[2018-01-17T17:52:58,753][WARN ][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [cms-node1] 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:125) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.2.jar:6.1.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:112) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.2.jar:6.1.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.2.jar:6.1.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.1.2.jar:6.1.2] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.1.2.jar:6.1.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.2.jar:6.1.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:85) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.2.jar:6.1.2]Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:104) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.2.jar:6.1.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:171) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.2.jar:6.1.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:322) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.2.jar:6.1.2] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.2.jar:6.1.2] ... 6 more解决方案:因为安全问题elasticsearch 不让用root用户直接运行,所以要创建新用户建议创建一个单独的用户用来运行ElasticSearch创建elsearch用户组及elsearch用户groupadd elsearchuseradd elsearch -g elsearch -p elsearch