[Solved] Elasticsearch “java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: seccomp unavailable: CONFIG_SECCOMP not compiled into kernel, CONFIG_SECCOMP and CONFIG_SECCOMP_FILTER are needed”

Generally, This issue start happening after installing Elasticsearch 5 version on time of boot because it’s having additional features to check Elasticsearch System requirement before running.

[2017-05-13T16:55:00,294][WARN ][o.e.b.JNANatives         ] unable to install syscall filter:
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: seccomp unavailable: CONFIG_SECCOMP not compiled into kernel, CONFIG_SECCOMP and CONFIG_SECCOMP_FILTER are needed
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.SystemCallFilter.linuxImpl(SystemCallFilter.java:363) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.SystemCallFilter.init(SystemCallFilter.java:638) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JNANatives.tryInstallSystemCallFilter(JNANatives.java:215) [elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Natives.tryInstallSystemCallFilter(Natives.java:99) [elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:111) [elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:204) [elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:360) [elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:123) [elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:114) [elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:67) [elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:122) [elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:88) [elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) [elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) [elasticsearch-5.4.0.jar:5.4.0]

Issue Solution:

To overcome this issue add below flag in your config/elasticsearch.yml file so that if your System is not fulfill exact criteria of booting but it will still run.

bootstrap.seccomp: false

Issues Solution

For more Elasticsearch issues solution follow link Common Elasticsearch Issues.