# not able to start elasticsearch after installing search guard plugin **URL:** \ **Category:** Search Guard\ **Created:** [June 29, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/not-able-to-start-elasticsearch-after-installing-search-guard-plugin/59 "2015-06-29T18:24:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MADHUSUDAN\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@MADHUSUDAN\_D](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/MADHUSUDAN_D)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/not-able-to-start-elasticsearch-after-installing-search-guard-plugin/59/1 "2015-06-29T18:24:10Z")
I am new to elasticsearch and safe guard. here i wanted to implement HTTPS for elasticsearch. i mean SSL/TLS communication between logstash and elasticsearch . i tried to install safe-guard plugin steps followed : 1. cloned code from [https://github.com/floragunncom/search-guard.git](https://github.com/floragunncom/search-guard.git) 2)built using command mvn package -DskipTests 3)installed plugin using following command " bin/plugin -u file:/root/madhu/elasticsearch-1.6.0/search-guard/target/releases/search-guard-0.6-SNAPSHOT.zip -i search-guard " after that when i tried to run elasticsearch using bin/elasticsearch i got this "{1.6.0}: Initialization Failed … - ExecutionError[java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/elasticsearch/common/ContextHolder] NoClassDefFoundError[org/elasticsearch/common/ContextHolder] ClassNotFoundException[org.elasticsearch.common.ContextHolder] " if i download zip \*\* i get follwing message when i start elasticsearch {1.6.0}: Initialization Failed … 1. ElasticsearchException[You’re trying to run elasticsearch as root or Windows Administrator and thats forbidden.] please help me in this regard. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![simon.minery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@simon.minery](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/simon.minery)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/not-able-to-start-elasticsearch-after-installing-search-guard-plugin/59/2 "2015-06-30T11:46:21Z")
You are trying to start ElasticSearch as an administrator of the server. If you want to do so, make sure that in your elasticsearch.yml: > searchguard.check\_for\_root: false > If you are planning on running your cluster in production you should create a separate account that will start the nodes. If elasticsearch may be compromised someone could run arbitrary code on your machine. > **···** > > On Monday, June 29, 2015 at 8:24:10 PM UTC+2, MADHUSUDAN D wrote: > > > I am new to elasticsearch and safe guard. here i wanted to implement HTTPS for elasticsearch. i mean SSL/TLS communication between logstash and elasticsearch . > > > i tried to install safe-guard plugin > > steps followed : > > > > 1. cloned code from [https://github.com/floragunncom/search-guard.git](https://github.com/floragunncom/search-guard.git) > > 2)built using command mvn package -DskipTests > > 3)installed plugin using following command > > " bin/plugin -u file:/root/madhu/elasticsearch-1.6.0/search-guard/target/releases/search-guard-0.6-SNAPSHOT.zip -i search-guard " > > > after that when i tried to run elasticsearch using bin/elasticsearch i got this > > > "{1.6.0}: Initialization Failed … > > > - ExecutionError[java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/elasticsearch/common/ContextHolder] NoClassDefFoundError[org/elasticsearch/common/ContextHolder] ClassNotFoundException[org.elasticsearch.common.ContextHolder] " > > > > > > if i download zip > > > \*\* i get follwing message when i start elasticsearch > > > {1.6.0}: Initialization Failed … > > > 1. ElasticsearchException[You’re trying to run elasticsearch as root or Windows Administrator and thats forbidden.] > > > > > > > > > > > > please help me in this regard. > > > Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![searchguard\_google\_group](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/searchguard_google_group/32/462_2.png) [@searchguard\_google\_group](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/searchguard_google_group)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/not-able-to-start-elasticsearch-after-installing-search-guard-plugin/59/3 "2015-07-01T13:34:10Z")
1) for ES 1.6 you need to pull the es1.6 branch from here [https://github.com/floragunncom/search-guard/tree/es1.6](https://github.com/floragunncom/search-guard/tree/es1.6) 2) don't start ES as root or windows admin (if you have to do so the see anwer from simon) > **···** > > > Am 29.06.2015 um 20:24 schrieb MADHUSUDAN D \: > > > > I am new to elasticsearch and safe guard. here i wanted to implement HTTPS for elasticsearch. i mean SSL/TLS communication between logstash and elasticsearch . > > > > i tried to install safe-guard plugin > > steps followed : > > 1) cloned code from [GitHub - floragunncom/search-guard: Search Guard Plugin - Security for Elasticsearch](https://github.com/floragunncom/search-guard.git) > > 2)built using command mvn package -DskipTests > > 3)installed plugin using following command > > " bin/plugin -u file:/root/madhu/elasticsearch-1.6.0/search-guard/target/releases/search-guard-0.6-SNAPSHOT.zip -i search-guard " > > > > after that when i tried to run elasticsearch using bin/elasticsearch i got this > > > > "{1.6.0}: Initialization Failed ... > > > >   • ExecutionError[java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/elasticsearch/common/ContextHolder] NoClassDefFoundError[org/elasticsearch/common/ContextHolder] ClassNotFoundException[org.elasticsearch.common.ContextHolder] " > > > > if i download zip > > \*\* i get follwing message when i start elasticsearch > > {1.6.0}: Initialization Failed ... > > 1) ElasticsearchException[You're trying to run elasticsearch as root or Windows Administrator and thats forbidden.] > > > > please help me in this regard. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Search Guard" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to search-guard+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to search-guard@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/search-guard/c3b307da-8714-4c3b-bb54-83336de1bf3c%40googlegroups.com\](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/search-guard/c3b307da-8714-4c3b-bb54-83336de1bf3c%40googlegroups.com%5C). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout\](https://groups.google.com/d/optout%5C).