Elasticsearch can't startup for PID file is not readable

Troubleshooting

Problem

Elasticsearch service failed to start. The servicectl status output is:

$ systemctl status elasticsearch-for-lsf.service

● elasticsearch-for-lsf.service - Elasticsearch

Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/elasticsearch-for-lsf.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)

Active: failed (Result: resources) since Mon 2021-03-29 14:52:58 CEST; 13s ago

Docs: http://www.elastic.co

Process: 8692 ExecStart=/opt/ibm/elastic/elasticsearch/bin/eslauncher.sh -p ${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch-for-lsf.pid (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Process: 8686 ExecStartPre=/opt/ibm/elastic/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-systemd-pre-exec (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Mar 29 14:52:50 fr0bip47 systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch...

Mar 29 14:52:50 fr0bip47 systemd[1]: PID file /var/run/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-for-lsf.pid not readable (ye...start. Mar 29 14:52:58 fr0bip47 systemd[1]: elasticsearch-for-lsf.service never wrote its PID file. Failing.

Mar 29 14:52:58 fr0bip47 systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. Mar 29 14:52:58 fr0bip47 systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch-for-lsf.service entered failed state.

Mar 29 14:52:58 fr0bip47 systemd[1]: elasticsearch-for-lsf.service failed. Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

Document Location

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Document Information

More support for:
IBM Spectrum LSF Suite for Enterprise Plus

Software version:
All Version(s)

Document number:
6437455

Modified date:
29 March 2021

UID

ibm16437455

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