Just to say it's all working now :) The problem was a directive that was missing a space after the colon:
*script.disable_dynamic:true* Jim On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 12:53:05 UTC+1, Jim Adamson wrote: > > 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]> 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]. >>> 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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