Permissions on the log directory /var/log/elasticsearch look okay: drwxr-xr-x 2 elasticsearch elasticsearch 4096 Aug 19 12:50 elasticsearch
Jim On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 12:41:42 UTC+1, Jörg Prante wrote: > > Check if the file permissions are set correctly. If logging system > complains, it can not access files. > > Jörg > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Jim Adamson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hello again Jörg, >> >> I had a look at this and contrary to what I said in my previous >> message /etc/init.d/elasticsearch *is* configured to run ES as an >> unprivileged user: >> >> ES_USER=elasticsearch >> ES_GROUP=elasticsearch >> >> That user exists and is a member of that group. >> >> Any further suggestions? >> >> thanks, >> Jim >> >> On Friday, 8 August 2014 17:38:03 UTC+1, Jim Adamson wrote: >>> >>> Hello Jörg! >>> >>> Thanks for the reply. I was indeed trying to start ES as superuser. I >>> will try this in a week or so as I am off on leave at the moment. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> On Friday, 8 August 2014 08:37:41 UTC+1, Jörg Prante wrote: >>>> >>>> I do not use deb or rpm, but I remember this is an issue when running >>>> ES under superuser privilege. >>>> >>>> ES should never (never) run as root, instead a user with minimal >>>> privilege should be created. >>>> >>>> Jörg >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:21 AM, Mark Walkom <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I just tested this and didn't run into the same problem. >>>>> >>>>> Have you changed something locally around your environment variables, >>>>> or in the service defaults? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Mark Walkom >>>>> >>>>> Infrastructure Engineer >>>>> Campaign Monitor >>>>> email: [email protected] >>>>> web: www.campaignmonitor.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 8 August 2014 00:34, Jim Adamson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I am having a problem running elasticsearch-0.90.11.deb on Ubuntu >>>>>> 12.04.4 LTS (VMWare VM, Intel Xeon @ 2.3Ghz, 2GB RAM). The problem >>>>>> occurs >>>>>> after I run `/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start`. Although ES appears to >>>>>> start >>>>>> successfully, grepping for the process shows it is not running. >>>>>> >>>>>> Issuing the following: >>>>>> >>>>>> cd /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin >>>>>> ./elasticsearch -f >>>>>> >>>>>> ...gives: >>>>>> >>>>>> log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (node). >>>>>> log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. >>>>>> log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig >>>>>> for more info. >>>>>> >>>>>> With help from a developer colleague I have managed to get it to run >>>>>> by adding a suitable log4j.properties file to >>>>>> /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin, >>>>>> cd-ing to that directory and running `./elasticsearch -f >>>>>> -Dlog4j.configuration=./log4j.properties`. However, I'm not sure why >>>>>> this would have been required in the first place and feel there must be >>>>>> something misconfigured that's resulting in the init.d script failing to >>>>>> start ES. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have tried adding the following to >>>>>> /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml >>>>>> but it doesn't make a difference: >>>>>> >>>>>> path.conf: /etc/elasticsearch >>>>>> path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch >>>>>> path.work: /tmp/elasticsearch >>>>>> path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch >>>>>> >>>>>> ES is one of the dependencies for some software we are running called >>>>>> atom, which only support ES < v1. The install instructions are available >>>>>> at >>>>>> https://www.accesstomemory.org/en/docs/2.0/admin-manual/ >>>>>> installation/linux/#installation-linux. >>>>>> >>>>>> The version of Java is Oracle’s JVM distributed by Web Upd8: >>>>>> >>>>>> java -version >>>>>> java version "1.8.0_11" >>>>>> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_11-b12) >>>>>> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.11-b03, mixed mode) >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for any help you can provide. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jim >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "elasticsearch" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>>>>> msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45% >>>>>> 40googlegroups.com >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7a29f981-232b-43c9-a60d-7306d1bfdf45%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "elasticsearch" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>>>> msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq >>>>> 6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624YoNaXtdwCJXvxMcHRSWunaq6V7DtFks3Y%2BoYfQWEpLBQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "elasticsearch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c48aaf92-0592-4987-8e51-cca65e7c354a%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c48aaf92-0592-4987-8e51-cca65e7c354a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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