Timeout change in ElasticSearch not working

Question

My task is to change the Timeout time from 1 min 15 s to 3 min When I run the script: sudo /bin/systemctl start elasticsearch.service it shows Timeout. So my next steps are:

(1) $ sudo systemctl show elasticsearch | grep ^Timeout $ sudo systemctl show elasticsearch | grep ^Timeout which returns: TimeoutStartUSec=1min 15s TimeoutStopUSec=infinity

(2) Create a service drop-in configuration directory. $ sudo mkdir /etc/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service.d

(3) With this query now I`m trying to change the Timeout time: $ echo -e "[Service]\nTimeoutStartSec=180" | sudo tee $ echo -e "[Service]\nTimeoutStartSec=180" | sudo tee

(4) Reload the system: $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload

(5) And when I check the new Timeout it returns the same TimeoutStartUSec=1min 15s TimeoutStopUSec=infinity

Here is the full picture:

Why the system still returns the same Timeout time?

Thank you!

Answer 1

You want to provide tee an output file. Try running man tee , it'll be of more detail.

Maybe do .... | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service.d/someconfigfile .... | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service.d/someconfigfile instead

Answer 2

I am writing an answer for my question. To change the TimeOut time all I did was: sudo su and then did all the steps (from 1 to 5 from my question).