Nifi - HandleHttpRequest processor throwing "Failed to Initialize the server" exception

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Nifi - HandleHttpRequest processor throwing an exception saying "Failed to Initialize the server". Functionality wise it is working fine but I always see the below error message.  Will be able to post the request using curl command to this processor and it is accepting the request without any issue. Please help me to get rid of this error? Thanks. Error message:13:42:37 EST- hostname:port - ERRORHandleHttpRequest[id=123] failed to process session due to failed to initialize the server: org.apache.nifi.processor.exception.ProcessException: Failed to Initialize the server. Configuration:

stevenmatison · Accepted Answer

Is the port able to be open? If something is blocking port (firewall, iptables, etc), this will cause an issue.

Also remove "localhost" in Hostname. Out of the box this should work on all NiFi node(s) with the Hostname box empty (No Value Set).

MattWho · Answer

@VijaySankar

Is there a full stack trace that follows the error message in the actual nifi-app.log?

Is this a multi-node NiFi cluster that perhaps has multiple Nodes installed and running on the same server?
If so, when you start the processor only one node is going to be able to bind to the configured port and the other nodes will throw the exception. Since both nodes are on the same host, the processor will appear as though it is working because the node that did bind will receive the requests.

It is also possible that port 9099 is not unused on every host in your NiFi cluster. Since the bulletin you are sharing indicates a specific hostname:port, it is possible that port 9099 is already in use by some other process on that one host. But on your other host(s) it is not in use and binds successfully allowing those host(s) to receive request fine.

I recommend stopping the HandleHttpRequest processor and then from command line check to see if there is anything still listening on port 9099. If so, you'll need to use another port that is available on all your NiFi nodes.

Hope this helps,
Matt

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