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NullPointer occurs and second node fails to initialize Search
Summary
Two nodes in the system have the same default four node types. The first node starts correctly. The second node fails to initialize the Search.
Error Messages
[] [STANDARD] [ ] [ ] (Manager.PegaSearchProviderImpl) ERROR - Failed to initialize full text search functionality for this node.
com.pega.platform.search.searchmanager.FTSInitializationException: Failed to initialize full text search for this node.
at com.pega.platform.search.internal.ESSearchProviderEmbedded.initializeElasticSearchNode(ESSearchProviderEmbedded.java:204) ~[search.jar:?]
at com.pega.platform.search.internal.ESSearchProviderEmbedded.startSearch(ESSearchProviderEmbedded.java:78) ~[search.jar:?]
at com.pega.platform.search.searchmanager.internal.AbstractSearchManager.startSearch(AbstractSearchManager.java:22) ~[search.jar:?]
at com.pega.platform.pegasearch.searchmanager.internal.PegaSearchProviderImpl._initializeFTS(PegaSearchProviderImpl.java:336) ~[pegasearch.jar:?]
at com.pega.platform.pegasearch.searchmanager.internal.PegaSearchProviderImpl.initializeFTS(PegaSearchProviderImpl.java:191) [pegasearch.jar:?]
at c…..
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystem.getPath(UnixFileSystem.java:286) ~[?:1.8.0]
at org.elasticsearch.common.io.PathUtils.get(PathUtils.java:60) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.9.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.monitor.os.OsProbe.readSysFsCgroupCpuAcctCpuAcctUsage(OsProbe.java:274) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.9.jar:?]
at org.elasticsearch.monitor.os.OsProbe.getCgroupCpuAcctUsageNanos(OsProbe.java:261) ~[elasticsearch-5.6.9.jar:?]
Steps to Reproduce
Start the second node.
Root Cause
A defect or configuration issue in the operating environment.
The error is related to the cgroups configuration on the Linux node.
Resolution
Make the following change to the operating environment:
Modify the cgroups with the command similar to the below.
sudo mount -t cgroup -o rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct
Published February 24, 2020 - Updated December 2, 2021
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