# Unable to Start Elasticserach **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 28, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticserach/310811 "2022-07-28T03:48:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zerra\_Triani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zerra_triani/32/105901_2.png) [@Zerra\_Triani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Zerra_Triani)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticserach/310811/1 "2022-07-28T03:48:09Z")
Hi I can't turn on elasticsearch services after enabling **xpack.security.enable : true** and changing master account password. And I tried to disable the xpack but elasticsearch still can't run **Here's the journalctl -xe** ```auto -- Unit elasticsearch.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. Jul 28 10:39:34 dev-elk-app-wb systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state. Jul 28 10:39:34 dev-elk-app-wb systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service failed. Jul 28 10:39:34 dev-elk-app-wb polkitd[1293]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:7987:590816411 (system bus name :1.23583 Jul 28 10:40:01 dev-elk-app-wb systemd[1]: Created slice User Slice of root. -- Subject: Unit user-0.slice has finished start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit user-0.slice has finished starting up. -- -- The start-up result is done. Jul 28 10:40:01 dev-elk-app-wb systemd[1]: Started Session 11630 of user root. -- Subject: Unit session-11630.scope has finished start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit session-11630.scope has finished starting up. -- -- The start-up result is done. Jul 28 10:40:01 dev-elk-app-wb CROND[8245]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib64/sa/sa1 1 1) Jul 28 10:40:01 dev-elk-app-wb systemd[1]: Removed slice User Slice of root. -- Subject: Unit user-0.slice has finished shutting down -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit user-0.slice has finished shutting down. Jul 28 10:41:56 dev-elk-app-wb sshd[7866]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session closed for user userdev Jul 28 10:41:56 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-logind[1300]: Removed session 11629. -- Subject: Session 11629 has been terminated -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- Documentation: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat -- -- A session with the ID 11629 has been terminated. ``` and this elasticsearch.log ```auto [2022-07-28T10:39:13,796][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 [2022-07-28T10:39:14,371][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] initialized [2022-07-28T10:39:14,371][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] starting ... [2022-07-28T10:39:14,389][INFO][o.e.x.s.c.f.PersistentCache] [node-1] persistent cache index loaded [2022-07-28T10:39:34,519][INFO][o.e.t.TransportService] [node-1] publish_address {10.0.118.12:9300}, bound_addresses {[::]:9300} [2022-07-28T10:39:34,667][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] stopping ... [2022-07-28T10:39:34,680][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] stopped [2022-07-28T10:39:34,680][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] closing ... [2022-07-28T10:39:34,692][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] closed [2022-07-28T10:39:34,694][INFO][o.e.x.m.p.NativeController] [node-1] Native controller process has stopped - no new native processes can be started ``` ---
**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:** [July 28, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticserach/310811/2 "2022-07-28T04:05:51Z")
> [@Zerra\_Triani](#): > > ```auto > [2022-07-28T10:39:34,519][INFO][o.e.t.TransportService] [node-1] publish_address {10.0.118.12:9300}, bound_addresses {[::]:9300} > [2022-07-28T10:39:34,667][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [node-1] stopping ... > > ``` This suggests that Elasticsearch is trying to start, but then something asks it to shut down. ---
**Author:** ![Zerra\_Triani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zerra_triani/32/105901_2.png) [@Zerra\_Triani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Zerra_Triani)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticserach/310811/3 "2022-07-28T04:48:56Z")
New log ```auto -- Unit elasticsearch.service has begun starting up. Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service start operation timed out. Terminating. Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: uncaught exception in thread [main] Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.lang.RuntimePermissio Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at java.base/java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlCon Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at java.base/java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.jav Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at java.base/java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:408) Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.checkClassLoaderPermission(ClassLoader.java:2 Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.getParent(ClassLoader.java:1799) Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.selector.ClassLoaderContextSelector.locateConte Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.selector.ClassLoaderContextSelector.getContext( Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jContextFactory.getContext(Log4jContex Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jContextFactory.getContext(Log4jContex Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getContext(LogManager.java:174) Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(LogManager.java:648) Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getRootLogger(LogManager.java:682) Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:420) Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:116) Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:79) Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:115) Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:81) Jul 28 11:36:25 dev-elk-app-wb systemd-entrypoint[8907]: For complete error details, refer to the log at /var/log/elasticsearch/BSI.log Jul 28 11:36:26 dev-elk-app-wb systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. -- Subject: Unit elasticsearch.service has failed ``` ---
**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:** [July 28, 2022, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticserach/310811/4 "2022-07-28T06:57:48Z")
That is cut off, so you need to check the log file it mentions at the end of the error. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-elasticserach/310811/5 "2022-08-25T06:58:28Z")
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