# Update elastic to 5.6.3 can't start

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-elastic-to-5-6-3-cant-start/104641>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 20, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-elastic-to-5-6-3-cant-start/104641 "2017-10-20T03:41:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![zqc0512](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zqc0512/32/32141_2.png) [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-elastic-to-5-6-3-cant-start/104641/1 "2017-10-20T03:41:55Z")

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Caused by: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1

```
[2017-10-20T11:40:56,033][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [node-1] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:70) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:134) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
Caused by: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1
        at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1967) ~[?:1.8.0_121]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.readPolicy(Security.java:214) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.getPluginPermissions(Security.java:171) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:118) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:228) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:342) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.3.jar:5.6.3]
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**Author:** ![thiago](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thiago/32/32096_2.png) [@thiago](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thiago)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-elastic-to-5-6-3-cant-start/104641/2 "2017-10-22T15:24:24Z")

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From what version are you coming from? Can you provide the command line that you are using to start the node?

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**Author:** ![katwal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/katwal/32/23479_2.png) [@katwal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/katwal)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-elastic-to-5-6-3-cant-start/104641/3 "2017-10-27T01:09:12Z")

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Did you upgrade all the plugins that needed upgrade?

In comment above, you are already asked about which version you upgraded from.

If it was major version upgrade, did you use migration helper ?

> **[elastic/elasticsearch-migration](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-migration/tree/2.x)**
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> elasticsearch-migration - This plugin will help you to check whether you can upgrade directly to the next major version of Elasticsearch, or whether you need to make changes to your data and cluste...

If yes, was there anything in red ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-elastic-to-5-6-3-cant-start/104641/4 "2017-11-24T01:09:45Z")

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