Docker container (for elastic search) starts and exits with error every single time "[Qkskaso] failed to read local state, exiting..."

Question

I am trying to run a docker container using the the follow Elastic Search Image (docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:6.2.2). Every time I attempt to run this container, it exits during the start up process. The logs showing the error and what follows it below.

• Removing any image related to elastic search
• Docker system prune
• Docker container prune
• Docker volume prune
• Using a different (later, v 6.6.1) docker image will allow it to persist ... this is a temporary fix, but I collaborate with others who use the image with version 6.2.2, without a problem, and I need to be running and deploying the same images.

Unsure of how to resolve this, thanks!

Error starts with

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[2019-04-02T11:05:41,952][ERROR][o.e.g.GatewayMetaState ] [Qkskaso] failed to read local state, exiting... org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: java.io.IOException: failed to read [id:165, legacy:false,

...

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unexpected field [mapping_version]

...

'''

I'm not sure how sensitive any of the information in the error code is (if at all, i'm relatively new to docker), so if I need to provide more information, I can.

Expected: docker container runs Actual: docker container exits

Answer 1

I came across the same problem and I sovle it by removing the volume that have the corrupted index.

And then I have create the indecies again.

I think it is a corrupted data inside one of the index, or in your case, it is problem of the diffrent mapping between the two Elasticsearch version you use.