Elasticsearch: Cannot start Elasticsearch as a Windows service

[ericferon]

Elasticsearch version: 5.0.2

Plugins installed: []

JVM version: 1.8.0_112

OS version: Windows

Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior:
The service has been installed on Windows successfully. But when starting it, there is a message from Windows that it cannot be started

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install Elasticsearch 5.0.2 with JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre8"
2. Run elasticsearch-service.bat install
3. In Windows services, start the Elasticsearch service

Provide logs (if relevant):
[2016-12-01 17:41:27] [info] [ 9068] Commons Daemon procrun (1.0.15.0 32-bit) started
[2016-12-01 17:41:28] [info] [ 9068] Running 'elasticsearch-service-x86' Service...
[2016-12-01 17:41:28] [info] [13124] Starting service...
[2016-12-01 17:41:28] [error] [13124] Missing service ImageFile
[2016-12-01 17:41:28] [error] [13124] The system cannot find the file specified.
[2016-12-01 17:41:28] [error] [13124] ServiceStart returned 1
[2016-12-01 17:41:28] [error] [13124] The system cannot find the file specified.
[2016-12-01 17:41:28] [info] [ 9068] Run service finished.
[2016-12-01 17:41:28] [info] [ 9068] Commons Daemon procrun finished

[tlrx]

Can you please specify the OS version?

[ericferon]

I’m testing Elasticsearch on my Windows10 PC.
Best regards,
Eric Feron

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Can you please specify the OS version?

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[AMarthaller]

Did you set the thread stack size? I ran into something similar a couple weeks ago and found a couple relevant threads on needing to set -Xss1m in the java options (on Windows).

https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/20899
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/18317

[jasontedor]

@AMarthaller We fail the service installation (with a message) if the thread stack size is not set.

[ericferon]

Yes, I set the –Xss1m in jvm.options.
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Did you set the thread stack size? I ran into something similar a couple weeks ago and found a couple relevant threads on needing to set -Xss1m in the java options (on Windows).

20899https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_elastic_elasticsearch_issues_20899&d=DgMFaQ&c=oYSInPoxeTs4m10ilnGu9Q&r=JMNQtDruu6IrrI-En5T_uWb59nHGif3Zm75ZhJJcx4A&m=cucdoPrtSnzEYERipcPReW-19bnus7SARAf9mxclNzk&s=0J2CW_-xKPaf-6qlxSTMKS-YtWIGe_KYeYM2djn0tYQ&e=

18317https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_elastic_elasticsearch_issues_18317&d=DgMFaQ&c=oYSInPoxeTs4m10ilnGu9Q&r=JMNQtDruu6IrrI-En5T_uWb59nHGif3Zm75ZhJJcx4A&m=cucdoPrtSnzEYERipcPReW-19bnus7SARAf9mxclNzk&s=QjETfgrnxqP5yIJMTVO7K3EFNaPJYwEMlMsk6wpoLBg&e=

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[trevorndodds]

Try adding JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre8" as a SYSTEM variable.

[ericferon]

It was already added.
Best regards,

[asolopovas]

+1 Same other here on Windows 10
The Elasticsearch 5.0.2 (elasticsearch-service-x64) service terminated with the following service-specific error:
Incorrect function.

[cherguii]

thank you

[cherguii]

It was already added for me to
Big thanks

[joseph-kaainoa]

I had the exact same thing happen, I had to look at the elasticsearch-stderr log which had a problem loading the node.name in my case, I didn't have a space before the value, so it didn't like that. After I added the space, everything worked as expected.

[soumendrak]

For me, it got fixed after adding JAVA_HOME as a system variable.

[jasontedor]

I think this is fixed in recent versions of Elasticsearch. Please upgrade and if the issue persists, we can reopen this issue.

[antonkrugerTA]

Ensure you have the latest java RTL installed

[AlpNek]

@jasontedor

I think this is fixed in recent versions of Elasticsearch.

Which version of Elasticsearch was it fixed in? Thanks!

[akifshaikh73]

6.4.1 works well. Check your log files - under the logs directory. In my case even though I had the JAVA_HOME defined , it said it wasn't able to find JRE. Turned out it was in the User variables , moved it to System Environment variables and it works fine.

[taku333]

Thanks!!
It was the same in Elasticsearch 7.0 (alpha 1)

I moved after describing JAVA_HOME in the system environment variable
Also, in the log, "Failed creating Java% JAVA_HOME% \ jre \ bin \ server \ jvm.dll" was written

[glucaci]

I have the same problem with version 6.6.1-oss installed from .zip on Windows Server 2016 Datacenter 10.0.14393 / 56GB RAM

JAVA_HOME is set as System Variable

elasticsearch-service.bat install

Installing service      :  "elasticsearch-service-x64"
Using JAVA_HOME (64-bit):  "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-11.0.2"
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC;-XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75;-XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly;-XX:+AlwaysPreTouch;-server;-Xss1m;-Djava.awt.headless=true;-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8;-Djna.nosys=true;-Djdk.io.permissionsUseCanonicalPath=true;-Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true;-Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true;-Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0;-Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false;-Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true;-Dlog4j.skipJansi=true;-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError;-Xmx14336m;-Xms14336m
The service 'elasticsearch-service-x64' has been installed.

Logs after elasticsearch-service.bat start

[2019-02-22 21:10:10] [info]  [21880] Commons Daemon procrun (1.1.0.0 64-bit) started
[2019-02-22 21:10:10] [info]  [21880] Running 'elasticsearch-service-x64' Service...
[2019-02-22 21:10:10] [info]  [19200] Starting service...
[2019-02-22 21:10:10] [error] [13880] CreateJavaVM Failed
[2019-02-22 21:10:10] [error] [13880] The system cannot find the file specified.
[2019-02-22 21:10:10] [error] [19200] Failed to start Java
[2019-02-22 21:10:10] [error] [19200] ServiceStart returned 4
[2019-02-22 21:10:10] [info]  [21880] Run service finished.
[2019-02-22 21:10:10] [info]  [21880] Commons Daemon procrun finished

Stderr and stdout has no aditional information.

Java options from elasticsearch-service.bat manager

-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC
-XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75
-XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly
-XX:+AlwaysPreTouch
-server
-Xss1m
-Djava.awt.headless=true
-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
-Djna.nosys=true
-Djdk.io.permissionsUseCanonicalPath=true
-Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true
-Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true
-Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0
-Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false
-Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true
-Dlog4j.skipJansi=true
-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
-Xmx14336m
-Xms14336m
-Delasticsearch
-Des.path.home=c:\elasticsearch-6.6.1
-Des.path.conf=E:\ElasticConfig
-Des.distribution.flavor=oss
-Des.distribution.type=zip

If i start bin\elasticsearch.bat from comand line is working.
Before I installed the full version (6.6.1) also from .zip and had no problem.

[dasani08]

6.4.1 works well. Check your log files - under the logs directory. In my case even though I had the JAVA_HOME defined , it said it wasn't able to find JRE. Turned out it was in the User variables , moved it to System Environment variables and it works fine.

JAVA_HOME should be a system variable. Thanks

[HarelM]

I just encountered it on windows server 2012 when trying to start the service, should I open another issue?