# Your git version is 1.8, but Rally requires at least git 1.9 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** rally\ **Created:** [April 24, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/your-git-version-is-1-8-but-rally-requires-at-least-git-1-9/129315 "2018-04-24T13:37:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anuj\_Kulkarni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Anuj\_Kulkarni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anuj_Kulkarni)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/your-git-version-is-1-8-but-rally-requires-at-least-git-1-9/129315/1 "2018-04-24T13:37:13Z")
I configured ESrally with my ElasticSearch. The problem I have is I am unable to run the race command as mentioned here - [https://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/stable/race.html](https://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/stable/race.html) The log says that I am using git 1.8, but I am clearly using git 1.9 [anuj@es-perf-01 benchmarks]$ sudo esrally --distribution-version=6.0.0 --track=geopoint --challenge=append-fast-with-conflicts ``` ________ ``` / \_\_ \_\_\_\_ _/ / /_ \_\_ / /_/ / \_\_ `/ / / / / / / , / // / / / // / /_/ |_|\ __,_/_/_/\__ , / /\_\_\_\_/ [INFO] Writing logs to /root/.rally/logs/rally\_out\_20180424T132621Z.log [WARNING] Could not terminate all internal processes within timeout. Please check and force-terminate all Rally processes. [ERROR] Cannot race. Got an unexpected result during benchmarking: [Poison\<\\>: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/thespian/system/actorManager.py", line 155, in \_handleOneMessage actor\_result = self.actorInst.receiveMessage(msg, envelope.sender) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/thespian/actors.py", line 838, in receiveMessage r = getattr(klass, methodName)(self, message, sender) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 104, in receiveMsg\_Setup self.setup(msg, sender) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 185, in setup t = track.load\_track(self.cfg) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 65, in load\_track repo = track\_repo(cfg) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 135, in track\_repo return GitTrackRepository(cfg, fetch, update) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 170, in **init** self.repo = repo\_class(remote\_url, tracks\_dir, repo\_name, "tracks", offline, fetch) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/utils/repo.py", line 29, in **init** git.fetch(src=self.repo\_dir) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/utils/git.py", line 18, in probe raise exceptions.SystemSetupError("Your git version is [%s] but Rally requires at least git 1.9. Please update git." % version) esrally.exceptions.SystemSetupError: ("Your git version is [['git version 1.8.3.1']] but Rally requires at least git 1.9. Please update git.", None) During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/thespian/system/actorManager.py", line 170, in \_handleOneMessage actor\_result = self.actorInst.receiveMessage(copy.deepcopy(msg), envelope.sender) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/thespian/actors.py", line 838, in receiveMessage r = getattr(klass, methodName)(self, message, sender) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 104, in receiveMsg\_Setup self.setup(msg, sender) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 185, in setup t = track.load\_track(self.cfg) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 65, in load\_track repo = track\_repo(cfg) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 135, in track\_repo return GitTrackRepository(cfg, fetch, update) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 170, in **init** self.repo = repo\_class(remote\_url, tracks\_dir, repo\_name, "tracks", offline, fetch) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/utils/repo.py", line 29, in **init** git.fetch(src=self.repo\_dir) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/utils/git.py", line 18, in probe raise exceptions.SystemSetupError("Your git version is [%s] but Rally requires at least git 1.9. Please update git." % version) esrally.exceptions.SystemSetupError: ("Your git version is [['git version 1.8.3.1']] but Rally requires at least git 1.9. Please update git.", None) ]. Getting further help: * * * - Check the log files in /root/.rally/logs for errors. - Read the documentation at [https://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/0.10.1/](https://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/0.10.1/) - Ask a question on the forum at [https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elasticsearch/rally](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elasticsearch/rally) - Raise an issue at [https://github.com/elastic/rally/issues](https://github.com/elastic/rally/issues) and include the log files in /root/.rally/logs. * * * ## [INFO] FAILURE (took 26 seconds) [anuj@es-perf-01 benchmarks]$ git --version git version 1.9.5 [anuj@es-perf-01 benchmarks]$ ---
**Author:** ![dliappis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dliappis/32/56174_2.png) [@dliappis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dliappis)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/your-git-version-is-1-8-but-rally-requires-at-least-git-1-9/129315/2 "2018-04-24T14:08:24Z")
Hi @Anuj_Kulkarni, I notice that you are running `esrally` with sudo (there's no reason you should do that though), but you are checking the git version as the `anuj` user: ```auto [anuj@es-perf-01 benchmarks]$ git --version git version 1.9.5 ``` It's possible there's a different version of git in the path of the root user. This can be checked using: ```auto sudo su - git --version # check the path of git as root too which git ``` Or you could just try to start Rally with your own user. Regards, Dimitris ---
**Author:** ![Anuj\_Kulkarni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@Anuj\_Kulkarni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anuj_Kulkarni)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/your-git-version-is-1-8-but-rally-requires-at-least-git-1-9/129315/3 "2018-04-24T15:59:31Z")
> [@Anuj\_Kulkarni](#): > > esrally --distribution-version=6.0.0 --track=geopoint --challenge=append-fast-with-conflicts Hey thanks for the quick reply. I was able to confirm that git version as root user is again 1.9 [root@es-perf-01 ~]# git --version git version 1.9.5 And when I remove 'sudo' from the command, I get another error, which is similar to this - [Could not clone from 'https://github.com/elastic/rally-tracks'](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-clone-from-https-github-com-elastic-rally-tracks/64983). But as opposed to the OP of that post, I can git clone just fine. [anuj@es-perf-01 ~]$ esrally --distribution-version=6.0.0 --track=geopoint --challenge=append-fast-with-conflicts ``` ________ ``` / \_\_ \_\_\_\_ _/ / /_ \_\_ / /_/ / \_\_ `/ / / / / / / , / // / / / // / /_/ |_|\ __,_/_/_/\__ , / /\_\_\_\_/ [INFO] Writing logs to /home/anuj/.rally/logs/rally\_out\_20180424T154913Z.log fatal: destination path './/tracks/default' already exists and is not an empty directory. fatal: destination path './/tracks/default' already exists and is not an empty directory. [WARNING] Could not terminate all internal processes within timeout. Please check and force-terminate all Rally processes. [ERROR] Cannot race. Got an unexpected result during benchmarking: [Poison\<\\>: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/thespian/system/actorManager.py", line 155, in \_handleOneMessage actor\_result = self.actorInst.receiveMessage(msg, envelope.sender) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/thespian/actors.py", line 838, in receiveMessage r = getattr(klass, methodName)(self, message, sender) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 104, in receiveMsg\_Setup self.setup(msg, sender) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 185, in setup t = track.load\_track(self.cfg) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 65, in load\_track repo = track\_repo(cfg) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 135, in track\_repo return GitTrackRepository(cfg, fetch, update) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 170, in **init** self.repo = repo\_class(remote\_url, tracks\_dir, repo\_name, "tracks", offline, fetch) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/utils/repo.py", line 26, in **init** git.clone(src=self.repo\_dir, remote=self.url) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/utils/git.py", line 36, in clone raise exceptions.SupplyError("Could not clone from [%s] to [%s]" % (remote, src)) esrally.exceptions.SupplyError: ('Could not clone from [[GitHub - elastic/rally-tracks: Track specifications for the Elasticsearch benchmarking tool Rally](https://github.com/elastic/rally-tracks)] to [./\/tracks/default]', None) During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/thespian/system/actorManager.py", line 170, in \_handleOneMessage actor\_result = self.actorInst.receiveMessage(copy.deepcopy(msg), envelope.sender) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/thespian/actors.py", line 838, in receiveMessage r = getattr(klass, methodName)(self, message, sender) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 104, in receiveMsg\_Setup self.setup(msg, sender) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/racecontrol.py", line 185, in setup t = track.load\_track(self.cfg) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 65, in load\_track repo = track\_repo(cfg) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 135, in track\_repo return GitTrackRepository(cfg, fetch, update) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/track/loader.py", line 170, in **init** self.repo = repo\_class(remote\_url, tracks\_dir, repo\_name, "tracks", offline, fetch) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/utils/repo.py", line 26, in **init** git.clone(src=self.repo\_dir, remote=self.url) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/esrally/utils/git.py", line 36, in clone raise exceptions.SupplyError("Could not clone from [%s] to [%s]" % (remote, src)) esrally.exceptions.SupplyError: ('Could not clone from [[GitHub - elastic/rally-tracks: Track specifications for the Elasticsearch benchmarking tool Rally](https://github.com/elastic/rally-tracks)] to [./\/tracks/default]', None) ]. Getting further help: * * * - Check the log files in /home/anuj/.rally/logs for errors. - Read the documentation at [Rally 0.10.1 — Rally 0.10.1 documentation](https://esrally.readthedocs.io/en/0.10.1/) - Ask a question on the forum at [https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elasticsearch/rally](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/elasticsearch/rally) - Raise an issue at [GitHub · Where software is built](https://github.com/elastic/rally/issues) and include the log files in /home/anuj/.rally/logs. * * * ## [INFO] FAILURE (took 26 seconds) [anuj@es-perf-01 ~]$ git clone [GitHub - elastic/rally-tracks: Track specifications for the Elasticsearch benchmarking tool Rally](https://github.com/elastic/rally-tracks) ./\/tracks/default Cloning into './/tracks/default'... remote: Counting objects: 2737, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (161/161), done. remote: Total 2737 (delta 431), reused 569 (delta 371), pack-reused 2084 Receiving objects: 100% (2737/2737), 992.33 KiB | 315.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (1902/1902), done. Checking connectivity... done. [anuj@es-perf-01 ~]$ ---
**Author:** ![dliappis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dliappis/32/56174_2.png) [@dliappis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dliappis)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/your-git-version-is-1-8-but-rally-requires-at-least-git-1-9/129315/4 "2018-04-24T16:44:38Z")
Hello again, This is most certainly weird as Rally internally just invokes the `git` command for all those operations. Let's try to stick making Rally run as normal user (not root), as anyway Elasticsearch can not run as the `root` user. I see at the beginning of the run a fatal error: ```auto fatal: destination path './/tracks/default' already exists and is not an empty directory. fatal: destination path './/tracks/default' already exists and is not an empty directory. ``` The path looks strange as normally it'd be `~/.rally/benchmarks/tracks/default`. Could there be a wrong value for `root.dir` under `[node]` in `~/.rally/rally.ini`? To troubleshoot this cleanly, can you make a backup of your existing `~/.rally` directory, then delete it _entirely_ and start afresh with `esrally configure`, please? It's possible the tracks got checked out with root privileges when you were running Rally with sudo. I'd also appreciate the version of Rally (`esrally --version`) and which Linux distribution and version you are running. Regards, Dimitris ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/your-git-version-is-1-8-but-rally-requires-at-least-git-1-9/129315/5 "2018-05-22T16:44:39Z")
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