Cant get SonarQubw service up (centos vm)

guy2 · February 10, 2021, 7:47pm

This is the issue, I want to upgrade version (from 8.4 to 8.6) and also license from developer to enterprise
So I took the vm down … made a clone so I can play with the clone first

Didn’t do any change – just saw that UI is not coming up, shout the clone
Got the original up again, test connectivity to DNS server, all is good
Performed ./sonar start

Still nothing no UI…

This is sonar.log:

2021.02.10 10:34:53 INFO  app[][o.s.a.AppFileSystem] Cleaning or creating temp directory /usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/temp
2021.02.10 10:34:53 INFO  app[][o.s.a.es.EsSettings] Elasticsearch listening on /127.0.0.1:9001
2021.02.10 10:34:53 INFO  app[][o.s.a.ProcessLauncherImpl] Launch process[[key='es', ipcIndex=1, logFilenamePrefix=es]] from [/usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/elasticsearch]: /usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch
2021.02.10 10:34:53 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Waiting for Elasticsearch to be up and running
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
2021.02.10 10:34:54 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] no modules loaded
2021.02.10 10:34:54 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded plugin [org.elasticsearch.transport.Netty4Plugin]
2021.02.10 10:35:01 WARN  app[][o.s.a.p.AbstractManagedProcess] Process exited with exit value [es]: 1
2021.02.10 10:35:01 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process[es] is stopped
2021.02.10 10:35:01 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] SonarQube is stopped

Colin · February 10, 2021, 7:50pm

Hey there. Welcome to the community!

This line tells us we should go looking in es.log for the error.

guy2 · February 10, 2021, 7:54pm

2021.02.10 09:31:39 INFO  es[][o.e.n.Node] stopping ...
2021.02.10 09:31:39 INFO  es[][o.e.n.Node] stopped
2021.02.10 09:31:39 INFO  es[][o.e.n.Node] closing ...
2021.02.10 09:31:39 INFO  es[][o.e.n.Node] closed
2021.02.10 10:11:55 ERROR es[][o.e.b.Bootstrap] Exception
java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:103) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) [elasticsearch-cli-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) [elasticsearch-cli-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:116) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
2021.02.10 10:11:55 WARN  es[][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:163) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:116) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:103) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        ... 6 more
2021.02.10 10:35:01 ERROR es[][o.e.b.Bootstrap] Exception
java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:103) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) [elasticsearch-cli-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) [elasticsearch-cli-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:116) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
2021.02.10 10:35:01 WARN  es[][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:163) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:116) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:103) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        ... 6 more
2021.02.10 12:08:15 ERROR es[][o.e.b.Bootstrap] Exception
java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:103) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) [elasticsearch-cli-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) [elasticsearch-cli-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:116) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) [elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
2021.02.10 12:08:15 WARN  es[][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:163) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:150) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:116) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:103) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:159) ~[elasticsearch-6.8.4.jar:6.8.4]
        ... 6 more

Colin · February 10, 2021, 7:56pm

And there it is SonarQube cannot run as root (because Elasticsearch cannot run as root).

You should start the service as… not root, or change the RUN_AS_USER in the conf/wrapper.conf file

guy2 · February 10, 2021, 8:05pm

i ran it from a regular user now, still nothing, didnt see a run as user var in the config (also says inside not to edit),
this is sonar.log now:

--> Wrapper Started as Daemon
Launching a JVM...
Wrapper (Version 3.2.3) http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org
  Copyright 1999-2006 Tanuki Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

2020.11.19 08:38:44 INFO  app[][o.s.a.AppFileSystem] Cleaning or creating temp directory /usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/temp
2020.11.19 08:38:44 INFO  app[][o.s.a.es.EsSettings] Elasticsearch listening on /127.0.0.1:9001
2020.11.19 08:38:44 INFO  app[][o.s.a.ProcessLauncherImpl] Launch process[[key='es', ipcIndex=1, logFilenamePrefix=es]] from [/usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/elasticsearch]: /usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch
2020.11.19 08:38:45 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Waiting for Elasticsearch to be up and running
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
2020.11.19 08:38:45 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] no modules loaded
2020.11.19 08:38:45 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded plugin [org.elasticsearch.transport.Netty4Plugin]
2020.11.19 08:39:00 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process[es] is up
2020.11.19 08:39:00 INFO  app[][o.s.a.ProcessLauncherImpl] Launch process[[key='web', ipcIndex=2, logFilenamePrefix=web]] from [/usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646]: /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11.0.7.10-4.el7_8.x86_64/bin/java -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.io.tmpdir=/usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/temp -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.rmi/sun.rmi.transport=ALL-UNNAMED -Xmx512m -Xms128m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dhttp.nonProxyHosts=localhost|127.*|[::1] -cp ./lib/common/*:/usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/lib/jdbc/postgresql/postgresql-42.2.14.jar org.sonar.server.app.WebServer /usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/temp/sq-process99858431836291274properties
2020.11.19 08:39:36 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process[web] is up
2020.11.19 08:39:36 INFO  app[][o.s.a.ProcessLauncherImpl] Launch process[[key='ce', ipcIndex=3, logFilenamePrefix=ce]] from [/usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646]: /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11.0.7.10-4.el7_8.x86_64/bin/java -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djava.io.tmpdir=/usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/temp -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED -Xmx512m -Xms128m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dhttp.nonProxyHosts=localhost|127.*|[::1] -cp ./lib/common/*:/usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/lib/jdbc/postgresql/postgresql-42.2.14.jar org.sonar.ce.app.CeServer /usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/temp/sq-process2952422362739705647properties
2020.11.19 08:39:48 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process[ce] is up
2020.11.19 08:39:48 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] SonarQube is up
TERM trapped.  Shutting down.
2021.02.10 09:31:39 WARN  app[][o.s.a.p.AbstractManagedProcess] Process exited with exit value [ce]: 143
2021.02.10 09:31:39 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process[ce] is stopped
2021.02.10 09:31:39 WARN  app[][o.s.a.p.AbstractManagedProcess] Process exited with exit value [web]: 129
2021.02.10 09:31:39 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process[web] is stopped
2021.02.10 09:31:39 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process[es] is stopped
2021.02.10 09:31:39 WARN  app[][o.s.a.p.AbstractManagedProcess] Process exited with exit value [es]: 143
2021.02.10 09:31:39 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] SonarQube is stopped
<-- Wrapper Stopped
--> Wrapper Started as Daemon
Launching a JVM...
Wrapper (Version 3.2.3) http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org
  Copyright 1999-2006 Tanuki Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

2021.02.10 10:11:48 INFO  app[][o.s.a.AppFileSystem] Cleaning or creating temp directory /usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/temp
2021.02.10 10:11:48 INFO  app[][o.s.a.es.EsSettings] Elasticsearch listening on /127.0.0.1:9001
2021.02.10 10:11:48 INFO  app[][o.s.a.ProcessLauncherImpl] Launch process[[key='es', ipcIndex=1, logFilenamePrefix=es]] from [/usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/elasticsearch]: /usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch
2021.02.10 10:11:48 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Waiting for Elasticsearch to be up and running
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
2021.02.10 10:11:48 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] no modules loaded
2021.02.10 10:11:48 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded plugin [org.elasticsearch.transport.Netty4Plugin]
2021.02.10 10:11:55 WARN  app[][o.s.a.p.AbstractManagedProcess] Process exited with exit value [es]: 1
2021.02.10 10:11:55 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process[es] is stopped
2021.02.10 10:11:55 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] SonarQube is stopped
<-- Wrapper Stopped
--> Wrapper Started as Daemon
Launching a JVM...
Wrapper (Version 3.2.3) http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org
  Copyright 1999-2006 Tanuki Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

2021.02.10 10:34:53 INFO  app[][o.s.a.AppFileSystem] Cleaning or creating temp directory /usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/temp
2021.02.10 10:34:53 INFO  app[][o.s.a.es.EsSettings] Elasticsearch listening on /127.0.0.1:9001
2021.02.10 10:34:53 INFO  app[][o.s.a.ProcessLauncherImpl] Launch process[[key='es', ipcIndex=1, logFilenamePrefix=es]] from [/usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/elasticsearch]: /usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch
2021.02.10 10:34:53 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Waiting for Elasticsearch to be up and running
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
2021.02.10 10:34:54 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] no modules loaded
2021.02.10 10:34:54 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded plugin [org.elasticsearch.transport.Netty4Plugin]
2021.02.10 10:35:01 WARN  app[][o.s.a.p.AbstractManagedProcess] Process exited with exit value [es]: 1
2021.02.10 10:35:01 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process[es] is stopped
2021.02.10 10:35:01 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] SonarQube is stopped
<-- Wrapper Stopped
--> Wrapper Started as Daemon
Launching a JVM...
Wrapper (Version 3.2.3) http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org
  Copyright 1999-2006 Tanuki Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

2021.02.10 12:08:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.AppFileSystem] Cleaning or creating temp directory /usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/temp
2021.02.10 12:08:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.es.EsSettings] Elasticsearch listening on /127.0.0.1:9001
2021.02.10 12:08:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.ProcessLauncherImpl] Launch process[[key='es', ipcIndex=1, logFilenamePrefix=es]] from [/usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/elasticsearch]: /usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch
2021.02.10 12:08:08 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Waiting for Elasticsearch to be up and running
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
2021.02.10 12:08:08 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] no modules loaded
2021.02.10 12:08:08 INFO  app[][o.e.p.PluginsService] loaded plugin [org.elasticsearch.transport.Netty4Plugin]
2021.02.10 12:08:15 WARN  app[][o.s.a.p.AbstractManagedProcess] Process exited with exit value [es]: 1
2021.02.10 12:08:15 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process[es] is stopped
2021.02.10 12:08:15 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] SonarQube is stopped
<-- Wrapper Stopped
--> Wrapper Started as Daemon
Launching a JVM...
Wrapper (Version 3.2.3) http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org
  Copyright 1999-2006 Tanuki Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

2021.02.10 14:59:01 INFO  app[][o.s.a.AppFileSystem] Cleaning or creating temp directory /usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/temp
2021.02.10 14:59:01 INFO  app[][o.s.a.es.EsSettings] Elasticsearch listening on /127.0.0.1:9001
2021.02.10 14:59:01 ERROR app[][o.s.a.p.ManagedProcessHandler] Fail to launch process [es]
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot write Elasticsearch yml settings file
        at org.sonar.application.es.EsYmlSettings.writeToYmlSettingsFile(EsYmlSettings.java:53)
        at org.sonar.application.ProcessLauncherImpl.writeConfFiles(ProcessLauncherImpl.java:152)
        at org.sonar.application.ProcessLauncherImpl.launch(ProcessLauncherImpl.java:84)
        at org.sonar.application.SchedulerImpl.lambda$tryToStartProcess$2(SchedulerImpl.java:196)
        at org.sonar.application.process.ManagedProcessHandler.start(ManagedProcessHandler.java:73)
        at org.sonar.application.SchedulerImpl.tryToStartProcess(SchedulerImpl.java:194)
        at org.sonar.application.SchedulerImpl.tryToStartEs(SchedulerImpl.java:146)
        at org.sonar.application.SchedulerImpl.tryToStartAll(SchedulerImpl.java:138)
        at org.sonar.application.SchedulerImpl.schedule(SchedulerImpl.java:112)
        at org.sonar.application.App.start(App.java:69)
        at org.sonar.application.App.main(App.java:98)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
        at org.tanukisoftware.wrapper.WrapperSimpleApp.run(WrapperSimpleApp.java:240)
        at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /usr/sonarqube-8.4.1.35646/temp/conf/es/elasticsearch.yml
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:90)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116)
        at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:219)
        at java.base/java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newOutputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:478)
        at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.newOutputStream(Files.java:219)
        at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.write(Files.java:3424)
        at org.sonar.application.es.EsYmlSettings.writeToYmlSettingsFile(EsYmlSettings.java:51)
        ... 16 common frames omitted
2021.02.10 14:59:01 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Process[es] is stopped
2021.02.10 14:59:01 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] Waiting for Elasticsearch to be up and running
2021.02.10 14:59:01 INFO  app[][o.s.a.SchedulerImpl] SonarQube is stopped
<-- Wrapper Stopped

Colin · February 10, 2021, 8:14pm

My bad. It’s in the ./sonar.sh file.

You probably need to run a chown -R on the SonarQube install directory to make sure the user starting SonarQube has full read/write access to the directory. For example:

chown -R sonarqube:sonarqube /home/sonarqube

I’m also assuming you haven’t made any changes to where SonarQube stores files (sonar.path.data and sonar.path.temp in your conf/sonar.properties filie. In the odd case that you have, you can apply the same logic: the user running SonarQube should be able to read/write to these directories/files, preferably own them.

guy2 · February 10, 2021, 8:16pm

no changes were made, the vm was down - i was simply trying to get it back up! let me try and see all your suggestions!

guy2 · February 10, 2021, 8:24pm

this worked! (the Chown)! thank you so much!!

I do have another question! do you have info about upgrades of versions and from on license level to another? (regular install not docker)

Colin · February 10, 2021, 8:26pm

The Upgrade Guide and Upgrade Notes are the best resource available. Changing Edition is as easy as making sure you’ve downloaded the right one (and otherwise treating it as a normal upgrade, just with a license to apply when you’re up and going).

guy2 · February 11, 2021, 3:22pm

fast question, i want to install the latest version on centos (regular zip install)
im using : wget https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonarqube/sonarqube-8.6.1.zip
and getting:
–2021-02-11 10:18:24-- https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonarqube/sonarqube-8.6.1.zip
Resolving binaries.sonarsource.com (binaries.sonarsource.com)… 91.134.125.245
Connecting to binaries.sonarsource.com (binaries.sonarsource.com)|91.134.125.245|:443… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 404 Not Found
2021-02-11 10:18:25 ERROR 404: Not Found.

Colin · February 11, 2021, 3:30pm

Well that link just… doesn’t exist.

You’re probably looking for https://binaries.sonarsource.com/CommercialDistribution/sonarqube-enterprise/sonarqube-enterprise-8.6.1.40680.zip

guy2 · February 11, 2021, 4:26pm

thank you ! it worked, but i do face 2 difficulties
1- after the upgrade i go to marketplace and find NON of the former plugins i had installed in the old version

2 new licence is taking in account old license LOC count so i got a drop of 470K from 1 Mil i got with the new licence

can you advise on both issues?

Colin · February 11, 2021, 5:02pm

https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarqube-v8-5-and-beyond-where-did-all-the-plugins-go/32792/2

I’m not sure. I quite understand your issue. A license defines the max LoC on your instance. It does not, for example, add 1 Million LoC, 1 Million LoC is just your new upper limit.