Systemctl cannot start orientdb

[aGiant]

OrientDB Version: <3.0.25>

Java Version: <openjdk version "1.8.0_222">

OS: <Ubunt 18.04>

Expected behavior

Actual behavior

Steps to reproduce

https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-and-configure-orientdb-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts/
<An SQL script to reproduce the problem or a JUnit test case will increase A LOT the chance to have a quick fix>

Errors:

Dec  2 14:55:40 llu-MS-7B17 systemd[1]: Started OrientDB Server.
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Dec  2 14:55:40 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]:                  ``                                       www.orientdb.com
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Dec  2 14:55:40 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: removing old pid file /opt/orientdb/bin/orient.pid
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:233 INFO  Detected limit of amount of simultaneously open files is 4096,  limit of open files for disk cache will be set to 1536 [ONative]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:234 WARNI Value of limit of simultaneously open files is too small, recommended value is 262144 [ONative]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:239 INFO  Loading configuration from: /opt/orientdb/config/orientdb-server-config.xml... [OServerConfigurationLoaderXml]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:327 INFO  OrientDB Server v3.0.25 - Veloce (build ac37bbb108b048fa9a8fb17d094fc614cb61dce4, branch 3.0.x) is starting up... [OServer]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:353 INFO  33581928448 B/32026 MB/31 GB of physical memory were detected on machine [ONative]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:354 INFO  Soft memory limit for this process is set to -1 B/-1 MB/-1 GB [ONative]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:354 INFO  Hard memory limit for this process is set to -1 B/-1 MB/-1 GB [ONative]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:354 INFO  Path to 'memory' cgroup is '/' [ONative]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:356 INFO  Mounting path for memory cgroup controller is '/sys/fs/cgroup/memory' [ONative]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:356 INFO  cgroup soft memory limit is 9223372036854771712 B/8796093022207 MB/8589934591 GB [ONative]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:356 INFO  cgroup hard memory limit is 9223372036854771712 B/8796093022207 MB/8589934591 GB [ONative]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:356 INFO  Detected memory limit for current process is 33581928448 B/32026 MB/31 GB [ONative]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:357 INFO  JVM can use maximum 228MB of heap memory [OMemoryAndLocalPaginatedEnginesInitializer]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:357 INFO  Because OrientDB is running outside a container 12% of memory will be left unallocated according to the setting 'memory.leftToOS' not taking into account heap memory [OMemoryAndLocalPaginatedEnginesInitializer]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:357 INFO  OrientDB auto-config DISKCACHE=27,955MB (heap=228MB os=32,026MB) [orientechnologies]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:359 INFO  System is started under an effective user : `orientdb` [OEngineLocalPaginated]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:359 INFO  Allocation of 424916 pages. [OEngineLocalPaginated]
Dec  2 14:55:41 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:994 INFO  WAL maximum segment size is set to 18,131 MB [OrientDBDistributed]
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:41:994 INFO  Databases directory: /opt/orientdb/databases [OServer]
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:42:028 INFO  Direct IO for WAL located in /opt/orientdb/databases/OSystem is allowed with block size 4096 bytes. [OCASDiskWriteAheadLog]
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:42:028 INFO  Page size for WAL located in /opt/orientdb/databases/OSystem is set to 4096 bytes. [OCASDiskWriteAheadLog]Exception `10038555` in storage `plocal:/opt/orientdb/databases/OSystem`: 3.0.25 - Veloce (build ac37bbb108b048fa9a8fb17d094fc614cb61dce4, branch 3.0.x)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /opt/orientdb/databases/OSystem/OSystem.wmr
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newFileChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:177)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at java.nio.channels.FileChannel.open(FileChannel.java:287)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at java.nio.channels.FileChannel.open(FileChannel.java:335)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.impl.local.paginated.wal.cas.OCASDiskWriteAheadLog.<init>(OCASDiskWriteAheadLog.java:282)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.disk.OLocalPaginatedStorage.initWalAndDiskCache(OLocalPaginatedStorage.java:589)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.impl.local.OAbstractPaginatedStorage.open(OAbstractPaginatedStorage.java:282)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.db.OrientDBEmbedded.openNoAuthorization(OrientDBEmbedded.java:259)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.db.OrientDBEmbedded.openNoAuthorization(OrientDBEmbedded.java:56)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.server.OSystemDatabase.openSystemDatabase(OSystemDatabase.java:97)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.server.OSystemDatabase.checkServerId(OSystemDatabase.java:174)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.server.OSystemDatabase.init(OSystemDatabase.java:162)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.server.OSystemDatabase.<init>(OSystemDatabase.java:49)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.server.OServer.initSystemDatabase(OServer.java:1212)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.server.OServer.activate(OServer.java:421)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.server.OServerMain$1.run(OServerMain.java:48)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: 2019-12-02 14:55:42:029 INFO  - shutdown storage: OSystem... [OrientDBDistributed]Error during server execution
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: com.orientechnologies.orient.core.exception.ODatabaseException: Cannot open database 'OSystem'
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.db.OrientDBEmbedded.openNoAuthorization(OrientDBEmbedded.java:268)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.db.OrientDBEmbedded.openNoAuthorization(OrientDBEmbedded.java:56)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.server.OSystemDatabase.openSystemDatabase(OSystemDatabase.java:97)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.server.OSystemDatabase.checkServerId(OSystemDatabase.java:174)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.server.OSystemDatabase.init(OSystemDatabase.java:162)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.server.OSystemDatabase.<init>(OSystemDatabase.java:49)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.server.OServer.initSystemDatabase(OServer.java:1212)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.server.OServer.activate(OServer.java:421)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.server.OServerMain$1.run(OServerMain.java:48)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /opt/orientdb/databases/OSystem/OSystem.wmr
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.impl.local.OAbstractPaginatedStorage.logAndPrepareForRethrow(OAbstractPaginatedStorage.java:5829)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.impl.local.OAbstractPaginatedStorage.open(OAbstractPaginatedStorage.java:347)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.db.OrientDBEmbedded.openNoAuthorization(OrientDBEmbedded.java:259)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011... 8 more
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /opt/orientdb/databases/OSystem/OSystem.wmr
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newFileChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:177)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at java.nio.channels.FileChannel.open(FileChannel.java:287)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at java.nio.channels.FileChannel.open(FileChannel.java:335)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.impl.local.paginated.wal.cas.OCASDiskWriteAheadLog.<init>(OCASDiskWriteAheadLog.java:282)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.disk.OLocalPaginatedStorage.initWalAndDiskCache(OLocalPaginatedStorage.java:589)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011at com.orientechnologies.orient.core.storage.impl.local.OAbstractPaginatedStorage.open(OAbstractPaginatedStorage.java:282)
Dec  2 14:55:42 llu-MS-7B17 server.sh[5237]: #011... 9 more
Dec  2 14:55:47 llu-MS-7B17 systemd[1]: orientdb.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec  2 14:55:47 llu-MS-7B17 systemd[1]: orientdb.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

[tglman]

Hi,

This seems just that the user that is used to run the OrientDB process does not have permission to access /opt/orientdb/databases/ folder or any inside it.

Just grant that permission.
Regards