Launch elastic search from Python

launch_elastic.py

from multiprocessing import Process
import os
import requests
from time import sleep

def f(name):
    print('hello! RUNNIGN ELASTIC!', name)
    os.system('ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Xms2g -Xmx2g" /home/x/elasticsearch-7.16.3/bin/elasticsearch')

def monitor():
    while True:
        sleep(1)
        try:
            r = requests.get('http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health?pretty=true')
            print("=====RESPONSE:", r.json())
        except:
            print("!!!!!!!FAILED!")
            pass

if __name__ == '__main__':
    p = Process(target=f, args=('bob',))
    m = Process(target=monitor)
    p.start()
    m.start()
    p.join()