Getting elasticsearch “can not run as root” error after upgrading from SonarQube 6.5 to 6.6. Nothing else changed

Question

Getting elasticsearch \"can not run as root\" error after upgrading from SonarQube 6.5 to 6.6. Nothing else changed.

CentOS release 6.8 (Final) Java(TM) SE Runtime Envir

Answer 1

Change in systemd:

User=sonar
Group=sonar

and change all source and #RUN_AS_USER=sonar It will run. It seem the error in enviroment when run in root then su to sonar