# Unable to Run elasticsearch on docker with different configuration file **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 17, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-run-elasticsearch-on-docker-with-different-configuration-file/108163 "2017-11-17T16:26:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![namratha\_bv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@namratha\_bv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/namratha_bv)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-run-elasticsearch-on-docker-with-different-configuration-file/108163/1 "2017-11-17T16:26:52Z")
I have below configurations in /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-5-6.yml ################################### User Details start ################################### [cluster.name](http://cluster.name): immunedata-cluster-5-6 [node.name](http://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 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-run-elasticsearch-on-docker-with-different-configuration-file/108163/2 "2017-12-15T16:26:52Z")
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