# Upgrade from 5.4 to 6.5 is not starting elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-from-5-4-to-6-5-is-not-starting-elasticsearch/161446>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 19, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-from-5-4-to-6-5-is-not-starting-elasticsearch/161446 "2018-12-19T06:00:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![thinkdffrnt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@thinkdffrnt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thinkdffrnt)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-from-5-4-to-6-5-is-not-starting-elasticsearch/161446/1 "2018-12-19T06:00:13Z")

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Here is the log:

> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-12345 elasticsearch[17567]: PWD=/usr/local/elasticsearch  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-12345 elasticsearch[17567]: LANG=en\_US.UTF-8  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-12345 elasticsearch[17567]: ES\_JVM\_OPTIONS=/usr/local/etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-12345 elasticsearch[17567]: SHLVL=1  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-12345 elasticsearch[17567]: ES\_PATH\_CONF=/usr/local/etc/elasticsearch  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-12345 elasticsearch[17567]: \_=/bin/env  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-12345 elasticsearch[17567]: OLDPWD=/  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-12345 runuser[17578]: pam\_unix(runuser:session): session opened for user elasticsearch by (uid=0)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-12345 elasticsearch[17567]: Exception in thread "main" org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: org.elasticsearch.cli.UserException: unable to create temporary keystore at [/u  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-12345 elasticsearch[17567]: Likely root cause: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /usr/local/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.keystore.tmp

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**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:** [December 19, 2018, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-from-5-4-to-6-5-is-not-starting-elasticsearch/161446/2 "2018-12-19T06:01:05Z")

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What does your config look like?

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**Author:** ![thinkdffrnt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@thinkdffrnt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thinkdffrnt)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-from-5-4-to-6-5-is-not-starting-elasticsearch/161446/5 "2018-12-19T06:07:51Z")

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Complete log

> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-123 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: This service manages the elasticsearch daemon...  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: Starting elasticsearch: PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: PWD=/usr/local/elasticsearch  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: LANG=en\_US.UTF-8  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: ES\_JVM\_OPTIONS=/usr/local/etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: SHLVL=1  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: ES\_PATH\_CONF=/usr/local/etc/elasticsearch  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: \_=/bin/env  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: OLDPWD=/  
> Dec 17 18:53:01 masternodes-123 runuser[17578]: pam\_unix(runuser:session): session opened for user elasticsearch by (uid=0)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: Exception in thread "main" org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: org.elasticsearch.cli.UserException: unable to create temporary keystore at [/u  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: Likely root cause: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /usr/local/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.keystore.tmp  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:214)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newOutputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:434)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at java.nio.file.Files.newOutputStream(Files.java:216)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory$FSIndexOutput.(FSDirectory.java:411)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory$FSIndexOutput.(FSDirectory.java:407)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory.createOutput(FSDirectory.java:255)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.KeyStoreWrapper.save(KeyStoreWrapper.java:467)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.loadSecureSettings(Bootstrap.java:238)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:295)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:127)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:86)  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: Refer to the log for complete error details.  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 runuser[17578]: pam\_unix(runuser:session): session closed for user elasticsearch  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17567]: [FAILED]  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: This service manages the elasticsearch daemon.  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state.  
> Dec 17 18:53:08 masternodes-123 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service failed.  
> Dec 17 18:53:13 masternodes-123 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: This service manages the elasticsearch daemon...  
> Dec 17 18:53:13 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: Starting elasticsearch: OLDPWD=/  
> Dec 17 18:53:13 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin  
> Dec 17 18:53:13 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: PWD=/usr/local/elasticsearch  
> Dec 17 18:53:13 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: LANG=en\_US.UTF-8  
> Dec 17 18:53:13 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: ES\_JVM\_OPTIONS=/usr/local/etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options  
> Dec 17 18:53:13 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: SHLVL=1  
> Dec 17 18:53:13 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: ES\_PATH\_CONF=/usr/local/etc/elasticsearch  
> Dec 17 18:53:13 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: \_=/bin/env  
> Dec 17 18:53:13 masternodes-123 runuser[17883]: pam\_unix(runuser:session): session opened for user elasticsearch by (uid=0)  
> Dec 17 18:53:16 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: Exception in thread "main" org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: org.elasticsearch.cli.UserException: unable to create temporary keystore at [/u  
> Dec 17 18:53:16 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: Likely root cause: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /usr/local/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.keystore.tmp  
> Dec 17 18:53:16 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84)  
> Dec 17 18:53:16 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102)  
> Dec 17 18:53:16 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107)  
> Dec 17 18:53:16 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:214)  
> Dec 17 18:53:16 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newOutputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:434)  
> Dec 17 18:53:16 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: at java.nio.file.Files.newOutputStream(Files.java:216)  
> Dec 17 18:53:16 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: at org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory$FSIndexOutput.(FSDirectory.java:411)  
> Dec 17 18:53:16 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: at org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory$FSIndexOutput.(FSDirectory.java:407)  
> Dec 17 18:53:16 masternodes-123 elasticsearch[17880]: at org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory.createOutput(FSDirectory.java:255)

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**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:** [December 19, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-from-5-4-to-6-5-is-not-starting-elasticsearch/161446/6 "2018-12-19T06:43:42Z")

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Please don't post pictures of text, they are difficult to read and some people may not be even able to see them.

> [@thinkdffrnt](#):
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> java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /usr/local/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.keystore.tmp

You may need to check the permissions of that.

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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:** [January 16, 2019, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-from-5-4-to-6-5-is-not-starting-elasticsearch/161446/7 "2019-01-16T06:43:44Z")

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