FS#56399 - [elasticsearch] 6.0.0-1 Unable to create log file
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Opened by Reed Law (reedlaw) - Tuesday, 21 November 2017, 16:50 GMT
Last edited by Massimiliano Torromeo (mtorromeo) - Thursday, 23 November 2017, 16:52 GMT
Opened by Reed Law (reedlaw) - Tuesday, 21 November 2017, 16:50 GMT
Last edited by Massimiliano Torromeo (mtorromeo) - Thursday, 23 November 2017, 16:52 GMT
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Description:
After running "systemctl start elasticsearch", elasticsearch fails to start. "journalctl -xe" reveals this error: 2017-11-21 08:28:38,101 main ERROR Unable to create file /usr/share/elasticsearch/logs/elasticsearch.log java.io.IOException: Could not create directory /usr/share/elasticsearch/logs Additional info: The issue is resolved by changing "/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml" to specify log and data paths as follows: # ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------ # # Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma): # path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch # # Path to log files: # path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch The directory, /usr/share/elasticsearch/logs, is not created by the package installer, but /var/log/elasticsearch is. Steps to reproduce: 1. Install "elasticsearch" 2. Run "systemctl start elasticsearch" 3. Elasticsearch fails to start |
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Closed by Massimiliano Torromeo (mtorromeo)
Thursday, 23 November 2017, 16:52 GMT
Reason for closing: Duplicate
Thursday, 23 November 2017, 16:52 GMT
Reason for closing: Duplicate
Comment by Christian (close2) -
Thursday, 23 November 2017, 10:56 GMT
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) -
Thursday, 23 November 2017, 15:20 GMT
Comment by
Massimiliano Torromeo (mtorromeo) -
Thursday, 23 November 2017, 16:52 GMT
Duplicate of #56393
I don't think so. Errors are different.
It is a duplicate. The error log was not reported in #56393 but
it's the same issue