elasticsearch Active: failed (Result: exit-code)

Question

[root@66-226-73-146 elasticsearch]# sudo service elasticsearch restart
Restarting elasticsearch (via systemctl):                  [  OK  ]
[root@66-226-73-146 elasticsearch]# sudo service elasticsearch status
? elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2017-12-12 13:16:29 PST; 28s ago
     Docs: http://www.elastic.co
  Process: 22572 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -p ${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  Main PID: 22572 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Dec 12 13:16:29 66-226-73-146.phx.dedicated.codero.com systemd[1]: Started El...
Dec 12 13:16:29 66-226-73-146.phx.dedicated.codero.com systemd[1]: Starting E...
Dec 12 13:16:29 66-226-73-146.phx.dedicated.codero.com elasticsearch[22572]: ...
Dec 12 13:16:29 66-226-73-146.phx.dedicated.codero.com systemd[1]: elasticsea...
Dec 12 13:16:29 66-226-73-146.phx.dedicated.codero.com systemd[1]: Unit elast...
Dec 12 13:16:29 66-226-73-146.phx.dedicated.codero.com systemd[1]: elasticsea...
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Can someone please guide me how to fix this error?

here is server info

[root@66-226-73-146 elasticsearch]# hostnamectl
   Static hostname: 66-226-73-146.phx.dedicated.codero.com
         Icon name: computer-desktop
           Chassis: desktop
        Machine ID: 082d95d159ce47ccb4b529d1e5e986bd
           Boot ID: eb3d64e59d834417924b915cb094f30b
  Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
       CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7
            Kernel: Linux 3.10.0-514.16.1.el7.x86_64
      Architecture: x86-64

Linux version 3.10.0-514.16.1.el7.x86_64 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-11) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Wed Apr 12 15:04:24 UTC 2017`

Answer 1

Looks like you didn't install Java?

Elasticsearch quitely assumes that you have Java installed. If you make sure that java command is working on your system then you are likely to make it work.

Answer 2

• Assuming you followed Install Elasticsearch with RPM | Elasticsearch Reference, which Java 8 distribution did you install? Oracle or OpenJDK?
• To Configuring logging levels - Logging configuration | Elasticsearch Reference.
• As alternative, you can Install Elasticsearch with Docker | Elasticsearch Reference