Hello!
I have a goal to install OpenStudio Application and Parametric Analysis Tool onto a Windows Virtual Machine, and then transfer that VM (file) to a colleague (external to my institution) to enable them to explore models made by my team without having to worry about installation and configuration of the BEM tools.
Towards that end:
I installed Parametric Analysis Tool 3.6.1 on an Oracle VirtualBox virtual machine running Windows 11. The software loads, but when I try to "Start Local Server" (via Server Tools), it says "Error, Server Did Not Start". I am able to get the Localhost:8080 server to run locally on a normal Windows 11 desktop, so I think I should be able to replicate in a VM. (Note: I already made sure that I don't have spaces in folder names or other things that might trip up a server.)
So:
1) Is there some fundamental reason why the server would not run on a VirtualBox VM (with Windows 11 as the OS)? Is localhost disabled or referenced differently in some way that would preclude PAT using it?
2) More specifically, do the debug messages below give a clue to the root problem? (Sorry, I apparently lack enough Karma points to post screenshots.)
Edit1: I reviewed this oft-referenced post but it did not help: https://unmethours.com/question/22431/what-do-i-do-about-a-server-error-in-pat-200/
Thank you,
Dr. Scott Duncan
duncan@gatech.edu
Log file:
angular.js:15697
START SERVER...SERVER TYPE: local
angular.js:15697
SERVER STATUS: stopped
angular.js:15697
stop server command: "C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\ruby\bin\ruby.exe" "C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\OpenStudio-server\bin\openstudio_meta" stop_local "C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\debugger3"
angular.js:15697
start server command: "C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\ruby\bin\ruby.exe" "C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\OpenStudio-server\bin\openstudio_meta" start_local --worker-number=3 --energyplus-exe-path="C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\EnergyPlus\energyplus.exe" --openstudio-exe-path="C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\OpenStudio\bin\openstudio.exe" --ruby-lib-path="C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\OpenStudio\Ruby" --mongo-dir="C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\mongo\bin" --debug "C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\debugger3"
app-67784043cc.js:1
Child pid: 7988
app-67784043cc.js:1
child exited due to receipt of signal null (exit code 1)
angular.js:15697
Server failed to start
(anonymous) @ angular.js:15697
angular.js:15697
SERVER ERROR
(anonymous) @ angular.js:15697
app-67784043cc.js:1
exec error: Error: Command failed: "C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\ruby\bin\ruby.exe" "C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\OpenStudio-server\bin\openstudio_meta" start_local --worker-number=3 --energyplus-exe-path="C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\EnergyPlus\energyplus.exe" --openstudio-exe-path="C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\OpenStudio\bin\openstudio.exe" --ruby-lib-path="C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\OpenStudio\Ruby" --mongo-dir="C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\mongo\bin" --debug "C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\debugger3"
at __node_internal_genericNodeError (node:internal/errors:841:15)
at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:407:12)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:539:35)
at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1092:16)
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:302:5)
app-67784043cc.js:1
child closed due to receipt of signal null (exit code 1)
angular.js:15697
ERROR in start local server: undefined
(anonymous) @ angular.js:15697
angular.js:15697
Possibly unhandled rejection: undefined
(anonymous) @ angular.js:15697
EDIT2:
Adding what I found when I added --verbose, see below.
C:\Users\mbx>"C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\ruby\bin\ruby.exe" "C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\OpenStudio-server\bin\openstudio_meta" --verbose start_local --worker-number=3 --energyplus-exe-path="C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\EnergyPlus\energyplus.exe" --openstudio-exe-path="C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\OpenStudio\bin\openstudio.exe" --ruby-lib-path="C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\OpenStudio\Ruby" --mongo-dir="C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\mongo\bin" --debug "C:\Users\mbx\Documents\model_for_debug"
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.646797 #8212] DEBUG -- : Set Logger log level to DEBUG
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.647385 #8212] DEBUG -- : Environment is: {"ALLUSERSPROFILE"=>"C:\\ProgramData", "APPDATA"=>"C:\\Users\\mbx\\AppData\\Roaming", "CommonProgramFiles"=>"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files", "CommonProgramFiles(x86)"=>"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files", "CommonProgramW6432"=>"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files", "COMPUTERNAME"=>"WINDOWS11", "ComSpec"=>"C:\\Windows\\system32\\cmd.exe", "DriverData"=>"C:\\Windows\\System32\\Drivers\\DriverData", "EFC_7124"=>"1", "FPS_BROWSER_APP_PROFILE_STRING"=>"Internet Explorer", "FPS_BROWSER_USER_PROFILE_STRING"=>"Default", "GEM_HOME"=>"C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/OpenStudio-server/gems", "GEM_PATH"=>"C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/OpenStudio-server/gems;C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/OpenStudio-server/gems/bundler/gems", "HOME"=>"C:/Users/mbx", "HOMEDRIVE"=>"C:", "HOMEPATH"=>"\\Users\\mbx", "LOCALAPPDATA"=>"C:\\Users\\mbx\\AppData\\Local", "LOGONSERVER"=>"\\\\WINDOWS11", "NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS"=>"4", "OneDrive"=>"C:\\Users\\mbx\\OneDrive", "OS"=>"Windows_NT", "Path"=>"C:\\Windows\\system32;C:\\Windows;C:\\Windows\\System32\\Wbem;C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\;C:\\Windows\\System32\\OpenSSH\\;C:\\Users\\mbx\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps;", "PATHEXT"=>".COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC", "PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE"=>"AMD64", "PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER"=>"Intel64 Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 13, GenuineIntel", "PROCESSOR_LEVEL"=>"6", "PROCESSOR_REVISION"=>"9e0d", "ProgramData"=>"C:\\ProgramData", "ProgramFiles"=>"C:\\Program Files", "ProgramFiles(x86)"=>"C:\\Program Files (x86)", "ProgramW6432"=>"C:\\Program Files", "PROMPT"=>"$P$G", "PSModulePath"=>"C:\\Program Files\\WindowsPowerShell\\Modules;C:\\Windows\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\Modules", "PUBLIC"=>"C:\\Users\\Public", "SESSIONNAME"=>"Console", "SystemDrive"=>"C:", "SystemRoot"=>"C:\\Windows", "TEMP"=>"C:\\Users\\mbx\\AppData\\Local\\Temp", "TMP"=>"C:\\Users\\mbx\\AppData\\Local\\Temp", "USER"=>"mbx", "USERDOMAIN"=>"WINDOWS11", "USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE"=>"WINDOWS11", "USERNAME"=>"mbx", "USERPROFILE"=>"C:\\Users\\mbx", "windir"=>"C:\\Windows"}
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.647965 #8212] DEBUG -- : Input ARGV is ["start_local", "--worker-number=3", "--energyplus-exe-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\EnergyPlus\\energyplus.exe", "--openstudio-exe-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\OpenStudio\\bin\\openstudio.exe", "--ruby-lib-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\OpenStudio\\Ruby", "--mongo-dir=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\mongo\\bin", "--debug", "C:\\Users\\mbx\\Documents\\model_for_debug"]
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.648519 #8212] DEBUG -- : Executing requires
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.648733 #8212] DEBUG -- : Requiring tmpdir
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.675471 #8212] DEBUG -- : Requiring optsparse
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.682048 #8212] DEBUG -- : Requiring timeout
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.686631 #8212] DEBUG -- : Requiring json
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.687123 #8212] DEBUG -- : Required initial gems successfully
I, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.687608 #8212] INFO -- : Executing argv: ["start_local", "--worker-number=3", "--energyplus-exe-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\EnergyPlus\\energyplus.exe", "--openstudio-exe-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\OpenStudio\\bin\\openstudio.exe", "--ruby-lib-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\OpenStudio\\Ruby", "--mongo-dir=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\mongo\\bin", "--debug", "C:\\Users\\mbx\\Documents\\model_for_debug"]
I, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.688018 #8212] INFO -- : CLI Parsed Inputs: [] "start_local" ["--worker-number=3", "--energyplus-exe-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\EnergyPlus\\energyplus.exe", "--openstudio-exe-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\OpenStudio\\bin\\openstudio.exe", "--ruby-lib-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\OpenStudio\\Ruby", "--mongo-dir=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\mongo\\bin", "--debug", "C:\\Users\\mbx\\Documents\\model_for_debug"]
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.688639 #8212] DEBUG -- : Main arguments are []
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.689075 #8212] DEBUG -- : Sub-command is start_local
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.689479 #8212] DEBUG -- : Sub-arguments are ["--worker-number=3", "--energyplus-exe-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\EnergyPlus\\energyplus.exe", "--openstudio-exe-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\OpenStudio\\bin\\openstudio.exe", "--ruby-lib-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\OpenStudio\\Ruby", "--mongo-dir=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\mongo\\bin", "--debug", "C:\\Users\\mbx\\Documents\\model_for_debug"]
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.689682 #8212] DEBUG -- : Invoking command class: StartLocal ["--worker-number=3", "--energyplus-exe-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\EnergyPlus\\energyplus.exe", "--openstudio-exe-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\OpenStudio\\bin\\openstudio.exe", "--ruby-lib-path=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\OpenStudio\\Ruby", "--mongo-dir=C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\mongo\\bin", "--debug", "C:\\Users\\mbx\\Documents\\model_for_debug"]
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:40.696148 #8212] DEBUG -- : StartLocal command: [] {:debug=>true, :force_directories=>false, :workers=>3, :ruby_path=>"C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/ruby/bin/ruby.exe", :mongo_dir=>"C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\mongo\\bin", :oscli=>nil, :energyplus_exe_path=>"C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\EnergyPlus\\energyplus.exe", :openstudio_exe_path=>"C:\\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\\pat\\OpenStudio\\bin\\openstudio.exe"}
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:44.781266 #8212] DEBUG -- : Mongo port will be 27017
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:48.872764 #8212] DEBUG -- : Rails port will be 8080
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:48.873324 #8212] DEBUG -- : Command for local CLI: "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/ruby/bin/ruby.exe" "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/OpenStudio-server/bin/resources/local/mongo_command" -p 27017 "C:/Users/mbx/Documents/model_for_debug/logs" "C:\ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1\pat\mongo\bin" "C:/Users/mbx/Documents/model_for_debug/data/db" "C:\Users\mbx\Documents\model_for_debug/local_configuration.json" "C:\Users\mbx\Documents\model_for_debug" --debug
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:48.873826 #8212] DEBUG -- : Command for local CLI: "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/ruby/bin/ruby.exe" "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/OpenStudio-server/bin/resources/local/rails_command" -p 8080 "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/ruby/bin/ruby.exe" "C:/Users/mbx/Documents/model_for_debug/logs" "C:\Users\mbx\Documents\model_for_debug" 27017 "C:\Users\mbx\Documents\model_for_debug/local_configuration.json" --debug
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:48.874594 #8212] DEBUG -- : Command for local CLI: "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/ruby/bin/ruby.exe" "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/OpenStudio-server/bin/resources/local/dj_server_command" "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/ruby/bin/ruby.exe" "C:/Users/mbx/Documents/model_for_debug/logs" "C:\Users\mbx\Documents\model_for_debug" "27017" "8080" "C:\Users\mbx\Documents\model_for_debug/local_configuration.json" --debug
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:48.874922 #8212] DEBUG -- : Command for local CLI: "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/ruby/bin/ruby.exe" "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/OpenStudio-server/bin/resources/local/dj_worker_command" "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/ruby/bin/ruby.exe" "C:/Users/mbx/Documents/model_for_debug/logs" "C:\Users\mbx\Documents\model_for_debug" "27017" "8080" 1 "C:\Users\mbx\Documents\model_for_debug/local_configuration.json" --debug
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:48.875669 #8212] DEBUG -- : Command for local CLI: "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/ruby/bin/ruby.exe" "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/OpenStudio-server/bin/resources/local/dj_worker_command" "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/ruby/bin/ruby.exe" "C:/Users/mbx/Documents/model_for_debug/logs" "C:\Users\mbx\Documents\model_for_debug" "27017" "8080" 2 "C:\Users\mbx\Documents\model_for_debug/local_configuration.json" --debug
D, [2024-05-13T15:05:48.875757 #8212] DEBUG -- : Command for local CLI: "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/ruby/bin/ruby.exe" "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/OpenStudio-server/bin/resources/local/dj_worker_command" "C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/ruby/bin/ruby.exe" "C:/Users/mbx/Documents/model_for_debug/logs" "C:\Users\mbx\Documents\model_for_debug" "27017" "8080" 3 "C:\Users\mbx\Documents\model_for_debug/local_configuration.json" --debug
System call will be: 'mongod.exe --port 27017 --logpath "C:/Users/mbx/Documents/model_for_debug/logs/mongo.log" --dbpath "C:/Users/mbx/Documents/model_for_debug/data/db"' in directory 'C:/ParametricAnalysisTool-3.6.1/pat/mongo/bin'
E, [2024-05-13T15:06:05.565994 #8212] ERROR -- : Mongod failed to launch. Please refer to `C:\Users\mbx\Documents\model_for_debug/logs/mongod.log`.
W, [2024-05-13T15:06:05.832214 #8212] WARN -- : No process with PID 8748 exists, did not attempt to kill
EDIT 3:
Screenshots from the Event viewer, from PAT running on the VM. Really, a repeat from the code block in Edit 1.
