Please see the logs below from the commands you suggested [root@devbox logs]# lsof -i :9090
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME ssh 11192 vagrant 4u IPv6 225355 0t0 TCP localhost:websm (LISTEN) java 20304 root 1730u IPv4 2426500 0t0 TCP *:websm (LISTEN) [root@devbox logs]# ps -aef | grep -i nifi root 18667 18845 0 11:27 pts/4 00:00:00 grep --color=auto -i nifi root 20196 1 0 Jun12 pts/4 00:00:00 /bin/sh bin/nifi.sh start root 20198 20196 0 Jun12 pts/4 00:00:25 /lib/jvm/java-openjdk//bin/java -cp /opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/conf:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/lib/bootstrap/* -Xms12m -Xmx24m -Dorg.apache.nifi.bootstrap.config.log.dir=/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/logs -Dorg.apache.nifi.bootstrap.config.pid.dir=/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/run -Dorg.apache.nifi.bootstrap.config.file=/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/conf/bootstrap.conf org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.RunNiFi start root 20304 20198 1 Jun12 pts/4 00:18:37 /lib/jvm/java-openjdk/bin/java -classpath /opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./conf:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/nifi-properties-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/nifi-nar-utils-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/nifi-runtime-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/nifi-framework-api-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/log4j-over-slf4j-1.7.12.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/jcl-over-slf4j-1.7.12.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/ojdbc6.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/jul-to-slf4j-1.7.12.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/nifi-api-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/logback-classic-1.1.3.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/slf4j-api-1.7.12.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/logback-core-1.1.3.jar -Dorg.apache.jasper.compiler.disablejsr199=true -Xmx512m -Xms512m -Djava.library.path=/usr/hdp/2.6.0.3-8/hadoop/lib -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/urandom -Dsun.net.http.allowRestrictedHeaders=true -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:+UseG1GC -Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=sun.net.www.protocol -Dnifi.properties.file.path=/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./conf/nifi.properties -Dnifi.bootstrap.listen.port=37055 -Dapp=NiFi -Dorg.apache.nifi.bootstrap.config.log.dir=/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/logs org.apache.nifi.NiFi Please find attached the file dump https://gist.github.com/geoHeil/283a60d03cd6a9853ffecc19209389e6 Regards, Thx Georg Heiler <georg.kf.hei...@gmail.com> schrieb am Di., 13. Juni 2017 um 06:55 Uhr: > Thanks I will try this later at work. Yesterday at a quick glance in > netstat it looked like the right pid was bound to 9090. > Andy LoPresto <alopre...@apache.org> schrieb am Di. 13. Juni 2017 um > 01:53: > >> Hi Georg, >> >> Can you run a command to see if anything else is listening on those >> ports? If another process is listening when NiFi tries to start, it should >> detect that and stop itself, but if something else started listening after >> or intermittently, it might be causing issues. >> >> The command lsof -i :9090 will list every process listening on that >> port. ps -aef | grep -i nifi will also allow you to see if any other >> NiFi processes are running (perhaps you are modifying the config value for >> an instance other than the one you are running?). >> >> That curl reply (52) means it was able to connect to the IP & port but no >> response was sent (and HTTP generates an error if no response bytes are >> sent). >> >> Can you also take a thread dump? It doesn’t seem like an issue that >> usually requires it, but if we can see where the activity is occurring >> (maybe there’s an issue receiving the connection, performing some other >> logic, or generating a response, or maybe no activity in NiFi at all) we >> might have a better sense of the issue. You can use the command ./bin/nifi.sh >> dump threaddump.txt >> >> Sorry you’re encountering this and hope these steps help. >> >> Andy LoPresto >> alopre...@apache.org >> *alopresto.apa...@gmail.com <alopresto.apa...@gmail.com>* >> PGP Fingerprint: 70EC B3E5 98A6 5A3F D3C4 BACE 3C6E F65B 2F7D EF69 >> >> On Jun 12, 2017, at 11:40 AM, Georg Heiler <georg.kf.hei...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> to me it looks like NiFi is starting correctly, and only there is no >> access to the web interface. >> The curl is run from the same host. No firewall in between. >> >> I downloaded and extracted a fresh copy of the latest NiFi (1.3) and >> extracted it to a different folder. When started there, I could observe the >> same strange behavior. >> >> Indeed, I was trying both i.e. curl localhost:9090 and curl >> localhost:9090/nifi both did show the same error response. >> As curl was running on localhost and even when run with curl --noproxy >> localhost:9090 I don't know what should cause the problem. >> >> Pierre Villard <pierre.villard...@gmail.com> schrieb am Mo., 12. Juni >> 2017 um 18:14 Uhr: >> >>> Hey, >>> >>> It looks like NiFi is correctly starting: >>> >>> 2017-06-12 18:02:09,570 INFO [main] >>> org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer NiFi has started. The UI is >>> available at the following URLs: >>> 2017-06-12 18:02:09,570 INFO [main] >>> org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer http://10.248.139.86:9090/nifi >>> 2017-06-12 18:02:09,570 INFO [main] >>> org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer http://127.0.0.1:9090/nifi >>> 2017-06-12 18:02:09,572 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.BootstrapListener >>> Successfully initiated communication with Bootstrap >>> 2017-06-12 18:02:09,572 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.NiFi Controller >>> initialization took 14661609616 nanoseconds. >>> >>> When you're doing the curl command, do you have /nifi at the end? >>> Any network weirdness that could prevent the access to port 9090? >>> >>> >>> 2017-06-12 17:19 GMT+02:00 Georg Heiler <georg.kf.hei...@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> Hi Matt, >>>> >>>> started vis bin/nifi.sh start >>>> >>>> Logs do not show anything interesting. Indeed, I see the mentioned >>>> lines, but a curl on http://localhost:9090/nifi returns curl: (52) >>>> Empty reply from server >>>> >>>> Bootstrap logs shows: >>>> 2017-06-12 18:01:50,459 INFO [main] o.a.n.b.NotificationServiceManager >>>> Successfully loaded the following 0 services: [] >>>> 2017-06-12 18:01:50,462 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.RunNiFi >>>> Registered no Notification Services for Notification Type NIFI_STARTED >>>> 2017-06-12 18:01:50,462 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.RunNiFi >>>> Registered no Notification Services for Notification Type NIFI_STOPPED >>>> 2017-06-12 18:01:50,462 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.RunNiFi >>>> Registered no Notification Services for Notification Type NIFI_DIED >>>> 2017-06-12 18:01:50,487 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command >>>> Starting Apache NiFi... >>>> 2017-06-12 18:01:50,488 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command >>>> Working Directory: /opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT >>>> 2017-06-12 18:01:50,488 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command >>>> Command: /lib/jvm/java-openjdk/bin/java -classpath >>>> /opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./conf:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/nifi-properties-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/nifi-nar-utils-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/nifi-runtime-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/nifi-framework-api-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/log4j-over-slf4j-1.7.12.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/jcl-over-slf4j-1.7.12.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/ojdbc6.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/jul-to-slf4j-1.7.12.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/nifi-api-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/logback-classic-1.1.3.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/slf4j-api-1.7.12.jar:/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./lib/logback-core-1.1.3.jar >>>> -Dorg.apache.jasper.compiler.disablejsr199=true -Xmx512m -Xms512m >>>> -Djava.library.path=/usr/hdp/2.6.0.3-8/hadoop/lib >>>> -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/urandom >>>> -Dsun.net.http.allowRestrictedHeaders=true -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true >>>> -Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:+UseG1GC >>>> -Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=sun.net.www.protocol >>>> -Dnifi.properties.file.path=/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/./conf/nifi.properties >>>> -Dnifi.bootstrap.listen.port=37055 -Dapp=NiFi >>>> -Dorg.apache.nifi.bootstrap.config.log.dir=/opt/nifi/nifi-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT/logs >>>> org.apache.nifi.NiFi >>>> 2017-06-12 18:01:50,506 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command >>>> Launched Apache NiFi with Process ID 20304 >>>> 2017-06-12 18:01:51,063 INFO [NiFi Bootstrap Command Listener] >>>> org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.RunNiFi Apache NiFi now running and listening for >>>> Bootstrap requests on port 44585 >>>> >>>> >>>> App log shows >>>> https://gist.github.com/geoHeil/9df1947ab7ddb5027c67669aa0f83d0e >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Georg >>>> >>>> Matt Gilman <matt.c.gil...@gmail.com> schrieb am Mo., 12. Juni 2017 um >>>> 15:13 Uhr: >>>> >>>>> Georg, >>>>> >>>>> The UI will be available once you see these log messages: >>>>> >>>>> 2017-06-09 09:02:37,208 INFO [main] >>>>> org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer NiFi has started. The UI is >>>>> available at the following URLs: >>>>> 2017-06-09 09:02:37,208 INFO [main] >>>>> org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer http://<host>:<port>/nifi >>>>> 2017-06-09 09:02:37,208 INFO [main] >>>>> org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer http://<host>:<port>/nifi >>>>> >>>>> If you search through the logs looking for the port you're configured >>>>> to listen on, do you find anything? If these haven't printed yet, the UI >>>>> will not be available. If they have, then the UI should be available. >>>>> >>>>> Also, anything interesting in the bootstrap log? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Matt >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Georg Heiler < >>>>> georg.kf.hei...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> After restarting my NiFi host no longer the NiFi web interface will >>>>>> start. From the logs it looks like everything lese of NiFi is working >>>>>> fine. >>>>>> >>>>>> a curl to localhost:<NiFiPort> will return an empty response. >>>>>> >>>>>> What else can I try? >>>>>> The logs do not show any errors. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Georg >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>