IgniteException: Work directory does not exist

Suppose that when starting the application, you encounter the following exception:

org.apache.ignite.IgniteException: Work directory does not exist and cannot be created: /tmp/ignite/work

It is assumed, that the /tmp/ignite/work directory is located on the local file system. If the application is running on a cluster, then Ignite will try to create such a folder on each node of the cluster.

Exception reasons:

• The account under which the application is launched does not have access to /tmp;
• The /tmp/ignite/work directory was created by this or another application, running under a different user.

If the /tmp/ignite/work folder was created by another user, then the options are as follows:

• Log into the system as a different user and delete this folder (for a cluster, this must be done on each node);
• Change working directory for Ignite. You can user IgniteConfiguration.setWorkDirectory() method.

If the secant account does not have access to /tmp, then:

• Grant write access to /tmp for the current user;
• Change working directory for Ignite. You can user IgniteConfiguration.setWorkDirectory() method.

If you still have any questions, feel free to ask me in the comments under this article or write me at promark33@gmail.com.

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