Wh not run elasticsearch as root

Elastic Stack Elasticsearch
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org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root

at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:163) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.1.jar:7.0.1]

at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.1.jar:7.0.1]

at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.1.jar:7.0.1]

at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.0.1.jar:7.0.1]

at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.0.1.jar:7.0.1]

at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:115) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.1.jar:7.0.1]

at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.1.jar:7.0.1]

Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root

at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:102) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.1.jar:7.0.1]

at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:169) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.1.jar:7.0.1]

at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:325) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.1.jar:7.0.1]

at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) ~[elasticsearch-7.0.1.jar:7.0.1]

... 6 more

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I guess your question is "why you can't run this as root?"

Answer is here: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.0/modules-scripting-security.html#_do_not_run_as_root

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