# /var/lib/elasticsearch/tmp not accessible in ES 6.8 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 20, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/var-lib-elasticsearch-tmp-not-accessible-in-es-6-8/252723 "2020-10-20T17:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chris\_Gatihi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chris_gatihi/32/25820_2.png) [@Chris\_Gatihi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chris_Gatihi)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/var-lib-elasticsearch-tmp-not-accessible-in-es-6-8/252723/1 "2020-10-20T17:43:40Z")
Hi, I'm doing an upgrade from ES 5.6 to ES 6.8. When starting ES 6.8, I'm getting this exception: ```auto -- Logs begin at Tue 2020-10-20 00:29:07 UTC, end at Tue 2020-10-20 17:35:18 UTC. -- Oct 20 00:29:56 systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch. Oct 20 00:30:02 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=78/n/a Oct 20 00:30:02 systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state. Oct 20 00:30:02 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service failed. Oct 20 06:03:54 systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch. Oct 20 06:03:55 elasticsearch[117234]: ERROR: Temporary file directory [/var/lib/elasticsearch/tmp] does not exist or is not accessible Oct 20 06:03:55 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=78/n/a Oct 20 06:03:55 systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state. Oct 20 06:03:55 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service failed. Oct 20 06:07:43 systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch. Oct 20 06:07:45 elasticsearch[118278]: 2020-10-20 06:07:45,919 main ERROR Unable to locate appender "deprecated_audit_rolling" for logger config "org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.audit.logfile.DeprecatedLoggingAuditTrail" Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: Oct 20, 2020 6:07:46 AM com.sun.jna.Native loadNativeDispatchLibrary Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: WARNING: JNA Warning: IOException removing temporary files Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: java.io.IOException: JNA temporary directory '/var/lib/elasticsearch/tmp' is not writable Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at com.sun.jna.Native.getTempDir(Native.java:1310) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at com.sun.jna.Native.removeTemporaryFiles(Native.java:1317) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at com.sun.jna.Native.loadNativeDispatchLibrary(Native.java:919) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at com.sun.jna.Native.(Native.java:195) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:264) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Natives.(Natives.java:45) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:102) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:170) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:116) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: [2020-10-20T06:07:46,388][WARN][o.e.b.Natives] [unknown] unable to load JNA native support library, native methods will be disabled. Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Failed to create temporary file for /com/sun/jna/linux-x86-64/libjnidispatch.so library: JNA temporary directory '/var/lib/elasticsearch/tmp' is not writable Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at com.sun.jna.Native.loadNativeDispatchLibraryFromClasspath(Native.java:1032) ~[jna-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0 (b0)] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at com.sun.jna.Native.loadNativeDispatchLibrary(Native.java:988) ~[jna-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0 (b0)] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at com.sun.jna.Native.(Native.java:195) ~[jna-5.5.0.jar:5.5.0 (b0)] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_262] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:264) ~[?:1.8.0_262] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Natives.(Natives.java:45) [elasticsearch-6.8.12.jar:6.8.12] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:102) [elasticsearch-6.8.12.jar:6.8.12] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:170) [elasticsearch-6.8.12.jar:6.8.12] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) [elasticsearch-6.8.12.jar:6.8.12] ... Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: ... 6 more Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /var/lib/elasticsearch/tmp Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84) ~[?:1.8.0_262] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) ~[?:1.8.0_262] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107) ~[?:1.8.0_262] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.checkAccess(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:308) ~[?:1.8.0_262] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.ensureDirectoryExists(Security.java:409) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.12.jar:6.8.12] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.FilePermissionUtils.addDirectoryPath(FilePermissionUtils.java:68) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.12.jar:6.8.12] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addFilePermissions(Security.java:291) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.12.jar:6.8.12] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.createPermissions(Security.java:254) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.12.jar:6.8.12] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.12.jar:6.8.12] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:207) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.12.jar:6.8.12] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.12.jar:6.8.12] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.12.jar:6.8.12] Oct 20 06:07:46 elasticsearch[118278]: ... 6 more Oct 20 06:07:46 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Oct 20 06:07:46 systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state. Oct 20 06:07:46 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service failed. ``` If I create the /var/lib/elasticsearch/tmp directory and give it the needed permissions, ES starts fine. But I didn't have to do this in 5.6 (in 5.6, either /var/lib/elasticsearch/tmp was automatically created or ES didn't try to write to it). Is this now a necessary preparation prior to starting ES 6.8? Thanks, Chris ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/var-lib-elasticsearch-tmp-not-accessible-in-es-6-8/252723/2 "2020-10-21T08:11:03Z")
Can you share who own `/var/lib/elasticsearch/` by running ` ls -ld /var/lib/elasticsearch/` - can you make sure that this is owned by the user running elasticsearch (likely `elasticsearch`). ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Gatihi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chris_gatihi/32/25820_2.png) [@Chris\_Gatihi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chris_Gatihi)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/var-lib-elasticsearch-tmp-not-accessible-in-es-6-8/252723/3 "2020-10-21T17:41:01Z")
Thanks for following up, @spinscale. Yes, that directory is owned by `elasticsearch` user who is starting ES, which is why I was scratching my head. After googling around a bit, I found a couple of references to the following commands issued prior to starting ES: ```auto mkdir -p /var/lib/elasticsearch/tmp chown -R elasticsearch:elasticsearch /var/lib/elasticsearch/tmp ``` I went ahead and added this and ES starts fine. Just wasn't entirely clear to me if this is indeed an official requirement or not. Thanks, Chris ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/var-lib-elasticsearch-tmp-not-accessible-in-es-6-8/252723/4 "2020-11-18T17:41:11Z")
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