# Unable to start elasticsearch as service

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-as-service/178440>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 25, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-as-service/178440 "2019-04-25T11:29:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Kajol\_Nimesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kajol_nimesh/32/42291_2.png) [@Kajol\_Nimesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kajol_Nimesh)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-as-service/178440/1 "2019-04-25T11:29:22Z")

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Elasticsearch is unable to start:

these are the elasticsearch logs:

```
            at org.apache.lucene.store.BaseDirectory.obtainLock(BaseDirectory.java:45) ~[lucene-core-8.0.0.jar:8.0.0 2ae4746365c1ee72a0047ced7610b2096e438979 - jimczi - 2019-03-08 11:58:55]
            at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment$NodeLock.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:212) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:267) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:271) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:251) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.<init>(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:325) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            ... 6 more

```

and these are the elasticsearch service status:

```
● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2019-04-25 04:56:30 UTC; 2s ago
     Docs: http://www.elastic.co
  Process: 18352 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -p ${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 18352 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Apr 25 04:56:28 mastertesting systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch.
Apr 25 04:56:28 mastertesting elasticsearch[18352]: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
Apr 25 04:56:30 mastertesting systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Apr 25 04:56:30 mastertesting systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state.
Apr 25 04:56:30 mastertesting systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service failed.

```

Plz reply as soon as possible I'm unable to fix the problem.

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**Author:** ![harshbajaj16](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/harshbajaj16/32/44970_2.png) [@harshbajaj16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/harshbajaj16)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-as-service/178440/2 "2019-04-26T04:31:22Z")

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HI @Kajol_Nimesh,

Could you please paste full elasticsearch logs and elasticsearch.yml file here to identify the problem.

Regards,  
Harsh Bajaj

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**Author:** ![Kajol\_Nimesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kajol_nimesh/32/42291_2.png) [@Kajol\_Nimesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kajol_Nimesh)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-as-service/178440/3 "2019-04-26T05:30:52Z")

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```
   Elasticsearch logs:

    [2019-04-25T05:20:57,831][ERROR][o.e.b.Bootstrap] [mastertesting] Exception
    java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to obtain node locks, tried [[/var/lib/elasticsearch]] with lock id [0]; maybe these locations are not writable or multiple nodes were started without increasing [node.max_local_storage_nodes] (was [1])?
            at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:297) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:271) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:251) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.<init>(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:325) [elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) [elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) [elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) [elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) [elasticsearch-cli-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) [elasticsearch-cli-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:115) [elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) [elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
    Caused by: java.io.IOException: failed to obtain lock on /var/lib/elasticsearch/nodes/0
            at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment$NodeLock.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:219) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:267) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
            ... 12 more
```

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**Author:** ![Kajol\_Nimesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kajol_nimesh/32/42291_2.png) [@Kajol\_Nimesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kajol_Nimesh)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-as-service/178440/4 "2019-04-26T05:31:06Z")

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```
 Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /var/lib/elasticsearch/nodes/0/node.lock
                at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:90) ~[?:?]
                at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111) ~[?:?]
                at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116) ~[?:?]
                at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newFileChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:182) ~[?:?]
                at java.nio.channels.FileChannel.open(FileChannel.java:292) ~[?:?]
                at java.nio.channels.FileChannel.open(FileChannel.java:345) ~[?:?]
                at org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLockFactory.obtainFSLock(NativeFSLockFactory.java:125) ~[lucene-core-8.0.0.jar:8.0.0 2ae4746365c1ee72a0047ced7610b2096e438979 - jimczi - 2019-03-08 11:58:55]
                at org.apache.lucene.store.FSLockFactory.obtainLock(FSLockFactory.java:41) ~[lucene-core-8.0.0.jar:8.0.0 2ae4746365c1ee72a0047ced7610b2096e438979 - jimczi - 2019-03-08 11:58:55]
                at org.apache.lucene.store.BaseDirectory.obtainLock(BaseDirectory.java:45) ~[lucene-core-8.0.0.jar:8.0.0 2ae4746365c1ee72a0047ced7610b2096e438979 - jimczi - 2019-03-08 11:58:55]
                at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment$NodeLock.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:212) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:267) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                ... 12 more
        [2019-04-25T05:20:57,843][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [mastertesting] uncaught exception in thread [main]
        org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to obtain node locks, tried [[/var/lib/elasticsearch]] with lock id [0]; maybe these locations are not writable or multiple nodes were started without increasing [node.max_local_storage_nodes] (was [1])?
                at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:163) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:115) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
        Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: failed to obtain node locks, tried [[/var/lib/elasticsearch]] with lock id [0]; maybe these locations are not writable or multiple nodes were started without increasing [node.max_local_storage_nodes] (was [1])?
                at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:297) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:271) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:251) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.<init>(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:325) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                ... 6 more
        Caused by: java.io.IOException: failed to obtain lock on /var/lib/elasticsearch/nodes/0
                at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment$NodeLock.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:219) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:267) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:271) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:251) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.<init>(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:325) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
                at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]
```

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**Author:** ![Kajol\_Nimesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kajol_nimesh/32/42291_2.png) [@Kajol\_Nimesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kajol_Nimesh)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-as-service/178440/5 "2019-04-26T05:31:49Z")

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Elasticsearch.yml file

```
#node.attr.rack: r1
#
# ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------
#
# Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma):
#
path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch
#
# Path to log files:
#
path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
#
# ----------------------------------- Memory -----------------------------------
#
# Lock the memory on startup:
#
#bootstrap.memory_lock: true
#
# Make sure that the heap size is set to about half the memory available
# on the system and that the owner of the process is allowed to use this
# limit.
#
# Elasticsearch performs poorly when the system is swapping the memory.
#
# ---------------------------------- Network -----------------------------------
#
# Set the bind address to a specific IP (IPv4 or IPv6):
#
network.host: localhost
#
# Set a custom port for HTTP:
#
http.port: 9200
#
# For more information, consult the network module documentation.
#
# --------------------------------- Discovery ----------------------------------
#
# Pass an initial list of hosts to perform discovery when this node is started:
# The default list of hosts is ["127.0.0.1", "[::1]"]
#
#discovery.seed_hosts: ["host1", "host2"]
#
# Bootstrap the cluster using an initial set of master-eligible nodes:
#
#cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["node-1", "node-2"]
#
# For more information, consult the discovery and cluster formation module documentation.
#
# ---------------------------------- Gateway -----------------------------------
#
# Block initial recovery after a full cluster restart until N nodes are started:
#
#gateway.recover_after_nodes: 3
#
# For more information, consult the gateway module documentation.
#
# ---------------------------------- Various -----------------------------------
#
# Require explicit names when deleting indices:
#
#action.destructive_requires_name: true
"/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml" 88L, 2843C
```

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**Author:** ![harshbajaj16](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/harshbajaj16/32/44970_2.png) [@harshbajaj16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/harshbajaj16)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-as-service/178440/6 "2019-04-26T05:37:11Z")

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Hi @Kajol_Nimesh,

Access denied exception is showing for the path /var/lib/elasticsearch. could you please check the access permission for this path.

> [@](#):
>
> Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /var/lib/elasticsearch/nodes/0/node.lock

If you see below error it clearly show that not writable and multiple nodes were started. Please check and let me know if you still facing any issue.

> [@](#):
>
> failed to obtain node locks, tried [[/var/lib/elasticsearch]] with lock id [0]; maybe these locations are not writable or multiple nodes were started without increasing [node.max\_local\_storage\_nodes] (was [1])? at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.(NodeEnvironment.java:297) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.0.jar:7.0.0]

Regards,  
Harsh Bajaj

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**Author:** ![Kajol\_Nimesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kajol_nimesh/32/42291_2.png) [@Kajol\_Nimesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kajol_Nimesh)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-as-service/178440/7 "2019-04-26T05:53:44Z")

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Error solved it was permission issue. I changed it by giving `var/lib/elasticsearch` the permission to root by:

`sudo chown -R elasticsearch:elasticsearch /var/lib/elasticsearch`

Thank You,  
Regards,  
Kajol Nimesh

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**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticsearch-as-service/178440/8 "2019-05-24T05:53:46Z")

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