java:627) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:710) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.2.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:311) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.2.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch$2.(Elasticsearch.java:214) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.2.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase3(Elasticsearch.java:214) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.2.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:67) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.2.jar:?] ``` But i dont know how to fix this. Can anybody help? Thanks a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-installing-starting-current-elasticsearch-on-ubuntu/315632/2 "2022-10-02T13:18:39Z")
> [@besucher80](#): > > `java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.io.FilePermission" "/tmp" "read")` Check [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/whats-the-cause-and-the-solution-of-this-error/315055/3) , also should have -R for recursive ---
**Author:** ![besucher80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@besucher80](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/besucher80)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-installing-starting-current-elasticsearch-on-ubuntu/315632/3 "2022-10-02T14:34:08Z")
Thanks, now if i want to start it with: `systemctl start elasticsearch.service` i got this: > Job for elasticsearch.service failed because the control process exited with error code. > See "systemctl status elasticsearch.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. The status shows: ```auto ● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2022-10-02 14:29:18 UTC; 1min 31s ago Docs: https://www.elastic.co Process: 43093 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/systemd-entrypoint -p ${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 43093 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Oct 02 14:29:18 localhost systemd-entrypoint[43093]: at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.ServerProcess.start(ServerProcess.java:89) Oct 02 14:29:18 localhost systemd-entrypoint[43093]: at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.ServerCli.startServer(ServerCli.java:234) Oct 02 14:29:18 localhost systemd-entrypoint[43093]: at org.elasticsearch.server.cli.ServerCli.execute(ServerCli.java:91) Oct 02 14:29:18 localhost systemd-entrypoint[43093]: at org.elasticsearch.common.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:54) Oct 02 14:29:18 localhost systemd-entrypoint[43093]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:85) Oct 02 14:29:18 localhost systemd-entrypoint[43093]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:50) Oct 02 14:29:18 localhost systemd-entrypoint[43093]: at org.elasticsearch.launcher.CliToolLauncher.main(CliToolLauncher.java:64) Oct 02 14:29:18 localhost systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Oct 02 14:29:18 localhost systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Oct 02 14:29:18 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. ``` The journal show multiple messages with the follow content: `**pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=XXX.XXX.XXX.XX user=root**` ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-installing-starting-current-elasticsearch-on-ubuntu/315632/4 "2022-10-02T15:22:10Z")
> [@besucher80](#): > > systemctl start elasticsearch.service That should be `sudo systemctl start elasticsearch.service` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-with-installing-starting-current-elasticsearch-on-ubuntu/315632/5 "2022-10-30T15:22:21Z")
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