# Unable start elasticsearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 4, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-start-elasticsearch/290940 "2021-12-04T02:54:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![karthick\_kn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/karthick_kn/32/98110_2.png) [@karthick\_kn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karthick_kn)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-start-elasticsearch/290940/1 "2021-12-04T02:54:31Z")
here I attached my log ```auto sudo tail -f /var/log/elasticsearch/my-application.log [2021-12-03T17:10:26,220][INFO][o.e.x.w.WatcherService] [node-1] stopping watch service, reason [shutdown initiated] [2021-12-03T17:10:26,220][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.l.CppLogMessageHandler] [node-1] [controller/3483460] [Main.cc@169] ML controller exiting [2021-12-03T17:10:26,221][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.NativeController] [node-1] Native controller process has stopped - no new native processes can be started [2021-12-03T17:10:26,222][INFO][o.e.x.w.WatcherLifeCycleService] [node-1] watcher has stopped and shutdown [2021-12-03T17:10:26,444][INFO][o.e.g.GatewayService] [node-1] recovered [0] indices into cluster_state [2021-12-03T17:10:26,994][INFO][o.e.c.m.MetadataIndexTemplateService] [node-1] adding template [.ml-state] for index patterns [.ml-state*] [2021-12-03T17:10:27,220][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] stopped [2021-12-03T17:10:27,220][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] closing ... [2021-12-03T17:10:27,234][WARN][o.e.s.SystemdPlugin] [node-1] sd_notify returned error [-13] [2021-12-03T17:10:27,244][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] closed ``` [Kalinga@kalinga ~]$ sudo systemctl status Elasticsearch - Elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/Elasticsearch.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2021-12-04 08:30:39 IST; 15s ago Docs: [https://www.elastic.co](https://www.elastic.co) Process: 3578506 ExecStart=/usr/share/Elasticsearch/bin/systemd-entrypoint -p ${PID\_DIR}/Elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 3578506 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Dec 04 08:30:38 kalinga.coreservices01 systemd-entrypoint[3578506]: at org.Elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) Dec 04 08:30:38 kalinga.coreservices01 systemd-entrypoint[3578506]: at org.Elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:75) Dec 04 08:30:38 kalinga.coreservices01 systemd-entrypoint[3578506]: at org.Elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:116) Dec 04 08:30:38 kalinga.coreservices01 systemd-entrypoint[3578506]: at org.Elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:79) Dec 04 08:30:38 kalinga.coreservices01 systemd-entrypoint[3578506]: at org.Elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:115) Dec 04 08:30:38 kalinga.coreservices01 systemd-entrypoint[3578506]: at org.Elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:81) Dec 04 08:30:38 kalinga.coreservices01 systemd-entrypoint[3578506]: For complete error details, refer to the log at /var/log/Elasticsearch/my-application.log Dec 04 08:30:39 kalinga.coreservices01 systemd[1]: Elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Dec 04 08:30:39 kalinga.coreservices01 systemd[1]: Elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dec 04 08:30:39 kalinga.coreservices01 systemd[1]: Failed to startElasticsearch. ```auto t[Kalinga@kalinga ~]$ grep -E -i 'erro|warn|fail|expir' /var/log/elasticsearch/my-application.log [2021-12-04T08:30:12,521][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] JVM arguments [-Xshare:auto, -Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60, -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -XX:+ShowCodeDetailsInExceptionMessages, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dio.netty.allocator.numDirectArenas=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Djava.locale.providers=SPI,COMPAT, -Xms4g, -Xmx4g, -XX:+UseG1GC, -Djava.io.tmpdir=/var/log/elasticsearch, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:HeapDumpPath=/var/lib/elasticsearch, -XX:ErrorFile=/var/log/elasticsearch/hs_err_pid%p.log, -Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=/var/log/elasticsearch/gc.log:utctime,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m, -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2147483648, -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=4m, -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=30, -XX:G1ReservePercent=15, -Des.path.home=/usr/share/elasticsearch, -Des.path.conf=/etc/elasticsearch, -Des.distribution.flavor=default, -Des.distribution.type=rpm, -Des.bundled_jdk=true] [2021-12-04T08:30:38,295][WARN][o.e.d.SeedHostsResolver] [node-1] failed to resolve host [host1] [2021-12-04T08:30:38,305][WARN][o.e.d.SeedHostsResolver] [node-1] failed to resolve host [host2] [2021-12-04T08:30:38,523][ERROR][o.e.b.Bootstrap] [node-1] Exception java.lang.RuntimeException: sd_notify returned error [-13] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:116) [elasticsearch-cli-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] [2021-12-04T08:30:38,525][ERROR][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [node-1] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.RuntimeException: sd_notify returned error [-13] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:116) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: sd_notify returned error [-13] [2021-12-04T08:30:39,224][WARN][o.e.s.SystemdPlugin] [node-1] sd_notify returned error [-13] ype or paste code here `` ``` ---
**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:** [December 5, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-start-elasticsearch/290940/2 "2021-12-05T23:48:04Z")
Can you please show more of your Elasticsearch log. ---
**Author:** ![karthick\_kn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/karthick_kn/32/98110_2.png) [@karthick\_kn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/karthick_kn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-start-elasticsearch/290940/3 "2021-12-06T04:44:52Z")
```auto type [2021-12-06T09:50:41,196][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [node-1] heap size [16gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true] [2021-12-06T09:50:41,544][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] node name [node-1], node ID [M6uJAqIHS7y45Spa1qzueg], cluster name [my-application], roles [transform, master, remote_cluster_client, data, ml, data_content, data_hot, data_warm, data_cold, ingest] [2021-12-06T09:50:49,949][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.l.CppLogMessageHandler] [node-1] [controller/3857213] [Main.cc@117] controller (64 bit): Version 7.11.2 (Build c940034b34c11c) Copyright (c) 2021 Elasticsearch BV [2021-12-06T09:50:50,843][INFO][o.e.x.s.a.s.FileRolesStore] [node-1] parsed [0] roles from file [/etc/elasticsearch/roles.yml] [2021-12-06T09:50:53,347][INFO][o.e.t.NettyAllocator] [node-1] 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=8mb}] [2021-12-06T09:50:53,482][INFO][o.e.d.DiscoveryModule] [node-1] using discovery type [zen] and seed hosts providers [settings] [2021-12-06T09:50:54,386][INFO][o.e.g.DanglingIndicesState] [node-1] gateway.auto_import_dangling_indices is disabled, dangling indices will not be automatically detected or imported and must be managed manually [2021-12-06T09:50:55,209][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] initialized [2021-12-06T09:50:55,210][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] starting ... [2021-12-06T09:50:55,232][INFO][o.e.x.s.c.PersistentCache] [node-1] persistent cache index loaded [2021-12-06T09:50:55,455][INFO][o.e.t.TransportService] [node-1] publish_address {209.182.237.225:9300}, bound_addresses {[::]:9300} [2021-12-06T09:50:55,755][INFO][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks] [node-1] bound or publishing to a non-loopback address, enforcing bootstrap checks [2021-12-06T09:50:55,760][INFO][o.e.c.c.Coordinator] [node-1] cluster UUID [KYxAioBUTYW2eyYN-nsAvw] [2021-12-06T09:50:55,787][WARN][o.e.d.SeedHostsResolver] [node-1] failed to resolve host [host1] java.net.UnknownHostException: host1: Name or service not known at java.net.Inet6AddressImpl.lookupAllHostAddr(Native Method) ~[?:?] at java.net.InetAddress$PlatformNameService.lookupAllHostAddr(InetAddress.java:932) ~[?:?] at java.net.InetAddress.getAddressesFromNameService(InetAddress.java:1517) ~[?:?] at java.net.InetAddress$NameServiceAddresses.get(InetAddress.java:851) ~[?:?] at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1507) ~[?:?] at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1366) ~[?:?] at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1300) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.parse(TcpTransport.java:545) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.addressesFromString(TcpTransport.java:487) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService.addressesFromString(TransportService.java:967) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.discovery.SeedHostsResolver.lambda$resolveHostsLists$0(SeedHostsResolver.java:133) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingRunnable.run(ThreadContext.java:673) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1130) [?:?] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:630) [?:?] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:832) [?:?] [2021-12-06T09:50:55,797][WARN][o.e.d.SeedHostsResolver] [node-1] failed to resolve host [host2] java.net.UnknownHostException: host2: Name or service not known at java.net.Inet6AddressImpl.lookupAllHostAddr(Native Method) ~[?:?] at java.net.InetAddress$PlatformNameService.lookupAllHostAddr(InetAddress.java:932) ~[?:?] at java.net.InetAddress.getAddressesFromNameService(InetAddress.java:1517) ~[?:?] at java.net.InetAddress$NameServiceAddresses.get(InetAddress.java:851) ~[?:?] at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName0(InetAddress.java:1507) ~[?:?] at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1366) ~[?:?] at java.net.InetAddress.getAllByName(InetAddress.java:1300) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.parse(TcpTransport.java:545) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport.addressesFromString(TcpTransport.java:487) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService.addressesFromString(TransportService.java:967) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.discovery.SeedHostsResolver.lambda$resolveHostsLists$0(SeedHostsResolver.java:133) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingRunnable.run(ThreadContext.java:673) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1130) [?:?] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:630) [?:?] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:832) [?:?] [2021-12-06T09:50:55,909][INFO][o.e.c.s.MasterService] [node-1] elected-as-master ([1] nodes joined)[{node-1}{M6uJAqIHS7y45Spa1qzueg}{D01N4yriQc6-EjM9t1JChA}{209.182.237.225}{209.182.237.225:9300}{cdhilmrstw}{ml.machine_memory=50423828480, xpack.installed=true, transform.node=true, ml.max_open_jobs=20, ml.max_jvm_size=17179869184} elect leader, _BECOME_MASTER_TASK_, _FINISH_ELECTION_], term: 10, version: 26, delta: master node changed {previous [], current [{node-1}{M6uJAqIHS7y45Spa1qzueg}{D01N4yriQc6-EjM9t1JChA}{209.182.237.225}{209.182.237.225:9300}{cdhilmrstw}{ml.machine_memory=50423828480, xpack.installed=true, transform.node=true, ml.max_open_jobs=20, ml.max_jvm_size=17179869184}]} [2021-12-06T09:50:55,978][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterApplierService] [node-1] master node changed {previous [], current [{node-1}{M6uJAqIHS7y45Spa1qzueg}{D01N4yriQc6-EjM9t1JChA}{209.182.237.225}{209.182.237.225:9300}{cdhilmrstw}{ml.machine_memory=50423828480, xpack.installed=true, transform.node=true, ml.max_open_jobs=20, ml.max_jvm_size=17179869184}]}, term: 10, version: 26, reason: Publication{term=10, version=26} [2021-12-06T09:50:56,055][INFO][o.e.h.AbstractHttpServerTransport] [node-1] publish_address {209.182.237.225:9200}, bound_addresses {[::]:9200} [2021-12-06T09:50:56,056][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] started [2021-12-06T09:50:56,061][ERROR][o.e.b.Bootstrap] [node-1] Exception java.lang.RuntimeException: sd_notify returned error [-13] at org.elasticsearch.systemd.SystemdPlugin.onNodeStarted(SystemdPlugin.java:129) ~[?:?] at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1511) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:909) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:310) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:396) [elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) [elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) [elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:75) [elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:116) [elasticsearch-cli-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:79) [elasticsearch-cli-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:115) [elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:81) [elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] [2021-12-06T09:50:56,062][ERROR][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [node-1] uncaught exception in thread [main] org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.RuntimeException: sd_notify returned error [-13] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:163) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:75) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:116) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:79) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:115) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:81) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: sd_notify returned error [-13] at org.elasticsearch.systemd.SystemdPlugin.onNodeStarted(SystemdPlugin.java:129) ~[?:?] at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1511) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:909) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:310) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:396) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) ~[elasticsearch-7.11.2.jar:7.11.2] ... 6 more [2021-12-06T09:50:56,071][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] stopping ... [2021-12-06T09:50:56,076][INFO][o.e.x.w.WatcherService] [node-1] stopping watch service, reason [shutdown initiated] [2021-12-06T09:50:56,077][INFO][o.e.x.w.WatcherLifeCycleService] [node-1] watcher has stopped and shutdown [2021-12-06T09:50:56,077][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.l.CppLogMessageHandler] [node-1] [controller/3857213] [Main.cc@169] ML controller exiting [2021-12-06T09:50:56,078][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.NativeController] [node-1] Native controller process has stopped - no new native processes can be started [2021-12-06T09:50:56,215][INFO][o.e.g.GatewayService] [node-1] recovered [0] indices into cluster_state [2021-12-06T09:50:56,660][INFO][o.e.c.m.MetadataIndexTemplateService] [node-1] adding component template [metrics-mappings] [2021-12-06T09:50:56,828][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] stopped [2021-12-06T09:50:56,829][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] closing ... [2021-12-06T09:50:56,838][WARN][o.e.s.SystemdPlugin] [node-1] sd_notify returned error [-13] [2021-12-06T09:50:56,842][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] closed or paste code here ``` ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-start-elasticsearch/290940/4 "2021-12-06T04:47:17Z")
What does your config look like? ---
**Author:** ![can.ozdemir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@can.ozdemir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/can.ozdemir)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-start-elasticsearch/290940/5 "2021-12-06T05:57:09Z")
It looks like your node cannot start up sd\_notify plugin properly, do you know what this plugin is, have you upgraded your cluster lately and forgot to upgrade the plugin as well? Can you try removing the plugin from your node and start it like that? Best regards ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-start-elasticsearch/290940/6 "2022-01-03T05:57:13Z")
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