cp -rf ?

and all the paths are in /opt/trains/... ?

WobblyCrab70 what command are you using to start the docker-compose?

should I be in some path for this?

i really have to go, I am greatful for your dedicated help. any chance to set a concentrated time for this tomorrow?

It starts like this:
WARNING: The TRAINS_HOST_IP variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. WARNING: The TRAINS_AGENT_GIT_USER variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. WARNING: The TRAINS_AGENT_GIT_PASS variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string. Starting trains-elastic ... Starting trains-mongo ... Starting trains-fileserver ... Starting trains-redis ...

I am getting these errors infinitely

Sure, no problem

I will use whatever command you tell me and write it down forever

I'll have to check later 🙂 thanks a lot

just to make sure you have the folders set up right

i am in opt/trains

I mean, you're running from /opt/trains ?

What about the UID for epdadmin user? 'id -u epdadmin'

even though i have configured the WARNINGS as the guide told me

epdadmin@epdadmin-desktop:~$ id -u epdadmin
1000

epdadmin@epdadmin-desktop:~/opt/trains$ pwd
/home/epdadmin/opt/trains

above dump is from sudo docker-compose up

Just put everything there and it'll work 😄

The volumes section of elasticsearch service looks OK to me:
/opt/trains/data/elastic_7:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data

Oh, yes, it seems they are

I used docker-compose up and another one i can find if i look for it

I'd do the setup process again (i.e. mkdir etc.)

trains-elastic | OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
trains-elastic | uncaught exception in thread [main]
trains-elastic | {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2020-10-14T17:10:27,837Z", "level": "ERROR", "component": "o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler", "cluster.name": "trains", "node.name": "trains", "message": "uncaught exception in thread [main]",
trains-elastic | "stacktrace": ["org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: ElasticsearchException[failed to bind service]; nested: AccessDeniedException[/usr/share/elasticsearch/data/nodes];",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:174) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:125) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: failed to bind service",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:615) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:257) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.<init>(Bootstrap.java:221) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:221) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:349) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "... 6 more",
trains-elastic | "Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data/nodes",
trains-elastic | "at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:90) ~[?:?]",
trains-elastic | "at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111) ~[?:?]",
trains-elastic | "at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116) ~[?:?]",
trains-elastic | "at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:389) ~[?:?]",
trains-elastic | "at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:693) ~[?:?]",
trains-elastic | "at java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:800) ~[?:?]",
trains-elastic | "at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:786) ~[?:?]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.lambda$new$0(NodeEnvironment.java:274) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment$NodeLock.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:211) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:271) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:277) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:257) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.<init>(Bootstrap.java:221) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:221) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:349) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]",
trains-elastic | "... 6 more"] }
trains-elastic | ElasticsearchException[failed to bind service]; nested: AccessDeniedException[/usr/share/elasticsearch/data/nodes];
trains-elastic | Likely root cause: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/data/nodes
trains-elastic | at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:90)
trains-elastic | at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111)
trains-elastic | at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116)
trains-elastic | at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:389)
trains-elastic | at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:693)
trains-elastic | at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createAndCheckIsDirectory(Files.java:800)
trains-elastic | at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:786)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.lambda$new$0(NodeEnvironment.java:274)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment$NodeLock.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:211)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.env.NodeEnvironment.<init>(NodeEnvironment.java:271)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:277)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:257)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.<init>(Bootstrap.java:221)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:221)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:349)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:125)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126)
trains-elastic | at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92)
trains-elastic | For complete error details, refer to the log at /usr/share/elasticsearch/logs/trains.log
trains-elastic exited with code 1

Starting trains-elastic ... done

So that's the issue - the docker-compose.yml assumes everything resides in /opt/trains , not in your home folder

Are the errors in the elastic log the same? (it's hard to see in your pasted log)

ok thanks

Can you try doing sudo docker-compose up ?