https://answers.axonivy.com/questions/2167/cannot-start-axon-ivy-engine-by-root-user-on-linux<p>Hi IvyTeam, I'm currently setting up an Ivy Engine on Linux server. The process is working fine except when it automatically start on startup. Because when it run by ROOT user, I got an exception related to Elasticsearch.</p> <p>The Ivy Engine version is 6.3.0</p> <p>[ 82%] Starting BusinessData manager 04:27:39.038 ERROR [...asticSearchServer] java.lang.RuntimeException: don't run elasticsearch as root. 04:27:39.038 ERROR [...asticSearchServer] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:93) 04:27:39.039 ERROR [...asticSearchServer] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:144) 04:27:39.039 ERROR [...asticSearchServer] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:270) 04:27:39.039 ERROR [...asticSearchServer] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:35) 04:27:39.039 ERROR [...asticSearchServer] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.IvyElasticsearchStarterStopper.main(IvyElasticsearchStarterStopper.java:27) 04:27:39.039 ERROR [...asticSearchServer] Refer to the log for complete error details. Error while starting Axon.ivy Engine</p>enWed, 09 Nov 2016 08:34:06 -0500https://answers.axonivy.com/questions/2167/cannot-start-axon-ivy-engine-by-root-user-on-linux/2175<p>I had a work around there and it will work, our team need version 6.3 because of the bussiness data persistence.</p> <p>added this line:</p> <pre><code>su somenormaluser -c \\ </code></pre> <p>before</p> <pre><code>"$SERVICED" startdaemon &amp; </code></pre> <p>The draw back is now we can start it by ROOT but cannot start by "somenormaluser" because "somenormaluser" don't have permission to run "su" command.</p>vinh_Wed, 09 Nov 2016 08:34:06 -0500https://answers.axonivy.com/questions/2167/cannot-start-axon-ivy-engine-by-root-user-on-linux/2175