This SAS Note pertains to SAS^® Visual Investigator 10.7. For SAS^® Visual Investigator 10.8, see SAS Note 69756, "Updating the Java Development Kit (JDK) instructions for Elasticsearch with SAS^® Visual Investigator 10.8."

Red Hat introduced a new change in their openjdk packages (starting from 1.8.0-345.b01-5.el8_7) for rhel 8.7, which can cause Elasticsearch start-up failures. In this scenario, errors similar to the following occur in the /opt/sas/viya/config/var/log/svi-elasticsearch/sas-elasticsearch.log files:

To circumvent this issue, complete these steps.

1.Install an earlier version of the Red Hat JDK (1.8.0-322 or earlier) or the latest version from another source.

The following command can be used to obtain the installation path for the next step: 

2. Modify the /opt/sas/viya/config/etc/sysconfig/sas-svi-elasticsearch/default/sas-svi-elasticsearch file on all of the nodes in the Elasticsearch cluster to reference it by adding the following to the bottom of the file:

3. Edit the elasticsearch-env file in the /opt/sas/viya/home/libexec/elasticsearch-secure/bin directory so that the IF statement under the # now set the path to java section matches the following:

5. Monitor the /opt/sas/viya/config/var/log/svi-elasticsearch/sas-elasticsearch.log files on each node in the cluster for errors.

6. Also, check the log files for a line near the top that should contain text that identifies which openjdk package is being used. It looks similar to the following:

In this example, VM/1.8.0_272/25.272-b10 is the JDK that is being used.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note for a link to instructions about accessing and applying the software update.

After you install the hot fix, Elasticsearch for SAS Visual Investigator 10.7 will support JDK 11 as well as JDK 1.8.0-322 or earlier. For existing deployments, if JDK 11 is being used, use the instructions above but substitute '<Path to alternative JDK 11>’ in this line:

For new deployments, complete these steps:

1. Create a file called sas-viya-svi-elasticsearch-default.service.conf within the /etc/systemd/system/sas-viya-svi-elasticsearch-default.service.d directory.

2. Populate the file with the following:

3. Run this command to apply the changes:

Then continue with step 3 in the instructions above.

Operating System and Release Information

An update for this issue is available for SAS Visual Investigator 10.7. For instructions on how to access and apply these software updates, see the documentation links at the top of

An update for this issue is available for SAS Visual Investigator 10.7. For instructions on how to access and apply these software updates, see the documentation links at the top of