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Published Jun. 30, 2025

Sidecar Elasticsearch process is aborted

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Pooja Bhambani

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Issue

  • Unable to restart the Liferay application server even after clearing temporary directories and 'An unexpected system error occurred' is showing on the UI.
  • Following error appears in the log file:
    [Sidecar:617] Sidecar Elasticsearch process is aborted
    java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.liferay.petra.process.TerminationProcessException: Subprocess terminated with exit code 1
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122) ~[?:?]
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:191) ~[?:?]
    at com.liferay.portal.search.elasticsearch7.internal.sidecar.Sidecar$RestartFutureListener.complete(Sidecar.java:613) [bundleFile:?]
    at com.liferay.petra.concurrent.DefaultNoticeableFuture$OnceFutureListener.complete(DefaultNoticeableFuture.java:102) [com.liferay.petra.concurrent.jar:?]
    at com.liferay.petra.concurrent.DefaultNoticeableFuture.done(DefaultNoticeableFuture.java:76) [com.liferay.petra.concurrent.jar:?]
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion(FutureTask.java:381) [?:?]
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:250) [?:?]
    at com.liferay.petra.concurrent.DefaultNoticeableFuture.setException(DefaultNoticeableFuture.java:70) [com.liferay.petra.concurrent.jar:?]
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:269) [?:?]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829) [?:?]
    Caused by: com.liferay.petra.process.TerminationProcessException: Subprocess terminated with exit code 1
    at com.liferay.petra.process.local.LocalProcessExecutor$SubprocessReactor.call(LocalProcessExecutor.java:300) ~[com.liferay.petra.process.jar:?]
    at com.liferay.petra.process.local.LocalProcessExecutor$SubprocessReactor.call(LocalProcessExecutor.java:152) ~[com.liferay.petra.process.jar:?]
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) ~[?:?]
    … 1 more

Environment

  • 2023.Q3
  • 2023.Q4

Resolution

  • Make sure that the elasticsearch server is up and running correctly.
  • After verifying, restart Liferay and delete the below folders. 
    1. Delete liferay_home/work
    2. Delete liferay_home/tomcat/work
    3. Delete liferay_home/tomcat/temp
    4. Delete liferay_home/OSGi/state
    5. Restart the server

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