# Installing from source, Elasticsearch does not start **URL:** \ **Category:** Technical assistance\ **Created:** [January 18, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.zammad.org/t/installing-from-source-elasticsearch-does-not-start/10768 "2023-01-18T13:17:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mssm](https://community.zammad.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@mssm](https://community.zammad.org/u/mssm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.zammad.org/t/installing-from-source-elasticsearch-does-not-start/10768/1 "2023-01-18T13:17:40Z")
- Operating system: OpenSUSE TW ```auto # zypper repos --details |grep elast 4 | elasticsearch-7.x | Elasticsearch repository for 7.x packages | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/yum | # zypper info elasticsearch Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Information for package elasticsearch: -------------------------------------- Repository : Elasticsearch repository for 7.x packages Name : elasticsearch Version : 7.17.8-1 Arch : x86_64 Vendor : Elasticsearch Installed Size : 501.9 MiB Installed : Yes (automatically) Status : up-to-date Source package : elasticsearch-7.17.8-1. Upstream URL : https://www.elastic.co/ Summary : Distributed RESTful search engine built for the cloud Description : Reference documentation can be found at https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index.html and the 'Elasticsearch: The Definitive Guide' book can be found at https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/index.html ``` I followed [https://docs.zammad.org/en/latest/install/source.html](https://docs.zammad.org/en/latest/install/source.html) [https://docs.zammad.org/en/latest/install/elasticsearch.html](https://docs.zammad.org/en/latest/install/elasticsearch.html) Starting the elasticsearch on OpenSUSE fails: ```auto # systemctl start elasticsearch Job for elasticsearch.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status elasticsearch.service" and "journalctl -xeu elasticsearch.service" for details. # systemctl status elasticsearch.service × elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; disabled; preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2023-01-18 14:10:11 CET; 59s ago Docs: https://www.elastic.co Process: 12568 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/systemd-entrypoint -p ${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 12568 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) CPU: 4.168s Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:160) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:77) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:112) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:77) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:125) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:80) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Consumed 4.168s CPU time. # journalctl -xeu elasticsearch.service Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at java.base/java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newOutputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:484) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.newOutputStream(Files.java:228) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory$FSIndexOutput.(FSDirectory.java:410) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory$FSIndexOutput.(FSDirectory.java:406) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory.createOutput(FSDirectory.java:254) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.KeyStoreWrapper.save(KeyStoreWrapper.java:501) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.loadSecureSettings(Bootstrap.java:272) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.loadSecureSettings(Bootstrap.java:247) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:364) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:169) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:160) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:77) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:112) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:77) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:125) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[12568]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:80) Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE ░░ Subject: Unit process exited ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel ░░ ░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit elasticsearch.service has exited. ░░ ░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1. Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. ░░ Subject: Unit failed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel ░░ ░░ The unit elasticsearch.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'. Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. ░░ Subject: A start job for unit elasticsearch.service has failed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel ░░ ░░ A start job for unit elasticsearch.service has finished with a failure. ░░ ░░ The job identifier is 1153 and the job result is failed. Jan 18 14:10:11 zammad02 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Consumed 4.168s CPU time. ░░ Subject: Resources consumed by unit runtime ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel ░░ ░░ The unit elasticsearch.service completed and consumed the indicated resources. ``` ---
**Author:** ![MrGeneration](https://community.zammad.org/user_avatar/community.zammad.org/mrgeneration/32/9260_2.png) [@MrGeneration](https://community.zammad.org/u/MrGeneration)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 11:36am UTC](https://community.zammad.org/t/installing-from-source-elasticsearch-does-not-start/10768/2 "2023-01-30T11:36:18Z")
The elasticsearch logfile should contain more information on what exactly happened. Also the whole journalctl output should. With only a small portion of this output nobody will be able to help you with that issue. The logfile you’re searching lifes in `/var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.log` in default installations. ---
**Author:** ![mssm](https://community.zammad.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@mssm](https://community.zammad.org/u/mssm)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.zammad.org/t/installing-from-source-elasticsearch-does-not-start/10768/3 "2023-01-30T15:31:37Z")
That log file does not exist. I only found ```auto # ls -al /var/log/elasticsearch/ total 56 drwxr-s--- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 246 Jan 30 16:23 . drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1038 Jan 19 00:00 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 2800 Jan 30 16:23 gc.log -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 2125 Jan 18 12:02 gc.log.00 -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 2442 Jan 18 12:02 gc.log.01 -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 2125 Jan 18 12:02 gc.log.02 -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 2266 Jan 18 12:02 gc.log.03 -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 2100 Jan 18 12:54 gc.log.04 -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 2241 Jan 18 12:54 gc.log.05 -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 2125 Jan 18 14:09 gc.log.06 -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 2266 Jan 18 14:10 gc.log.07 -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 2125 Jan 18 14:10 gc.log.08 -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 2266 Jan 18 14:10 gc.log.09 -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 2125 Jan 18 15:36 gc.log.10 -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 2266 Jan 18 15:36 gc.log.11 -rw-r--r-- 1 elasticsearch elasticsearch 2125 Jan 30 16:23 gc.log.12 ``` In gc.log I can’t see any errors… But in `journalctl -xeu elasticsearch.service` I found: `Jan 30 16:25:56 zammad02 systemd-entrypoint[22353]: Exception in thread "main" org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: org.elasticsearch.cli.UserException: unable to create temporary keystore at [/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.keystore.tmp], write permissions required for [/etc/elasticsearch] or run>` Permissions: ```auto # ls -al /etc/elasticsearch/ total 44 drwxr-s--- 1 root elasticsearch 264 Jan 17 16:50 . drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3814 Jan 20 13:33 .. -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 1042 Dec 2 18:35 elasticsearch-plugins.example.yml -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 3431 Dec 2 18:35 elasticsearch.yml -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 3329 Dec 2 18:35 jvm.options drwxr-s--- 1 root elasticsearch 0 Dec 2 18:38 jvm.options.d -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 19304 Dec 2 18:35 log4j2.properties -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 473 Dec 2 18:35 role_mapping.yml -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 197 Dec 2 18:35 roles.yml -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 0 Dec 2 18:35 users -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 0 Dec 2 18:35 users_roles ``` ```auto # chmod -Rc g+w /etc/elasticsearch/ mode of '/etc/elasticsearch/' changed from 2750 (rwxr-s---) to 2770 (rwxrws---) mode of '/etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options.d' changed from 2750 (rwxr-s---) to 2770 (rwxrws---) ``` Now Elasticsearch is up and running. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.zammad.org/uploads/default/original/1X/5c5afaea2d23f811dbec33cd4edb02fa29d3262f.png) [@system](https://community.zammad.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.zammad.org/t/installing-from-source-elasticsearch-does-not-start/10768/4 "2023-05-30T15:32:12Z")
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