I now try to set this at end of my bootstrap.conf file: java.arg.snappy=-Dorg.xerial.snappy.tempdir=/usr/hdf/current/nifi/tmp
But this only throws another ERROR to the log that causes nifi to fail: 2022-12-13 15:09:49,284 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException: Unable to make protected final java.lang.Class java.lang.ClassLoader.defineC lass(java.lang.String,byte[],int,int,java.security.ProtectionDomain) throws java.lang.ClassFormatError accessible: module java.base does not "opens java.lang" to unnamed module @2326180c 2022-12-13 15:09:49,285 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at java.base/java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.checkCanSetAccessible(AccessibleObject.java:354) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,285 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at java.base/java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.checkCanSetAccessible(AccessibleObject.java:297) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.checkCanSetAccessible(Method.java:199) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.setAccessible(Method.java:193) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at org.xerial.snappy.SnappyLoader.injectSnappyNativeLoader(SnappyLoader.java:275) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at org.xerial.snappy.SnappyLoader.load(SnappyLoader.java:227) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at org.xerial.snappy.Snappy.<clinit>(Snappy.java:48) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at org.apache.nifi.processors.hive.PutHiveStreaming.<clinit>(PutHiveStreaming.java:158) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:467) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at org.apache.nifi.nar.StandardExtensionDiscoveringManager.getClass(StandardExtensionDiscoveringManager.java:328) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at org.apache.nifi.documentation.DocGenerator.documentConfigurableComponent(DocGenerator.java:100) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at org.apache.nifi.documentation.DocGenerator.generate(DocGenerator.java:65) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer.start(JettyServer.java:1126) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at org.apache.nifi.NiFi.<init>(NiFi.java:159) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at org.apache.nifi.NiFi.<init>(NiFi.java:71) 2022-12-13 15:09:49,286 ERROR [NiFi logging handler] org.apache.nifi.StdErr at org.apache.nifi.NiFi.main(NiFi.java:303) Some research suggests this may be fixable by setting this as follows, presumably to the java startup: --illegal-access=permit (see cglib - java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError with Java-16 | j.l.ClassFormatError accessible: module java.base does not "opens java.lang" to unnamed module - Stack Overflow <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66974846/java-lang-exceptionininitializererror-with-java-16-j-l-classformaterror-access> ) Would I set this in bootstrap.conf? How? On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 7:45 AM James McMahon <jsmcmah...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am using an Ansible role from Ansible GALAXY that has been tested and > validated up through Apache NiFi v1.14.0. I download and install 1.14.0.bin > from the Apache NiFi archives fir this reason. > > I am using ansible to install on and AWS EC2 instance. My java version on > this instance is: > > openjdk 17.0.5 2022-10-18 LTS > > OpenJDK Runtime Environment Corretto-17.0.5.8.1 > > The install goes well. But when nifi attempts to start, it fails with the > following error message. Is this error indicating a compatibility issue > with the java installation on AWS? How should I proceed to get nifi to > start? > > 2022-12-13 02:50:39,316 ERROR [main] org.apache.nifi.NiFi Failure to > launch NiFi due to org.xerial.snappy.SnappyError: > [FAILED_TO_LOAD_NATIVE_LIBRARY] Unable to make p > > rotected final java.lang.Class > java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(java.lang.String,byte[],int,int,java.security.ProtectionDomain) > throws java.lang.ClassFormatError acce > > ssible: module java.base does not "opens java.lang" to unnamed module > @31b289da > > org.xerial.snappy.SnappyError: [FAILED_TO_LOAD_NATIVE_LIBRARY] Unable to > make protected final java.lang.Class > java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(java.lang.String,byte[] > > ,int,int,java.security.ProtectionDomain) throws java.lang.ClassFormatError > accessible: module java.base does not "opens java.lang" to unnamed module > @31b289da > > at > org.xerial.snappy.SnappyLoader.injectSnappyNativeLoader(SnappyLoader.java:297) > > at org.xerial.snappy.SnappyLoader.load(SnappyLoader.java:227) > > at org.xerial.snappy.Snappy.<clinit>(Snappy.java:48) > > at > org.apache.nifi.processors.hive.PutHiveStreaming.<clinit>(PutHiveStreaming.java:158) > > at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) > > at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:467) > > at > org.apache.nifi.nar.StandardExtensionDiscoveringManager.getClass(StandardExtensionDiscoveringManager.java:328) > > at > org.apache.nifi.documentation.DocGenerator.documentConfigurableComponent(DocGenerator.java:100) > > at > org.apache.nifi.documentation.DocGenerator.generate(DocGenerator.java:65) > > at > org.apache.nifi.web.server.JettyServer.start(JettyServer.java:1126) > > at org.apache.nifi.NiFi.<init>(NiFi.java:159) > > at org.apache.nifi.NiFi.<init>(NiFi.java:71) > > at org.apache.nifi.NiFi.main(NiFi.java:303) > > > > > > >