Perhaps this gives more insight: the last sentence in these logs is the only indicator of a problem, from what I could understand:
recovered [0] indices into cluster_state
(see below elasticsearch.log quoted)
elasticsearch_deprecation.log
[2018-01-08T08:49:37,396][WARN ][o.e.d.r.RestController ] Content type detection for rest requests is deprecated. Specify the content type using the [Content-Type] header.
[2018-02-07T11:03:08,975][WARN ][o.e.d.i.m.MapperService ] Setting index.mapper.dynamic is deprecated since indices may not have more than one type anymore.
[2018-02-07T11:03:09,044][WARN ][o.e.d.i.m.MapperService ] [_default_] mapping is deprecated since it is not useful anymore now that indexes cannot have more than one type
[2018-02-07T11:03:16,607][WARN ][o.e.d.i.m.MapperService ] Setting index.mapper.dynamic is deprecated since indices may not have more than one type anymore.
[2018-02-07T11:03:16,619][WARN ][o.e.d.i.m.MapperService ] [_default_] mapping is deprecated since it is not useful anymore now that indexes cannot have more than one type
[2018-02-07T11:13:15,653][WARN ][o.e.d.a.a.i.t.p.PutIndexTemplateRequest] Deprecated field [template] used, replaced by [index_patterns]
[2018-02-07T11:13:15,675][WARN ][o.e.d.i.m.MapperService ] [_default_] mapping is deprecated since it is not useful anymore now that indexes cannot have more than one type
[2018-02-07T11:16:25,651][WARN ][o.e.d.c.ParseField ] Deprecated field [all_fields] used, replaced by [Set [fields] to `*` instead]
[2018-02-07T11:16:25,686][WARN ][o.e.d.c.ParseField ] Deprecated field [inline] used, expected [source] instead
[2018-02-07T11:16:25,708][WARN ][o.e.d.c.ParseField ] Deprecated field [all_fields] used, replaced by [Set [fields] to `*` instead]
[2018-02-07T11:16:25,713][WARN ][o.e.d.c.ParseField ] Deprecated field [inline] used, expected [source] instead
elasticsearch.log
[2018-02-07T11:02:56,591][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [] initializing ...
[2018-02-07T11:02:56,657][INFO ][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment ] [Gb4V_yx] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/var (/dev/mapper/datavg-var)]], net usable_space [321.8gb], net total_space [442.7gb], types [ext3]
[2018-02-07T11:02:56,657][INFO ][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment ] [Gb4V_yx] heap size [7.9gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]
[2018-02-07T11:02:56,658][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] node name [Gb4V_yx] derived from node ID [Gb4V_yxtTWqI9kMkBuf2hg]; set [node.name] to override
[2018-02-07T11:02:56,658][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] version[6.2.0], pid[122171], build[37cdac1/2018-02-01T17:31:12.527918Z], OS[Linux/3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0_45/25.45-b02]
[2018-02-07T11:02:56,659][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] JVM arguments [-Xms2g, -Xmx8g, -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC, -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75, -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -Djdk.io.permissionsUseCanonicalPath=true, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Dlog4j.skipJansi=true, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -Des.path.home=/usr/share/elasticsearch, -Des.path.conf=/etc/elasticsearch]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,283][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,283][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] loaded module [analysis-common]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,283][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] loaded module [ingest-common]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,284][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] loaded module [lang-expression]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,284][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] loaded module [lang-mustache]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,284][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] loaded module [lang-painless]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,284][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] loaded module [mapper-extras]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,284][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] loaded module [parent-join]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,284][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] loaded module [percolator]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,284][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] loaded module [rank-eval]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,284][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] loaded module [reindex]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,284][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] loaded module [repository-url]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,284][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] loaded module [transport-netty4]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,284][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] loaded module [tribe]
[2018-02-07T11:02:57,284][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService ] [Gb4V_yx] no plugins loaded
[2018-02-07T11:02:59,561][INFO ][o.e.d.DiscoveryModule ] [Gb4V_yx] using discovery type [zen]
[2018-02-07T11:03:00,081][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] initialized
[2018-02-07T11:03:00,081][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [Gb4V_yx] starting ...
[2018-02-07T11:03:00,276][INFO ][o.e.t.TransportService ] [Gb4V_yx] publish_address {127.0.0.1:9300}, bound_addresses {[::1]:9300}, {127.0.0.1:9300}
[2018-02-07T11:03:00,287][WARN ][o.e.b.BootstrapChecks ] [Gb4V_yx] initial heap size [2147483648] not equal to maximum heap size [8589934592]; this can cause resize pauses and prevents mlockall from locking the entire heap
[2018-02-07T11:03:03,339][INFO ][o.e.c.s.MasterService ] [Gb4V_yx] zen-disco-elected-as-master ([0] nodes joined), reason: new_master {Gb4V_yx}{Gb4V_yxtTWqI9kMkBuf2hg}{Q5RTUcGSS4yFFTZXIpGRsg}{127.0.0.1}{127.0.0.1:9300}
[2018-02-07T11:03:03,344][INFO ][o.e.c.s.ClusterApplierService] [Gb4V_yx] new_master {Gb4V_yx}{Gb4V_yxtTWqI9kMkBuf2hg}{Q5RTUcGSS4yFFTZXIpGRsg}{127.0.0.1}{127.0.0.1:9300}, reason: apply cluster state (from master [master {Gb4V_yx}{Gb4V_yxtTWqI9kMkBuf2hg}{Q5RTUcGSS4yFFTZXIpGRsg}{127.0.0.1}{127.0.0.1:9300} committed version [1] source [zen-disco-elected-as-master ([0] nodes joined)]])
[2018-02-07T11:03:03,365][INFO ][o.e.h.n.Netty4HttpServerTransport] [Gb4V_yx] publish_address {127.0.0.1:9200}, bound_addresses {[::1]:9200}, {127.0.0.1:9200}
[2018-02-07T11:03:03,365][INFO ][o.e.n.Node ] [Gb4V_yx] started
[2018-02-07T11:03:03,379][INFO ][o.e.g.GatewayService ] [Gb4V_yx] recovered [0] indices into cluster_state