* Jamie Norrish: >> > It doesn't appear that /etc/init.d/elasticsearch works, however. >> What init system do you have? SysV? systemd? > systemd. Sorry for not specifying that before.
I ended up with systemd at some point, too. And I still have no idea how to debug daemon startup problems. :-( >> # invoke-rc.d elasticsearch status > ● elasticsearch.service - LSB: Starts elasticsearch > Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/elasticsearch) > Active: active (exited) since Thu 2014-11-06 07:44:19 NZDT; 4h 15min > ago > Process: 8487 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/elasticsearch stop (code=exited, > status=0/SUCCESS) > Process: 8521 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/elasticsearch start (code=exited, > status=0/SUCCESS) Here it looks like this: ,---- | ● elasticsearch.service - LSB: Starts elasticsearch | Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/elasticsearch) | Active: active (running) since Tue 2014-11-04 16:54:11 CET; 1 day 7h ago | CGroup: /system.slice/elasticsearch.service | └─31692 /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64//bin/java -Xms256m -Xmx1... | | Nov 04 16:54:11 ataraxia elasticsearch[31671]: Starting Elasticsearch Server:. | Nov 04 16:54:11 ataraxia systemd[1]: Started LSB: Starts elasticsearch. `---- Cheers, -Hilko __ This is the maintainer address of Debian's Java team <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-java-maintainers>. Please use debian-j...@lists.debian.org for discussions and questions.