Unable to install elasticsearch 5.5.1 ,facing issues

Elastic Stack Elasticsearch
1

Hi All,

Unable to install elasticsearch 5.5.1 and facing the below error.
Could you please help me for further

ERROR: [2] bootstrap checks failed
[1]: max file descriptors [4096] for elasticsearch process is too low, increase to at least [65536]
[2]: memory locking requested for elasticsearch process but memory is not locked

Error :

bin]$ ./elasticsearch
[2017-08-01T05:35:39,427][WARN ][o.e.b.JNANatives ] Unable to lock JVM Memory: error=12, reason=Cannot allocate memory
[2017-08-01T05:35:39,429][WARN ][o.e.b.JNANatives ] This can result in part of the JVM being swapped out.
[2017-08-01T05:35:39,429][WARN ][o.e.b.JNANatives ] Increase RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, soft limit: 65536, hard limit: 65536
[2017-08-01T05:35:39,429][WARN ][o.e.b.JNANatives ] These can be adjusted by modifying /etc/security/limits.conf, for example:
# allow user 'ec2-user' mlockall
ec2-user soft memlock unlimited
ec2-user hard memlock unlimited
[2017-08-01T05:35:39,430][WARN ][o.e.b.JNANatives ] If you are logged in interactively, you will have to re-login for the new limits to take effect.
[2017-08-01T05:35:39,544][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [] initializing ...
[2017-08-01T05:35:39,606][INFO ][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment ] [Ih_X-z-] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/ (/dev/xvda1)]], net usable_space [95.8gb], net total_space [98.3gb], spins? [no], types [ext4]
[2017-08-01T05:35:39,606][INFO ][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment ] [Ih_X-z-] heap size [1.9gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]
[2017-08-01T05:35:39,607][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] node name [Ih_X-z-] derived from node ID [Ih_X-z-cT4ain1knIbRuEw]; set [node.name] to override
[2017-08-01T05:35:39,607][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] version[5.5.1], pid[16527], build[19c13d0/2017-07-18T20:44:24.823Z], OS[Linux/4.9.38-16.33.amzn1.x86_64/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0_141/25.141-b15]
[2017-08-01T05:35:39,607][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] JVM arguments [-Xms2g, -Xmx2g, -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC, -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75, -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -Djdk.io.permissionsUseCanonicalPath=true, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Dlog4j.skipJansi=true, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -Des.path.home=/home/ec2-user/elasticsearch-5.5.1]
[2017-08-01T05:35:40,430][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Ih_X-z-] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats]
[2017-08-01T05:35:40,431][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Ih_X-z-] loaded module [ingest-common]
[2017-08-01T05:35:40,431][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Ih_X-z-] loaded module [lang-expression]
[2017-08-01T05:35:40,431][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Ih_X-z-] loaded module [lang-groovy]
[2017-08-01T05:35:40,431][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Ih_X-z-] loaded module [lang-mustache]
[2017-08-01T05:35:40,431][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Ih_X-z-] loaded module [lang-painless]
[2017-08-01T05:35:40,432][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Ih_X-z-] loaded module [parent-join]
[2017-08-01T05:35:40,432][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Ih_X-z-] loaded module [percolator]
[2017-08-01T05:35:40,432][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Ih_X-z-] loaded module [reindex]
[2017-08-01T05:35:40,432][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Ih_X-z-] loaded module [transport-netty3]
[2017-08-01T05:35:40,432][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Ih_X-z-] loaded module [transport-netty4]
[2017-08-01T05:35:40,433][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Ih_X-z-] no plugins loaded
[2017-08-01T05:35:41,923][INFO ][o.e.d.DiscoveryModule ] [Ih_X-z-] using discovery type [zen]
[2017-08-01T05:35:42,572][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] initialized
[2017-08-01T05:35:42,572][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [Ih_X-z-] starting ...
[2017-08-01T05:35:42,700][INFO ][o.e.t.TransportService ] [Ih_X-z-] publish_address {172.18.7.177:9300}, bound_addresses {172.18.7.177:9300}
[2017-08-01T05:35:42,713][INFO ][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks ] [Ih_X-z-] bound or publishing to a non-loopback or non-link-local address, enforcing bootstrap checks
ERROR: [2] bootstrap checks failed
[1]: max file descriptors [4096] for elasticsearch process is too low, increase to at least [65536]
[2]: memory locking requested for elasticsearch process but memory is not locked
[2017-08-01T05:35:42,725][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [Ih_X-z-] stopping ...
[2017-08-01T05:35:42,740][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [Ih_X-z-] stopped
[2017-08-01T05:35:42,740][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [Ih_X-z-] closing ...
[2017-08-01T05:35:42,752][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [Ih_X-z-] closed

2

Please read https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/bootstrap-checks.html

3

Hi Thansk for the update,

I have done the changes but still got the below error.

$ ./elasticsearch
[2017-08-01T06:30:58,365][WARN ][o.e.b.JNANatives ] Unable to lock JVM Memory: error=12, reason=Cannot allocate memory
[2017-08-01T06:30:58,375][WARN ][o.e.b.JNANatives ] This can result in part of the JVM being swapped out.
[2017-08-01T06:30:58,376][WARN ][o.e.b.JNANatives ] Increase RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, soft limit: 65536, hard limit: 65536
[2017-08-01T06:30:58,376][WARN ][o.e.b.JNANatives ] These can be adjusted by modifying /etc/security/limits.conf, for example:
# allow user 'ec2-user' mlockall
ec2-user soft memlock unlimited
ec2-user hard memlock unlimited
[2017-08-01T06:30:58,379][WARN ][o.e.b.JNANatives ] If you are logged in interactively, you will have to re-login for the new limits to take effect.
[2017-08-01T06:30:58,700][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] initializing ...
[2017-08-01T06:30:59,081][INFO ][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment ] [node-1] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/ (/dev/xvda1)]], net usable_space [95.8gb], net total_space [98.3gb], spins? [no], types [ext4]
[2017-08-01T06:30:59,081][INFO ][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment ] [node-1] heap size [1.9gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]
[2017-08-01T06:30:59,082][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] node name [node-1], node ID [Ih_X-z-cT4ain1knIbRuEw]
[2017-08-01T06:30:59,082][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] version[5.5.1], pid[3441], build[19c13d0/2017-07-18T20:44:24.823Z], OS[Linux/4.9.38-16.33.amzn1.x86_64/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0_141/25.141-b15]
[2017-08-01T06:30:59,082][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] JVM arguments [-Xms2g, -Xmx2g, -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC, -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75, -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -Djdk.io.permissionsUseCanonicalPath=true, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Dlog4j.skipJansi=true, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -Des.path.home=/home/ec2-user/elasticsearch-5.5.1]
[2017-08-01T06:31:02,089][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats]
[2017-08-01T06:31:02,090][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [ingest-common]
[2017-08-01T06:31:02,090][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [lang-expression]
[2017-08-01T06:31:02,090][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [lang-groovy]
[2017-08-01T06:31:02,090][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [lang-mustache]
[2017-08-01T06:31:02,090][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [lang-painless]
[2017-08-01T06:31:02,090][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [parent-join]
[2017-08-01T06:31:02,090][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [percolator]
[2017-08-01T06:31:02,092][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [reindex]
[2017-08-01T06:31:02,092][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [transport-netty3]
[2017-08-01T06:31:02,093][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [transport-netty4]
[2017-08-01T06:31:02,093][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] no plugins loaded
[2017-08-01T06:31:07,722][INFO ][o.e.d.DiscoveryModule ] [node-1] using discovery type [zen]
[2017-08-01T06:31:08,572][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] initialized
[2017-08-01T06:31:08,572][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] starting ...
[2017-08-01T06:31:09,017][INFO ][o.e.t.TransportService ] [node-1] publish_address {172.18.7.177:9300}, bound_addresses {172.18.7.177:9300}
[2017-08-01T06:31:09,026][INFO ][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks ] [node-1] bound or publishing to a non-loopback or non-link-local address, enforcing bootstrap checks
ERROR: [3] bootstrap checks failed
[1]: max file descriptors [4096] for elasticsearch process is too low, increase to at least [65536]
[2]: memory locking requested for elasticsearch process but memory is not locked
[3]: max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count [65530] is too low, increase to at least [262144]
[2017-08-01T06:31:09,041][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] stopping ...
[2017-08-01T06:31:09,098][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] stopped
[2017-08-01T06:31:09,098][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] closing ...
[2017-08-01T06:31:09,116][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] closed

ERROR: [3] bootstrap checks failed
[1]: max file descriptors [4096] for elasticsearch process is too low, increase to at least [65536]
[2]: memory locking requested for elasticsearch process but memory is not locked
[3]: max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count [65530] is too low, increase to at least [262144]

4

Looks like you have missed some?

5

When I applied those settings I reboot the box, that solved my issue when I faced this.

6

i have rebooted the box but still facing the below error.

Error [1] bootstrap checks failed
[1]: max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count [65530] is too low, increase to at least [262144]

[2017-08-01T07:54:41,043][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] no plugins loaded
[2017-08-01T07:54:42,730][INFO ][o.e.d.DiscoveryModule ] [node-1] using discovery type [zen]
[2017-08-01T07:54:43,278][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] initialized
[2017-08-01T07:54:43,278][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] starting ...
[2017-08-01T07:54:43,405][INFO ][o.e.t.TransportService ] [node-1] publish_address {172.18.7.177:9300}, bound_addresses {172.18.7.177:9300}
[2017-08-01T07:54:43,415][INFO ][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks ] [node-1] bound or publishing to a non-loopback or non-link-local address, enforcing bootstrap checks
[2017-08-01T07:54:46,470][INFO ][o.e.c.s.ClusterService ] [node-1] new_master {node-1}{Ih_X-z-cT4ain1knIbRuEw}{OvgW8m1sRHatpvM7BEAQQA}{172.18.7.177}{172.18.7.177:9300}, reason: zen-disco-elected-as-master ([0] nodes joined)
[2017-08-01T07:54:46,497][INFO ][o.e.h.n.Netty4HttpServerTransport] [node-1] publish_address {172.18.7.177:9200}, bound_addresses {172.18.7.177:9200}
[2017-08-01T07:54:46,497][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] started
[2017-08-01T07:54:46,501][INFO ][o.e.g.GatewayService ] [node-1] recovered [0] indices into cluster_state
^C
[ec2-user@ip-172-18-7-177 logs]$ less DemoAug1.log
[2017-08-01T07:11:19,207][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] initializing ...
[2017-08-01T07:11:19,271][INFO ][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment ] [node-1] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/ (/dev/xvda1)]], net usable_space [89.5gb], net total_space [98.3gb
], spins? [no], types [ext4]
[2017-08-01T07:11:19,271][INFO ][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment ] [node-1] heap size [1.9gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]
[2017-08-01T07:11:19,272][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] node name [node-1], node ID [Ih_X-z-cT4ain1knIbRuEw]
[2017-08-01T07:11:19,273][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] version[5.5.1], pid[3024], build[19c13d0/2017-07-18T20:44:24.823Z], OS[Linux/4.9.38-16.33.amzn1.x86
_64/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0_141/25.141-b15]
[2017-08-01T07:11:19,273][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] JVM arguments [-Xms2g, -Xmx2g, -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC, -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75, -XX:
+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -Djdk.io.permissionsUseCanonicalPath=tru
e, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=t
rue, -Dlog4j.skipJansi=true, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -Des.path.home=/home/ec2-user/elasticsearch-5.5.1]
[2017-08-01T07:11:20,201][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats]
[2017-08-01T07:11:20,202][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [ingest-common]
[2017-08-01T07:11:20,202][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [lang-expression]
[2017-08-01T07:11:20,202][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [lang-groovy]
[2017-08-01T07:11:20,202][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [lang-mustache]
[2017-08-01T07:11:20,202][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [lang-painless]
[2017-08-01T07:11:20,203][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [parent-join]
[2017-08-01T07:11:20,203][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [percolator]
[2017-08-01T07:11:20,203][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [reindex]
[2017-08-01T07:11:20,203][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [transport-netty3]
[2017-08-01T07:11:20,204][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] loaded module [transport-netty4]
[2017-08-01T07:11:20,204][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [node-1] no plugins loaded
[2017-08-01T07:11:22,147][INFO ][o.e.d.DiscoveryModule ] [node-1] using discovery type [zen]
[2017-08-01T07:11:22,695][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] initialized
[2017-08-01T07:11:22,695][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] starting ...
[2017-08-01T07:11:22,900][INFO ][o.e.t.TransportService ] [node-1] publish_address {172.18.7.177:9300}, bound_addresses {172.18.7.177:9300}
[2017-08-01T07:11:22,909][INFO ][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks ] [node-1] bound or publishing to a non-loopback or non-link-local address, enforcing bootstrap checks
[2017-08-01T07:11:22,914][ERROR][o.e.b.Bootstrap ] [node-1] node validation exception
[1] bootstrap checks failed
[1]: max virtual memory areas vm.max_map_count [65530] is too low, increase to at least [262144]
[2017-08-01T07:11:22,916][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] stopping ...
[2017-08-01T07:11:22,950][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] stopped
[2017-08-01T07:11:22,951][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] closing ...
[2017-08-01T07:11:22,963][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [node-1] closed

7

On what type of hardware / container are you installing this? if you do this on a container with a shared kernel you need to set the sysctl setting on the container host, not on the container it self.

8

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.