Grobid server start halts at 88%

[snw5208]

I did a fresh install of Grobid and after successfully completing an install trying to run the server causes it to halt at 88% execution and hang here for upwards of ten minutes or more. The screen print is attached below

PUT     /api/processFulltextAssetDocument (org.grobid.service.GrobidRestService)
   POST    /api/processFulltextDocument (org.grobid.service.GrobidRestService)
   PUT     /api/processFulltextDocument (org.grobid.service.GrobidRestService)
   POST    /api/processHeaderDocument (org.grobid.service.GrobidRestService)
   PUT     /api/processHeaderDocument (org.grobid.service.GrobidRestService)
   POST    /api/processHeaderNames (org.grobid.service.GrobidRestService)
   PUT     /api/processHeaderNames (org.grobid.service.GrobidRestService)
   POST    /api/processReferences (org.grobid.service.GrobidRestService)
   PUT     /api/processReferences (org.grobid.service.GrobidRestService)
   POST    /api/referenceAnnotations (org.grobid.service.GrobidRestService)
   GET     /api/sha1 (org.grobid.service.GrobidRestService)
   POST    /api/sha1 (org.grobid.service.GrobidRestService)
   GET     /api/version (org.grobid.service.GrobidRestService)

INFO  [2018-03-22 14:41:27,488] org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler: Started i.d.j.MutableServletContextHand
ler@2513a118{/,null,AVAILABLE}
INFO  [2018-03-22 14:41:27,495] io.dropwizard.setup.AdminEnvironment: tasks =

   POST    /tasks/log-level (io.dropwizard.servlets.tasks.LogConfigurationTask)
   POST    /tasks/gc (io.dropwizard.servlets.tasks.GarbageCollectionTask)

INFO  [2018-03-22 14:41:27,501] org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler: Started i.d.j.MutableServletContextHand
ler@7be1ce6a{/,null,AVAILABLE}
INFO  [2018-03-22 14:41:27,513] org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractConnector: Started application@656d10a4{HTTP/1.1,[http/
1.1]}{0.0.0.0:8070}
INFO  [2018-03-22 14:41:27,514] org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractConnector: Started admin@63ec445c{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{
0.0.0.0:8071}
INFO  [2018-03-22 14:41:27,514] org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server: Started @7289ms
<===========--> 88% EXECUTING [5m 14s]
> :grobid-service:run

[lfoppiano]

hi @snw5208,
AFAIK this is a glitch in the gradle run task when you run the service, since it's shares the same JVM the gradle process stays appended.

You should be able to run it as a service without gradle (from the grobid directory):

./gradlew clean assemble 
./grobid-service/bin/grobid-service server grobid-service/config/config.yaml

Give it a try and let me know if it's working. If so I will add it to the documentation.

Regards
Luca

[snw5208]

The first command resulted in a successful build:

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 1m 10s
24 actionable tasks: 24 executed

However the second command results in:
-bash: ./grobid-service/bin/grobid-service: No such file or directory

[lfoppiano]

@snw5208 thanks, I will have a look. I remember fixing this problem already 😅 actually

[lfoppiano]

OK so there is no issue, I've just forgot some steps, after assembling it you need the grobid-service zip file and the grobid-home, they needs to be placed in a directory and afterwards they can be run successfully:

./gradlew clean assemble 
cd ..
mkdir grobid-instal
cd grobid-instal
unzip ../grobid/grobid-service/build/distributions/grobid-service-0.6.0-SNAPSHOT.zip -d grobid-service
unzip ../grobid/grobid-home/build/distributions/grobid-home-0.6.0-SNAPSHOT.zip 
./grobid-service/bin/grobid-service server grobid-service/config/config.yaml

From grobid-installation there should be a tree of this type:

.
├── grobid-home
└── grobid-service

It should work, let me know if works for you
Luca

[lfoppiano]

@snw5208 is it working?

[alperozaydin]

I do have same problem and I followed your instruction but when I run the last command I get this error:

Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: File grobid-service/config/config.yaml not found
	at io.dropwizard.configuration.FileConfigurationSourceProvider.open(FileConfigurationSourceProvider.java:18)
	at io.dropwizard.configuration.YamlConfigurationFactory.build(YamlConfigurationFactory.java:78)
	at io.dropwizard.cli.ConfiguredCommand.parseConfiguration(ConfiguredCommand.java:124)
	at io.dropwizard.cli.ConfiguredCommand.run(ConfiguredCommand.java:72)
	at io.dropwizard.cli.Cli.run(Cli.java:75)
	at io.dropwizard.Application.run(Application.java:79)
	at org.grobid.service.main.GrobidServiceApplication.main(GrobidServiceApplication.java:90)

[alperozaydin]

I have solved it. For me, I had to move all files under grobid-service (the one we unzipped) to main grobid-service.

So these are the steps that I followed and it worked for me.

./gradlew clean assemble 
cd ..
mkdir grobid-instal
cd grobid-instal
unzip ../grobid/grobid-service/build/distributions/grobid-service-0.6.0-SNAPSHOT.zip -d grobid-service
unzip ../grobid/grobid-home/build/distributions/grobid-home-0.6.0-SNAPSHOT.zip 
cd grobid-service/grobid-service-0.5.1/
mv bin/ lib/ doc/ ../../../grobid-0.5.1/grobid-service/
cd ../../../grobid-0.5.1/
./grobid-service/bin/grobid-service server grobid-service/config/config.yaml

[Aazhar]

Hello,
I confirm, following the steps indicated by @alperozaydin, this issue is solved, the grobid service is up.

[lfoppiano]

I've re-checked and updated the documentation with a slight change in the process. Thanks for the heads up.