I have below configurations in /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-5-6.yml
################################### User Details start ###################################
cluster.name: immunedata-cluster-5-6
node.name: "immunedata-cluster-5-6.node-1"
path.data: /var/elasticsearch/data/immunedata-5-6/
index.number_of_shards: 1
index.number_of_replicas: 0
network.bind_host: 0.0.0.0
http.port: 9200
################################### User Details End ###################################
When i run the docker-compose , I get following error .
I also have full permission and i have set elasticsearch as owner for /var/elasticsearch
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 34 Oct 7 13:50 db
drwxrwxrwx. 3 elasticsearch elasticsearch 18 Oct 9 13:19 elasticsearch
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 18 Oct 6 12:01 empty
[root@localhost docker-elasticsearch-5-6]# docker-compose up
Recreating elasticsearch-5-6 ...
Recreating elasticsearch-5-6 ... done
Attaching to elasticsearch-5-6
elasticsearch-5-6 | [2017-11-17T16:15:52,763][WARN ][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [immunedata-cluster-5-6.node-1] uncaught exception in thread [main]
elasticsearch-5-6 | org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to access 'path.data' (/var/elasticsearch/data/immunedata-5-6)
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:70) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:134) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to access 'path.data' (/var/elasticsearch/data/immunedata-5-6)
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addPath(Security.java:444) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addFilePermissions(Security.java:285) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.createPermissions(Security.java:240) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:118) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:228) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:342) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | ... 6 more
elasticsearch-5-6 | Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /var/elasticsearch
elasticsearch-5-6 | at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84) ~[?:1.8.0_141]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) ~[?:1.8.0_141]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107) ~[?:1.8.0_141]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:384) ~[?:1.8.0_141]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:674) ~[?:1.8.0_141]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:781) ~[?:1.8.0_141]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:767) ~[?:1.8.0_141]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.ensureDirectoryExists(Security.java:486) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addPath(Security.java:442) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addFilePermissions(Security.java:285) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.createPermissions(Security.java:240) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:118) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:228) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:342) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
elasticsearch-5-6 | ... 6 more
elasticsearch-5-6 exited with code 1