RuntimeError: Unable to start Tika server.

[erfannariman]

I get the following error:

2019-07-31 00:54:21,492 [MainThread  ] [INFO ]  Retrieving http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/tika/tika-server/1.19/tika-server-1.19.jar to /var/folders/l0/v73fdsmn7zq8kdq1xp7wbppw0000gn/T/tika-server.jar.
2019-07-31 00:55:14,176 [MainThread  ] [INFO ]  Retrieving http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/tika/tika-server/1.19/tika-server-1.19.jar.md5 to /var/folders/l0/v73fdsmn7zq8kdq1xp7wbppw0000gn/T/tika-server.jar.md5.
2019-07-31 00:55:14,633 [MainThread  ] [WARNI]  Failed to see startup log message; retrying...
2019-07-31 00:55:19,638 [MainThread  ] [WARNI]  Failed to see startup log message; retrying...
2019-07-31 00:55:24,641 [MainThread  ] [WARNI]  Failed to see startup log message; retrying...
2019-07-31 00:55:29,642 [MainThread  ] [ERROR]  Tika startup log message not received after 3 tries.
2019-07-31 00:55:29,644 [MainThread  ] [ERROR]  Failed to receive startup confirmation from startServer.

Not sure what causes this. I checked and I have Java 8 update 221 on Mac OS X El Capitan v10.11.06 installed. Does anyone know how I can solve this problem?

[sharebear1993]

I also have a similar issue. My error keeps telling me that I am unable to start Tika server. I am using Java jdk 8.0221. I have also set my JAVA_HOME and path to point to java. Further, when I check java version it corresponds to the 8.0221

2019-09-02 19:58:37,700 [MainThread ] [ERROR] Unable to run java; is it installed? 2019-09-02 19:58:37,700 [MainThread ] [ERROR] Failed to receive startup confirmation from startServer.

[Harshitg10]

I get the following error:

2019-07-31 00:54:21,492 [MainThread  ] [INFO ]  Retrieving http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/tika/tika-server/1.19/tika-server-1.19.jar to /var/folders/l0/v73fdsmn7zq8kdq1xp7wbppw0000gn/T/tika-server.jar.
2019-07-31 00:55:14,176 [MainThread  ] [INFO ]  Retrieving http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/tika/tika-server/1.19/tika-server-1.19.jar.md5 to /var/folders/l0/v73fdsmn7zq8kdq1xp7wbppw0000gn/T/tika-server.jar.md5.
2019-07-31 00:55:14,633 [MainThread  ] [WARNI]  Failed to see startup log message; retrying...
2019-07-31 00:55:19,638 [MainThread  ] [WARNI]  Failed to see startup log message; retrying...
2019-07-31 00:55:24,641 [MainThread  ] [WARNI]  Failed to see startup log message; retrying...
2019-07-31 00:55:29,642 [MainThread  ] [ERROR]  Tika startup log message not received after 3 tries.
2019-07-31 00:55:29,644 [MainThread  ] [ERROR]  Failed to receive startup confirmation from startServer.

Not sure what causes this. I checked and I have Java 8 update 221 on Mac OS X El Capitan v10.11.06 installed. Does anyone know how I can solve this problem?

• Did you check whether you have connected with the internet or not? if yes and still it's not working then try download manually and run using java -jar <> and if it works then you can set ENV variable TIKA_SERVER_JAR with the path of that jar file.

P.S. make sure you set env variable before you import tika package

[james-see]

To get this working in a disconnected environment, I had to download a tika server file and set the TIKA_SERVER_JAR to TIKA_SERVER_JAR="file:///home/user/tika-server.jar" which successfully tricked python-tika to "download" this file and move it to /tmp/tika-server.jar and run as background process. This was the only way I could get this to work without the internet. @ErfPy hope this helps.

[chrismattmann]

thanks @jamesacampbell that's a feature, not a bug. Great job!

[james-see]

Lol, no problem. Maybe update the documentation to include this usage scenario if needed by others?

[chrismattmann]

@jamesacampbell can you provide a PR that updates the doco? Would love to update it please let me know.

[james-see]

@chrismattmann sure ill take a look this weekend

[james-see]

@chrismattmann pull request in, cheers.