# Upgrade Assistant - Default path settings are removed

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-assistant-default-path-settings-are-removed/107110
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 9, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-assistant-default-path-settings-are-removed/107110 "2017-11-09T22:01:27Z")
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### Author: ![Ryan\_Groten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Ryan\_Groten](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ryan_Groten)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-assistant-default-path-settings-are-removed/107110/1 "2017-11-09T22:01:27Z")

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I ran Upgrade Assistant on my 5.6.3 ES cluster and I get an error that states:

```
Default path settings are removed
This issue must be resolved to upgrade. Read Documentation
Details: nodes with settings: [node1_data]

```

However I already have path.data and path.logs set in my elasticsearch.yml file:

```
\# grep ^path /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml
path.data: /elasticsearch/data
path.repo: /elasticsearch/snapshots
path.logs: /elasticsearch/logs

```

These settings are identical on all my ES nodes.

Thanks,  
Ryan

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### Author: ![rdesanno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rdesanno/32/13607_2.png) [@rdesanno](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rdesanno)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-assistant-default-path-settings-are-removed/107110/2 "2017-11-10T16:23:08Z")

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Same here too. Must be a bug with 5.6.3.

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### Author: ![sergiolr100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@sergiolr100](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sergiolr100)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-assistant-default-path-settings-are-removed/107110/3 "2017-11-15T13:30:58Z")

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Hi Ryan,

try to remove in `/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service` next lines:

```auto
               -Edefault.path.logs=${LOG_DIR} \
               -Edefault.path.data=${DATA_DIR} \

```

Its worked for me in 5.6.4.

Regards,

Sergio L.

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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: [December 13, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-assistant-default-path-settings-are-removed/107110/4 "2017-12-13T13:36:50Z")

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