{"id":1738,"date":"2021-08-20T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bigdatainrealworld.com\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2023-02-19T07:31:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T13:31:17","slug":"error-initializing-sparkcontext-with-java-net-bindexception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigdatainrealworld.com\/error-initializing-sparkcontext-with-java-net-bindexception\/","title":{"rendered":"Error initializing SparkContext with java.net.BindException"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">java.net.BindException is a common exception when Spark is trying to initialize SparkContext. This is especially a common error when you try to run Spark locally.<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">16\/01\/04 13:49:40 ERROR SparkContext: Error initializing SparkContext.\n\njava.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address: Service 'sparkDriver' failed after 16 retries!\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind0(Native Method)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:444)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:436)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:214)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(ServerSocketAdaptor.java:74)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketChannel.doBind(NioServerSocketChannel.java:125)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AbstractUnsafe.bind(AbstractChannel.java:485)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.bind(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1089)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeBind(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:430)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.bind(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:415)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.bind(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:903)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel.bind(AbstractChannel.java:198)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at io.netty.bootstrap.AbstractBootstrap$2.run(AbstractBootstrap.java:348)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor.runAllTasks(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:357)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:357)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$2.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:111)\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)<\/pre>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/embed.lpcontent.net\/leadboxes\/current\/embed.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #005cb9; background-color: #f1f5f9; padding: 1em;\">Do you like us to send you a 47 page Definitive guide on Spark join algorithms? ===&gt; <button style=\"background: #afbf00; border-color: #afbf00; border-radius: 20px; color: #ffffff; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; padding: 16px 32px; min-width: 192px; border: 1px solid #afbf00; font-size: 1rem; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center; outline: 0; line-height: 1; cursor: pointer; -webkit-transition: background 0.3s, color 0.3s, border 0.3s; transition: background 0.3s, color 0.3s, border 0.3s; box-shadow: 0px 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);\" data-leadbox-popup=\"iRwJt3SrgaavPhqQ3dnrtg\" data-leadbox-domain=\"ccubecompany.lpages.co\">Send me the guide<\/button><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reason<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most common reason is Spark is trying to bind to the localhost (that is your computer) for the master node and not able to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solution<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find the hostname of your computer and add it the \/etc\/hosts.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find hostname<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hostname command will get you the hostname<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">[osboxes@wk1 ~]$ hostname\nWk1.hirw.com<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add hostname to hosts file<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add an entry to your \/etc\/hosts file like below<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">[osboxes@wk1 ~]$ cat \/etc\/hosts\n\n127.0.0.1 &nbsp; wk1.hirw.com<\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are using Windows, hosts file will be under <span class=\"lang:default decode:true crayon-inline \">C:\\Windows\\System32\\drivers\\etc<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By doing this when Spark ping 127.0.0.1 it will properly resolve to a hostname and will be able to bind to the address.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>java.net.BindException is a common exception when Spark is trying to initialize SparkContext. 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