# Upgrading Elasticsearch RPM 1.0.0 Removes user and group **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 19, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-rpm-1-0-0-removes-user-and-group/15902 "2014-02-19T17:05:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steven\_Williamson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steven_williamson/32/1637_2.png) [@Steven\_Williamson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steven_Williamson)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-rpm-1-0-0-removes-user-and-group/15902/1 "2014-02-19T17:05:11Z")
Hi, Unless I am missing something obvious (and i might be) an upgrade of elasticsearch on centos removes the elasticsearch user and group previously added by the package. This of course stops elasticsearch from been able to start. Is anyone else able to reproduce this or am i just loosing the plot 🙂 Example on centos 5.7 for reference: yum info elasticsearch Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Installed Packages Name : elasticsearch Arch : noarch Version : 0.90.1 Release : 1 Size : 19 M Repo : installed Summary : elasticsearch License : 2013, Elasticsearch Description: ElasticSearch - Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine id elasticsearch uid=106(elasticsearch) gid=106(elasticsearch) groups=106(elasticsearch) context=system\_u:system\_r:unconfined\_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh sudo yum upgrade ./elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch.rpm --nogpgcheck Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile - base: [mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net](http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net) - extras: [mirror.simwood.com](http://mirror.simwood.com) - updates: [mirror.simwood.com](http://mirror.simwood.com) Setting up Upgrade Process Examining ./elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch.rpm: elasticsearch-1.0.0-1.noarch Marking ./elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch.rpm as an update to elasticsearch-0.90.1-1.noarch Resolving Dependencies --\> Running transaction check ---\> Package elasticsearch.noarch 0:1.0.0-1 set to be updated --\> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved # ==================================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size Updating: elasticsearch noarch 1.0.0-1 /elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch 20 M # Transaction Summary Install 0 Package(s) Upgrade 1 Package(s) Total size: 20 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running rpm\_check\_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Updating : elasticsearch ``` 1/2 ``` Cleanup : elasticsearch ``` 2/2 ``` Removing elasticsearch user and group if existing Updated: elasticsearch.noarch 0:1.0.0-1 Complete! id elasticsearch id: elasticsearch: No such user Regards Steve. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/710c4399-fcda-4934-83f9-342e56c114fa%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/710c4399-fcda-4934-83f9-342e56c114fa%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Su](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Tony\_Su](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tony_Su)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-rpm-1-0-0-removes-user-and-group/15902/2 "2014-02-20T17:50:31Z")
HI Steven, Although I'm not part of the ES team, because I have an "old" ES 0.90.10 node on CentOS 6.5 I wanted to upgrade to 1.0 anyway, I went ahead and more or less replicated what you did... The original ES 0.90.10 was installed from the downloaded RPM (because no repos existed then). Added the new CentOS yum repos with the configuration described on > **[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)** > > Power insights and outcomes with the Elasticsearch Platform and AI. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you build, observe, and protect. Try Elasticsearch free today. (I will likely post a GIST since IMO it's a lot of unnecessary work to configure something like this if you don't do it regularly) 1. yum upgrade Of course it won't find the existing ES because it wasn't installed from repo. 2. yum install elasticsearch Note that I didn't try to specify a specific package, this results in letting yum install the current latest stable. Result is that I didn't see the "removing elasticsearch user and group if existing" And "id" returns an elasticsearch user and group. So, for starters I'd recommend you follow my steps, if a package upgrade doesn't happen, maybe remove and re-install elasticsearch. That said, I haven't seen how the elasticsearch user is being implemented anywhere (maybe someone can enlighten?). I see elasticsearch installed and running as root-root. It would be a prudent idea to run elasticsearch not as root if it's possible (I imagine it might require configuring access to libraries and paths). HTH and IMO, Tony On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 9:05:11 AM UTC-8, Steven Williamson wrote: > Hi, > > Unless I am missing something obvious (and i might be) an upgrade of > elasticsearch on centos removes the elasticsearch user and group previously > added by the package. This of course stops elasticsearch from been able to > start. Is anyone else able to reproduce this or am i just loosing the plot > 🙂 > > Example on centos 5.7 for reference: > > yum info elasticsearch > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > Installed Packages > Name : elasticsearch > Arch : noarch > Version : 0.90.1 > Release : 1 > Size : 19 M > Repo : installed > Summary : elasticsearch > License : 2013, Elasticsearch > Description: Elasticsearch - Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search > Engine > > id elasticsearch > uid=106(elasticsearch) gid=106(elasticsearch) groups=106(elasticsearch) > context=system\_u:system\_r:unconfined\_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh > > sudo yum upgrade ./elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch.rpm --nogpgcheck > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > > - base: [mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net](http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net) > - extras: [mirror.simwood.com](http://mirror.simwood.com) > - updates: [mirror.simwood.com](http://mirror.simwood.com) > Setting up Upgrade Process > Examining ./elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch.rpm: elasticsearch-1.0.0-1.noarch > Marking ./elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch.rpm as an update to > elasticsearch-0.90.1-1.noarch > Resolving Dependencies > --\> Running transaction check > ---\> Package elasticsearch.noarch 0:1.0.0-1 set to be updated > --\> Finished Dependency Resolution > > Dependencies Resolved > > ==================================================================================================================================================================== > Package Arch > Version Repository > Size > > ==================================================================================================================================================================== > Updating: > elasticsearch noarch > 1.0.0-1 /elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch > 20 M > > Transaction Summary > > ==================================================================================================================================================================== > Install 0 Package(s) > Upgrade 1 Package(s) > > Total size: 20 M > Is this ok [y/N]: y > Downloading Packages: > Running rpm\_check\_debug > Running Transaction Test > Finished Transaction Test > Transaction Test Succeeded > Running Transaction > Updating : elasticsearch > > ``` > 1/2 > > ``` > > Cleanup : elasticsearch > > ``` > 2/2 > > ``` > > Removing elasticsearch user and group if existing > > Updated: > elasticsearch.noarch 0:1.0.0-1 > > Complete! > > id elasticsearch > id: elasticsearch: No such user > > Regards > Steve. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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**Author:** ![Tony\_Su](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Tony\_Su](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tony_Su)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-rpm-1-0-0-removes-user-and-group/15902/3 "2014-02-20T18:22:52Z")
Steven, Forgot to mention an issue which might be important to you... On one test run I did awhile back when I removed elasticsearch entirely and re-installed, I discovered it had replace my customized elasticsearch.yml with the default which IMO is the behavior. To guard against this, if you remove elasticsearch with the intention of re-installing you should first cp elasticsearch.yml and maybe even /etc/sysconfig/elasticsearch Tony On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 9:05:11 AM UTC-8, Steven Williamson wrote: > Hi, > > Unless I am missing something obvious (and i might be) an upgrade of > elasticsearch on centos removes the elasticsearch user and group previously > added by the package. This of course stops elasticsearch from been able to > start. Is anyone else able to reproduce this or am i just loosing the plot > 🙂 > > Example on centos 5.7 for reference: > > yum info elasticsearch > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > Installed Packages > Name : elasticsearch > Arch : noarch > Version : 0.90.1 > Release : 1 > Size : 19 M > Repo : installed > Summary : elasticsearch > License : 2013, Elasticsearch > Description: Elasticsearch - Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search > Engine > > id elasticsearch > uid=106(elasticsearch) gid=106(elasticsearch) groups=106(elasticsearch) > context=system\_u:system\_r:unconfined\_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh > > sudo yum upgrade ./elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch.rpm --nogpgcheck > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > > - base: [mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net](http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net) > - extras: [mirror.simwood.com](http://mirror.simwood.com) > - updates: [mirror.simwood.com](http://mirror.simwood.com) > Setting up Upgrade Process > Examining ./elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch.rpm: elasticsearch-1.0.0-1.noarch > Marking ./elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch.rpm as an update to > elasticsearch-0.90.1-1.noarch > Resolving Dependencies > --\> Running transaction check > ---\> Package elasticsearch.noarch 0:1.0.0-1 set to be updated > --\> Finished Dependency Resolution > > Dependencies Resolved > > ==================================================================================================================================================================== > Package Arch > Version Repository > Size > > ==================================================================================================================================================================== > Updating: > elasticsearch noarch > 1.0.0-1 /elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch > 20 M > > Transaction Summary > > ==================================================================================================================================================================== > Install 0 Package(s) > Upgrade 1 Package(s) > > Total size: 20 M > Is this ok [y/N]: y > Downloading Packages: > Running rpm\_check\_debug > Running Transaction Test > Finished Transaction Test > Transaction Test Succeeded > Running Transaction > Updating : elasticsearch > > ``` > 1/2 > > ``` > > Cleanup : elasticsearch > > ``` > 2/2 > > ``` > > Removing elasticsearch user and group if existing > > Updated: > elasticsearch.noarch 0:1.0.0-1 > > Complete! > > id elasticsearch > id: elasticsearch: No such user > > Regards > Steve. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/92907d16-ea56-491d-94af-823a21fe166a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/92907d16-ea56-491d-94af-823a21fe166a%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![KevinKluge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@KevinKluge](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KevinKluge)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrading-elasticsearch-rpm-1-0-0-removes-user-and-group/15902/4 "2014-02-20T21:36:58Z")
Steve, There was a bug in 0.90.1 that caused this. The Elasticsearch user would be removed and re-added with a new ID during an upgrade. That was fixed for 0.90.2. Sorry about the bug. Kevin On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Steven Williamson [steven43126@gmail.com](mailto:steven43126@gmail.com)wrote: > Hi, > > Unless I am missing something obvious (and i might be) an upgrade of > elasticsearch on centos removes the elasticsearch user and group previously > added by the package. This of course stops elasticsearch from been able to > start. Is anyone else able to reproduce this or am i just loosing the plot > 🙂 > > Example on centos 5.7 for reference: > > yum info elasticsearch > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > Installed Packages > Name : elasticsearch > Arch : noarch > Version : 0.90.1 > Release : 1 > Size : 19 M > Repo : installed > Summary : elasticsearch > License : 2013, Elasticsearch > Description: Elasticsearch - Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search > Engine > > id elasticsearch > uid=106(elasticsearch) gid=106(elasticsearch) groups=106(elasticsearch) > context=system\_u:system\_r:unconfined\_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh > > sudo yum upgrade ./elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch.rpm --nogpgcheck > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > > - base: [mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net](http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net) > - extras: [mirror.simwood.com](http://mirror.simwood.com) > - updates: [mirror.simwood.com](http://mirror.simwood.com) > Setting up Upgrade Process > Examining ./elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch.rpm: elasticsearch-1.0.0-1.noarch > Marking ./elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch.rpm as an update to > elasticsearch-0.90.1-1.noarch > Resolving Dependencies > --\> Running transaction check > ---\> Package elasticsearch.noarch 0:1.0.0-1 set to be updated > --\> Finished Dependency Resolution > > Dependencies Resolved > > ==================================================================================================================================================================== > Package Arch > Version Repository > Size > > ==================================================================================================================================================================== > Updating: > elasticsearch noarch > 1.0.0-1 /elasticsearch-1.0.0.noarch > 20 M > > Transaction Summary > > ==================================================================================================================================================================== > Install 0 Package(s) > Upgrade 1 Package(s) > > Total size: 20 M > Is this ok [y/N]: y > Downloading Packages: > Running rpm\_check\_debug > Running Transaction Test > Finished Transaction Test > Transaction Test Succeeded > Running Transaction > Updating : elasticsearch > > ``` > 1/2 > > ``` > > Cleanup : elasticsearch > > ``` > 2/2 > > ``` > > Removing elasticsearch user and group if existing > > Updated: > elasticsearch.noarch 0:1.0.0-1 > > Complete! > > id elasticsearch > id: elasticsearch: No such user > > Regards > Steve. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/710c4399-fcda-4934-83f9-342e56c114fa%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/710c4399-fcda-4934-83f9-342e56c114fa%40googlegroups.com) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAB1XBh94Mha%2BwT06n66A-qN5VF03tLBHe2KcZzeH3Qw03NUdVQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAB1XBh94Mha%2BwT06n66A-qN5VF03tLBHe2KcZzeH3Qw03NUdVQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
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