# Setting default path: log and data doesnt work

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-default-path-log-and-data-doesnt-work/120586>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 20, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-default-path-log-and-data-doesnt-work/120586 "2018-02-20T09:39:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![atom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/atom/32/34758_2.png) [@atom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/atom)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-default-path-log-and-data-doesnt-work/120586/1 "2018-02-20T09:39:02Z")

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Hi,

i am currently in the upgrade process of Elasticsearch 5.6 to version 6.x  
Cluster Checkup found some errors. One of them was:

> Default path settings are removed  
> This issue must be resolved to upgrade. Read Documentation

I added these lines in /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml:

> path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch  
> path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch

But i have still the same error. I restartet elasticsearch and kibana twice and the whole server but still the same error.

Any idea why this is still showing up?

Regards,  
Ahmet

_ **EDIT:** _ Do i have to set those paths also in kibana?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-default-path-log-and-data-doesnt-work/120586/2 "2018-02-20T09:43:25Z")

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> [@atom](#):
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> /etc/elasticsearch/elasticserach.yml

It looks like an incorrect file name. `elasticserach.yml` instead of `elasticsearch.yml`. Is this a cut and paste error or a typo?

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**Author:** ![atom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/atom/32/34758_2.png) [@atom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/atom)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-default-path-log-and-data-doesnt-work/120586/3 "2018-02-20T09:45:37Z")

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typo. my fault :-S  
The file i edited was the correct one 🙂

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-default-path-log-and-data-doesnt-work/120586/4 "2018-02-20T09:49:51Z")

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Can you show us the full error from the logs and your Elasticsearch config?

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**Author:** ![atom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/atom/32/34758_2.png) [@atom](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/atom)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-default-path-log-and-data-doesnt-work/120586/7 "2018-02-20T10:54:25Z")

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Hi Christian.  
This solved my problem : [Upgrade Assistant - Default path settings are removed](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-assistant-default-path-settings-are-removed/107110)  
Thank you anyway 😉  
Regards,  
Ahmet

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-default-path-log-and-data-doesnt-work/120586/8 "2018-03-20T11:06:13Z")

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