I'm deploying ElasticSearch inside of a Docker container, which usually run processes as root user. I get "org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupError: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root" error when trying to start ElasticSearch, and there doesn't seem to be a way to get arou…

Why is it ElasticSearch is not allowed to run as root

nik9000 (Nik Everett) September 14, 2016, 12:08am 6

At this point i think the easiest way you are going to be able to run
elasticsearch as root is to build it yourself, patching out that test.

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