Unable to start ES on Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS

[mawinkattiv]

I am trying to install Elastic Search in Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS but getting following errors. Please help.

root@vmawinkatti:/opt/elasticsearch-6.3.2/logs# /opt/elasticsearch-6.3.2/bin/elasticsearch
warning: ignoring JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp; pass JVM parameters via ES_JAVA_OPTS
Exception in thread "main" 2018-08-10 22:26:53,454 main ERROR No log4j2 configuration file found. Using default configuration: logging only errors to the console. Set system property 'log4j2.debug' to show Log4j2 internal initialization logging.
SettingsException[Failed to load settings from [elasticsearch.yml]]; nested: ParsingException[Failed to parse object: expecting token of type [START_OBJECT] but found [VALUE_STRING]];
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromStream(Settings.java:1192)
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromPath(Settings.java:1165)
at org.elasticsearch.node.InternalSettingsPreparer.prepareEnvironment(InternalSettingsPreparer.java:100)
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.createEnv(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:95)
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86)
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124)
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:86)
Caused by: ParsingException[Failed to parse object: expecting token of type [START_OBJECT] but found [VALUE_STRING]]
at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParserUtils.ensureExpectedToken(XContentParserUtils.java:78)
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings.fromXContent(Settings.java:672)
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings.access$500(Settings.java:84)
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromStream(Settings.java:1188)
... 8 more

[warkolm (Mark Walkom)]

Please share your config file.

Please also format things using the </> button.

[mawinkattiv]

Thanks for your reply Mark,

Please find the yml file below.

root@vmawinkatti:/opt/elasticsearch-6.3.2/config# cat /opt/elasticsearch-6.3.2/config/elasticsearch.yml

======================== Elasticsearch Configuration =========================

NOTE: Elasticsearch comes with reasonable defaults for most settings.

Before you set out to tweak and tune the configuration, make sure you

understand what are you trying to accomplish and the consequences.

The primary way of configuring a node is via this file. This template lists

the most important settings you may want to configure for a production cluster.

Please consult the documentation for further information on configuration options:

https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/index.html

---------------------------------- Cluster -----------------------------------

Use a descriptive name for your cluster:

#cluster.name: my-application

------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------

Use a descriptive name for the node:

#node.name: node-1

Add custom attributes to the node:

#node.attr.rack: r1

----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------

Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma):

#path.data: /path/to/data

Path to log files:

#path.logs: /path/to/logs

----------------------------------- 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: 192.168.0.1

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 new node is started:

The default list of hosts is ["127.0.0.1", "[::1]"]

#discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: ["host1", "host2"]

Prevent the "split brain" by configuring the majority of nodes (total number of master-eligible nodes / 2 + 1):

#discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes:

For more information, consult the zen discovery 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
ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Djna.tmpdir=/var/lib/elasticsearch/tmp"

[mawinkattiv]

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