{"id":11016,"date":"2016-11-09T13:26:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/?p=11016"},"modified":"2020-11-03T17:05:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T00:05:58","slug":"kettle-log-issue-unable-to-create-default-kettle-properties-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ephesoft.com\/docs\/kettle-log-issue-unable-to-create-default-kettle-properties-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Kettle Log Issue: Unable to Create Default kettle.properties File"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Applies to: <\/strong>All versions of Ephesoft Transact<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333\"><a id=\"post-11016-_fthpf7a0yvbh\" style=\"color: #333333\"><\/a>Issue<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\">Unable to create default <strong>kettle.properties <\/strong>file.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Sample log entry:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"color: #333333\">Unable to create default kettle.properties file : \\\\vmware-host\\Shared Folders\\.kettle\\kettle.properties<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">[Ljava.lang.StackTraceElement;@3351c83a<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">Exception in thread \"Thread-13\" java.lang.RuntimeException: Central Log Store is not initialized!!!<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">at org.pentaho.di.core.logging.KettleLogStore.getInstance(KettleLogStore.java:185)<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">at org.pentaho.di.core.logging.KettleLogStore.getAppender(KettleLogStore.java:235)<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">at org.pentaho.di.core.logging.LogChannel.println(LogChannel.java:122)<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">at org.pentaho.di.core.logging.LogChannel.println(LogChannel.java:127)<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">at org.pentaho.di.core.logging.LogChannel.logError(LogChannel.java:151)<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #333333\">at org.pentaho.di.job.Job.run(Job.java:437)<\/span><\/pre>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333\"><a id=\"post-11016-_if9a236def8e\" style=\"color: #333333\"><\/a>Root Cause<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\">This issue is rarely observed and is mostly due to incorrect, invalid, or missing <strong>kettle_home <\/strong>environment variables.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333\"><a id=\"post-11016-_6zr0wghzhf3x\" style=\"color: #333333\"><\/a>Solution<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\">Resolve this issue by setting the <strong>kettle_home <\/strong>variable in the environment variables section. Refer to this Pentaho help article for more information:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/help.pentaho.com\/Documentation\/6.1\/0P0\/180\/Other_Issues\/000\">Changing the Pentaho Data Integration Home Directory Location (.kettle folder)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applies to: All versions of Ephesoft Transact Issue Unable to create default kettle.properties file. 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