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Failed to Start Nifi on HDF3.0

yjiang — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:22:44 GMT

Hi,

When I click the Nifi start button on Ambari, it would become green for a second, but immediately become red. I got the below error in nifi-app.log. It complains 'Address already in use', but I confirmed no process on the node was using 9090 port. Does anyone happen to experience this and know the resolution?

2017-06-19 06:15:14,304 INFO [main] o.e.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler Started o.e.j.w.WebAppContext@27bfa57f{/,file:///var/lib/nifi/work/jetty/nifi-web-error-1.2.0.3.0.0.0-453.war/webapp/,AVAILABLE}{/var/lib/nifi/work/nar/framework/nifi-framework-nar-1.2.0.3.0.0.0-453.nar-unpacked/META-INF/bundled-dependencies/nifi-web-error-1.2.0.3.0.0.0-453.war}
2017-06-19 06:15:14,326 INFO [main] o.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractConnector Started ServerConnector@11636d43{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{hdf.example.com:9090}
2017-06-19 06:15:14,327 INFO [main] org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server Started @39995ms
2017-06-19 06:15:15,528 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer Loading Flow...
2017-06-19 06:15:15,541 INFO [Curator-Framework-0] o.a.c.f.imps.CuratorFrameworkImpl backgroundOperationsLoop exiting
2017-06-19 06:15:15,541 INFO [Leader Election Notification Thread-1] o.a.n.c.l.e.CuratorLeaderElectionManager org.apache.nifi.controller.leader.election.CuratorLeaderElectionManager$ElectionListener@e11427 has been interrupted; no longer leader for role 'Cluster Coordinator'
2017-06-19 06:15:15,541 INFO [Leader Election Notification Thread-1] o.a.n.c.l.e.CuratorLeaderElectionManager org.apache.nifi.controller.leader.election.CuratorLeaderElectionManager$ElectionListener@e11427 This node is no longer leader for role 'Cluster Coordinator'
2017-06-19 06:15:15,541 INFO [Leader Election Notification Thread-1] o.apache.nifi.controller.FlowController This node is no longer the elected Active Cluster Coordinator
2017-06-19 06:15:15,556 INFO [main] o.a.n.c.l.e.CuratorLeaderElectionManager CuratorLeaderElectionManager[stopped=true] stopped and closed
2017-06-19 06:15:15,557 INFO [main] o.a.n.c.c.h.AbstractHeartbeatMonitor Heartbeat Monitor stopped
2017-06-19 06:15:15,558 INFO [main] o.apache.nifi.controller.FlowController Initiated immediate shutdown of flow controller...
2017-06-19 06:15:16,395 INFO [main] o.apache.nifi.controller.FlowController Controller has been terminated successfully.
2017-06-19 06:15:16,409 WARN [main] org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer Failed to start web server... shutting down.
java.lang.Exception: Unable to load flow due to: org.apache.nifi.lifecycle.LifeCycleStartException: Failed to start Flow Service due to: java.net.BindException: Address already in use
  at org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer.start(JettyServer.java:809)
  at org.apache.nifi.NiFi.<init>(NiFi.java:160)
  at org.apache.nifi.NiFi.main(NiFi.java:267)
Caused by: org.apache.nifi.lifecycle.LifeCycleStartException: Failed to start Flow Service due to: java.net.BindException: Address already in use
  at org.apache.nifi.controller.StandardFlowService.start(StandardFlowService.java:312)
  at org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer.start(JettyServer.java:799)
  ... 2 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.net.BindException: Address already in use
  at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method)
  at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.bind(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:387)
  at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:375)
  at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:237)
  at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:128)
  at org.apache.nifi.io.socket.SocketUtils.createServerSocket(SocketUtils.java:108)
  at org.apache.nifi.io.socket.SocketListener.start(SocketListener.java:85)
  at org.apache.nifi.cluster.protocol.impl.SocketProtocolListener.start(SocketProtocolListener.java:90)
  at org.apache.nifi.cluster.protocol.impl.NodeProtocolSenderListener.start(NodeProtocolSenderListener.java:64)
  at org.apache.nifi.controller.StandardFlowService.start(StandardFlowService.java:303)
  ... 3 common frames omitted
2017-06-19 06:15:16,411 INFO [Thread-1] org.apache.nifi.NiFi Initiating shutdown of Jetty web server...
2017-06-19 06:15:16,423 INFO [Thread-1] o.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractConnector Stopped ServerConnector@11636d43{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{hdf.example.com:9090}
2017-06-19 06:15:16,424 INFO [Thread-1] org.eclipse.jetty.server.session Stopped scavenging

Re: Failed to Start Nifi on HDF3.0

dchaffey — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 14:44:51 GMT

@yjiang Have you installed NiFi on the same server as Superset? They have a default port clash on 9088 - I suggest you search in the NiFi configs for 9088 and change it to 9089 (9089 is free in a default install).

Re: Failed to Start Nifi on HDF3.0

yjiang — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 18:46:59 GMT

Thanks @Dan Chaffelson

Changing Nifi protocol port to 9089 works.

Re: Failed to Start Nifi on HDF3.0

sso — Sun, 18 Aug 2019 03:46:11 GMT

Got the same error. Your hint works.

2019-07-07 13:10:17,764 ERROR [main] org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer Unable to load flow due to: org.apache.nifi.lifecycle.LifeCycleStartException: Failed to start Flow Service due to: java.net.SocketException: アドレスは既に使用中です (Listen failed)
org.apache.nifi.lifecycle.LifeCycleStartException: Failed to start Flow Service due to: java.net.SocketException: アドレスは既に使用中です (Listen failed)
    at org.apache.nifi.controller.StandardFlowService.start(StandardFlowService.java:323)
    at org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer.start(JettyServer.java:1008)
    at org.apache.nifi.NiFi.<init>(NiFi.java:158)
    at org.apache.nifi.NiFi.<init>(NiFi.java:72)
    at org.apache.nifi.NiFi.main(NiFi.java:297)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: アドレスは既に使用中です (Listen failed)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketListen(Native Method)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.listen(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:399)
    at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:376)
    at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:237)
    at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:128)
    at org.apache.nifi.io.socket.SocketUtils.createServerSocket(SocketUtils.java:108)
    at org.apache.nifi.io.socket.SocketListener.start(SocketListener.java:85)
    at org.apache.nifi.cluster.protocol.impl.SocketProtocolListener.start(SocketProtocolListener.java:97)
    at org.apache.nifi.cluster.protocol.impl.NodeProtocolSenderListener.start(NodeProtocolSenderListener.java:64)
    at org.apache.nifi.controller.StandardFlowService.start(StandardFlowService.java:314)
    ... 4 common frames omitted
2019-07-07 13:10:17,766 WARN [main] org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer Failed to start web server... shutting down.