Miscellaneous errors when upgrade seafile pro 6.3.13 to 7.0.0 Beta

Debian 9

when we choose the French language in the interface, the main web page is in English.

Elasticsearch does not start and generates error reports:

[2019-04-03T15:25:02,283][WARN ][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.13.jar:5.6.13]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.13.jar:5.6.13]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:70) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.13.jar:5.6.13]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:134) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.13.jar:5.6.13]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.13.jar:5.6.13]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.13.jar:5.6.13]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.13.jar:5.6.13]
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:106) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.13.jar:5.6.13]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:195) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.13.jar:5.6.13]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:342) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.13.jar:5.6.13]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:132) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.13.jar:5.6.13]
… 6 more

How to start elasticsearch without being root?

And there is a SQL error when updating 6.3.13 pro to 7.0.0 pro Beta, see image below.
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The ES server 5.6.13 can’t be run as root user. We will write a document about how to change the user that running Seafile later.

The database upgrade error is just a warning. It can be ignored.

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thank you

Hello
to resolve the boot of ES simply start seafile under another non-root user.