If this is not the issue, can you try starting NiFi and then run the following 
command to generate a thread dump and provide that to the lists? It will 
greatly help us determine the issue you are encountering. Thanks.

$ jcmd Thread.print

or

$ ./bin/nifi.sh dump filewithdump.txt

Andy LoPresto
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> On Feb 15, 2017, at 1:41 AM, Andy LoPresto <alopre...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Arnaud,
> 
> I’m sorry you are having trouble getting NiFi going. We want to minimize any 
> inconvenience and get you up and running quickly.
> 
> Are you by any chance running on a VM that does not have access to any 
> physical inputs to generate entropy for secure random seeding? There is a 
> known issue [1] (being worked on for the next release) where this can cause 
> the application to block because insufficient entropy is available (without 
> the physical inputs, there is not enough random data to properly seed secure 
> operations).
> 
> I recommend you check if this the case (run this command in your terminal — 
> if it hangs, this is the cause):
> 
> head -n 1 /dev/random
> If it hangs, follow the instructions on this page [2] to modify the Java 
> secure random source (ignore the warning that this is “less secure” — this is 
> an urban legend propagated by a misunderstanding in the Linux kernel manual 
> pages [3]).
> 
> Modify $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security/java.security to change 
> securerandom.source=file:/dev/random to securerandom.source=file:/dev/urandom
> 
> 
> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-3313 
> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-3313>
> [2] https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E13209_01/wlcp/wlss30/configwlss/jvmrand.html 
> <https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E13209_01/wlcp/wlss30/configwlss/jvmrand.html>
> [3] http://www.2uo.de/myths-about-urandom/ 
> <http://www.2uo.de/myths-about-urandom/>
> 
> Andy LoPresto
> alopre...@apache.org <mailto:alopre...@apache.org>
> alopresto.apa...@gmail.com <mailto:alopresto.apa...@gmail.com>
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> 
>> On Feb 15, 2017, at 1:29 AM, Arnaud G <greatpat...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:greatpat...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi guys!
>> 
>> I'm trying to play with nifi (1.1.1) in a docker image. I tried different 
>> configuration (cluster, single node, secured, etc.), however whatever I try, 
>> Nifi takes forever to start (like 30-45 minutes). This not related to data 
>> as I observe this behavior even when I instantiate the docker image for the 
>> first time.
>> 
>> In the log it stops here:
>> 
>> nifi-bootstrap.log
>> 2017-02-14 08:52:34,624 INFO [NiFi Bootstrap Command Listener] 
>> org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.RunNiFi Apache NiFi now running and listening for 
>> Bootstrap requests on port 46553
>> 
>> nifi-app.log
>> 2017-02-14 08:53:11,225 INFO [main] o.a.nifi.properties.NiFiPropertiesLoader 
>> Loaded 121 properties from /opt/nifi/./conf/nifi.properties
>> 
>> and then wait for boostraping (if I set up debug log level)
>> 
>> Any idea what may cause this?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance!
>> 
>> AG
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 

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