Issue
During initialization of Tableau Server 2019.1.1 on a Linux host, the following message may occur:Initialization Error
This job failed due to an error.
Initialization terminated at step 25 of 28: Finalizing the topology failed.
You can try the following troubleshooting methods to resolve the problem:
Re-enter information in the previous setup step
Try initializing server again
This job failed due to an error.
Initialization terminated at step 25 of 28: Finalizing the topology failed.
You can try the following troubleshooting methods to resolve the problem:
Re-enter information in the previous setup step
Try initializing server again
The "initialization terminated" error may also occur at step 22 of 25.
tsm status -v returns a result of DEGRADED, with Elastic Server and Ask Data in an error state:
Tableau Server Elastic Server 0' is in an error state.
Tableau Server Ask Data 0' is in an error state.
Sometimes, installation is successful, but Ask Data and Elastic Server are in an error state.
Confirm if you've encountered this error by scanning the logs for the following message:
[o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: BindTransportException[Failed to bind to [port]]; nested: SocketException[Protocol family unavailable];
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:125) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.3.jar:6.2.3]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: BindTransportException[Failed to bind to [port]]; nested: SocketException[Protocol family unavailable];
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:125) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.3.jar:6.2.3]