install HDP using ambari hanging at last step "Install, Start and Test"

[#1]

The installation has been hanging in last step - show 0% overall for long time. All previous steps were OK.

- How to check what is exactly happening ? is there a logfile somewhere on server can check ?

- How to do a restart/a fresh start ?

i had tried to interrupt the installation (kill -9 back end, even restart the server). But when i restart the server, seems Ambari jump to the last step directly and continue hanging.

- FYI, i am trying to setup a 4 nodes cluster under Redhat 7. HDP 2.3

[#2]

Hi @Allen Niu

Can you attach the screenshot here of the screen on which you are struck.

Also do check below -

1. Login on ambari server and change path to - $cd /var/lib/ambari-agent/data/

2. $ ls -ltr output-* and $ ls -ltr error-*

3. Check the last output or error file to see if there are any useful logs.

[#3]

Hi Sagar,

Thanks.

See below screenshot and log.

a) No error and seems not too much info in output*.

b) One thing noticed the timestamp of last file (hostcheck.result) is few minutes back. Does this means it is still running, but just slow - about 1 hour 40min from 2nd last log?

Regards,

Allen

log.txt

[#4 · Accepted solution]

@Allen Niu

It seems to be a problem with downloading of packaged from repository.

Is it Local repository you are using ?

You can kill the action here on ambari webui and lets try downloading single package from cli using yum command "yum install hdp-select". This will make sure you have access to download packages from internet/local repository.

Let me know if that works from cli.

[#5]

Yes. I did use the local repository. It seems i did not change the local repository under /etc/yum.repos.d. After i added, i have restarted the installation (wiped out the ambari repository and created a a new one) and it seems progressing. Finger crossed till the completion.

Thanks

[#6]

Also for troubleshooting purposes you can always do "tail -f ambari-server.log" under the "/var/log/ambari-server" directory (assuming default path was used for Ambari). This will give you a "scrolling view" of events logged by the Ambari server.

- Luis

[#7]

I am also getting the same error like above, Any idea how to restart the installation again ?