Unable to install/start elastic search on local server

[dojutsu-user]

Docs Link - https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/custom_installs/elasticsearch.html

These are the outputs of commands that i tried to run

$ java -version
openjdk version "10.0.2" 2018-07-17
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 10.0.2+13-Ubuntu-1ubuntu0.18.04.4)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 10.0.2+13-Ubuntu-1ubuntu0.18.04.4, mixed mode)

$ sudo apt install ./elasticsearch-1.3.8.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'elasticsearch' instead of './elasticsearch-1.3.8.deb'
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  elasticsearch
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 94 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/27.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 30.9 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 /home/pikachu/Downloads/elasticsearch-1.3.8.deb elasticsearch all 1.3.8 [27.0 MB]
Selecting previously unselected package elasticsearch.
(Reading database ... 209267 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../elasticsearch-1.3.8.deb ...
Unpacking elasticsearch (1.3.8) ...
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/var/lib/elasticsearch': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/lib/systemd/system': Directory not empty
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ...
Setting up elasticsearch (1.3.8) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/elasticsearch ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/default/elasticsearch ...

Configuration file '/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml'
 ==> Deleted (by you or by a script) since installation.
 ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
   What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
    Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
    N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
      D     : show the differences between the versions
      Z     : start a shell to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.
*** elasticsearch.yml (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? 
Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.9) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ...

$ /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin -install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-analysis-icu/2.3.0
-> Installing elasticsearch/elasticsearch-analysis-icu/2.3.0...
Trying http://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-analysis-icu/elasticsearch-analysis-icu-2.3.0.zip...
Downloading ...........DONE
Installed elasticsearch/elasticsearch-analysis-icu/2.3.0 into /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/analysis-icu

$ ps -p 1
  PID TTY          TIME CMD
    1 ?        00:00:08 systemd

$ sudo /bin/systemctl daemon-reload
$ sudo /bin/systemctl enable elasticsearch.service
Synchronizing state of elasticsearch.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable elasticsearch
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/elasticsearch.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service.

$ sudo systemctl start elasticsearch.service

$ curl http://localhost:9200
curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 9200: Connection refused

$ sudo service elasticsearch status
● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2018-12-14 15:58:19 IST; 17s ago
     Docs: http://www.elastic.co
  Process: 9381 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -p ${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=exited, stat
 Main PID: 9381 (code=exited, status=2)

Dec 14 15:58:19 amaterasu systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch.
Dec 14 15:58:19 amaterasu elasticsearch[9381]: /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch: 168: shift: can't shift that many
Dec 14 15:58:19 amaterasu systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Dec 14 15:58:19 amaterasu systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
...skipping...
● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2018-12-14 15:58:19 IST; 17s ago
     Docs: http://www.elastic.co
  Process: 9381 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -p ${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=exited, stat
 Main PID: 9381 (code=exited, status=2)

Dec 14 15:58:19 amaterasu systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch.
Dec 14 15:58:19 amaterasu elasticsearch[9381]: /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch: 168: shift: can't shift that many
Dec 14 15:58:19 amaterasu systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Dec 14 15:58:19 amaterasu systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

[stsewd]

I was having the same problem when installing on travis #4919 (comment), I guess it's because of the java version

[dojutsu-user]

I tried downgrading.

$ java -version
openjdk version "1.7.0_191"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Zulu 7.24.0.1-linux64) (build 1.7.0_191-b08)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Zulu 7.24.0.1-linux64) (build 24.191-b08, mixed mode)

But still the same problem.
But ES6 works fine.

Is there any solution?

[stsewd]

You can use docker

[dojutsu-user]

Thanks.
That was a nice idea.
Eventually, I have to create my own Dockerfile because the one on the docker hub doesn't come with elasticsearch-analysis-icu:2.3.0. And so the command python manage.py provision_elasticsearch thorws an error.

Anyone struggling with this issue, here's the content of the dockerfile

FROM elasticsearch:1.3.8
RUN /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin -install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-analysis-icu/2.3.0

@stsewd is there a need to document this?

[stsewd]

Not sure, I know that we suggest to use docker in the ES update #4722

[dojutsu-user]

RTD now has latest version of ES 🎉
This can be closed.

[humitos]

These docs cover the search setup: https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/development/search.html