If you’re experiencing Elasticsearch failing to start in Tube Archivist on TrueNAS Scale with the error “dependency failed to start: container ix-tubearchivist-elastic-search-1 is unhealthy,” the issue is likely missing NFSv4 ACL permissions.
The Fix:
Navigate to your ElasticSearchDataStorage dataset → Edit ACL → Add a new entry:
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Type: User
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ID: 1000 (the apps container UID)
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Access: Full Control
Why This Works:
Elasticsearch runs as UID 1000 inside the container. While group-level permissions (builtin_users) may appear sufficient, the container needs explicit user-level access to read/write data and complete health checks. Without this, Elasticsearch fails initialization before the health check passes.
Result: Elasticsearch starts successfully, dependency resolves, and Tube Archivist comes online.
This solved the issue after hours of troubleshooting memory allocation and permissions. Hopefully saves someone else the time!
