# Embedded server starts and shuts down right away **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [March 28, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/embedded-server-starts-and-shuts-down-right-away/1846 "2024-03-28T19:50:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mail4dy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mail4dy](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/mail4dy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/embedded-server-starts-and-shuts-down-right-away/1846/1 "2024-03-28T19:50:39Z")
I am just trying to get started with the experimental embedded weaviate. It seems to download and run but then stops running when client tries to get meta data about version. Can you help me? I have tried opening ports and tried different ports, including 8080, 8888 and the default port. What could be causing the meta query to come back empty? I think the local server is not accessible but do not know how to fix it. ### Description import weaviate client = weaviate.connect\_to\_embedded(version=“latest”) ### Server Setup Information Started /home/dyoung/.cache/weaviate-embedded: process ID 106577 {“action”:“startup”,“default\_vectorizer\_module”:“none”,“level”:“info”,“msg”:“the default vectorizer modules is set to "none", as a result all new schema classes without an explicit vectorizer setting, will use this vectorizer”,“time”:“2024-03-28T14:44:07-04:00”} {“action”:“startup”,“auto\_schema\_enabled”:true,“level”:“info”,“msg”:“auto schema enabled setting is set to "true"”,“time”:“2024-03-28T14:44:07-04:00”} {“level”:“info”,“msg”:“No resource limits set, weaviate will use all available memory and CPU. To limit resources, set LIMIT\_RESOURCES=true”,“time”:“2024-03-28T14:44:07-04:00”} {“level”:“warning”,“msg”:“Multiple vector spaces are present, GraphQL Explore and REST API list objects endpoint module include params has been disabled as a result.”,“time”:“2024-03-28T14:44:07-04:00”} {“action”:“grpc\_startup”,“level”:“info”,“msg”:“grpc server listening at [::]:50050”,“time”:“2024-03-28T14:44:07-04:00”} {“action”:“restapi\_management”,“level”:“info”,“msg”:“Serving weaviate at [http://127.0.0.1:8079](http://127.0.0.1:8079)”,“time”:“2024-03-28T14:44:07-04:00”} {“action”:“restapi\_management”,“level”:“info”,“msg”:“Shutting down… “,“time”:“2024-03-28T14:44:07-04:00”} {“action”:“restapi\_management”,“level”:“info”,“msg”:“Stopped serving weaviate at [http://127.0.0.1:8079](http://127.0.0.1:8079)”,“time”:“2024-03-28T14:44:07-04:00”} {“action”:“telemetry\_push”,“level”:“info”,“msg”:“telemetry started”,“payload”:”\u0026{MachineID:1a5178e4-1132-4b47-8cd8-37511d58d10a Type:INIT Version:1.24.6 Modules:generative-openai,qna-openai,ref2vec-centroid,reranker-cohere,text2vec-cohere,text2vec-huggingface,text2vec-openai NumObjects:0 OS:linux Arch:amd64}”,“time”:“2024-03-28T14:44:08-04:00”} {“action”:“telemetry\_push”,“level”:“info”,“msg”:“telemetry terminated”,“payload”:“\u0026{MachineID:1a5178e4-1132-4b47-8cd8-37511d58d10a Type:TERMINATE Version:1.24.6 Modules:generative-openai,qna-openai,ref2vec-centroid,reranker-cohere,text2vec-cohere,text2vec-huggingface,text2vec-openai NumObjects:0 OS:linux Arch:amd64}”,“time”:“2024-03-28T14:44:08-04:00”} ### Any additional Information self.\_weaviate\_version = \_ServerVersion.from\_string(self.get\_meta()[“version”]) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File “/home\_local/dyoung/anaconda3/envs/langchain/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/connect/v4.py”, line 581, in get\_meta res = \_decode\_json\_response\_dict(response, “Meta endpoint”) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File “/home\_local/dyoung/anaconda3/envs/langchain/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/util.py”, line 929, in \_decode\_json\_response\_dict raise UnexpectedStatusCodeError(location, response) weaviate.exceptions.UnexpectedStatusCodeError: Meta endpoint! Unexpected status code: 403, with response body: None. ---
**Author:** ![DudaNogueira](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/dudanogueira/32/7846_2.png) [@DudaNogueira](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/DudaNogueira)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/embedded-server-starts-and-shuts-down-right-away/1846/2 "2024-04-01T16:49:45Z")
Hi @mail4dy ! Welcome to our community 🤗 Can you share a reproducible code? Also, notice that Embedded options is experimental, and shouldn’t be used for anything other than experimenting. For a better Developer experience while running locally, docker is a great way to go. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![mail4dy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mail4dy](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/mail4dy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/embedded-server-starts-and-shuts-down-right-away/1846/3 "2024-04-03T16:19:59Z")
Same problem using Docker. Please see below: I start Docker and I know it is running because I get output when pointing browser to 8080 (langchain) bash-4.4$ docker run -p 8080:8080 -p 50051:50051 --env-file ./env.list [cr.weaviate.io/semitechnologies/weaviate:1.24.6](http://cr.weaviate.io/semitechnologies/weaviate:1.24.6) {“action”:“startup”,“default\_vectorizer\_module”:“none”,“level”:“info”,“msg”:“the default vectorizer modules is set to "none", as a result all new schema classes without an explicit vectorizer setting, will use this vectorizer”,“time”:“2024-04-03T15:14:47Z”} {“action”:“startup”,“auto\_schema\_enabled”:true,“level”:“info”,“msg”:“auto schema enabled setting is set to "true"”,“time”:“2024-04-03T15:14:47Z”} {“level”:“info”,“msg”:“No resource limits set, weaviate will use all available memory and CPU. To limit resources, set LIMIT\_RESOURCES=true”,“time”:“2024-04-03T15:14:47Z”} {“action”:“grpc\_startup”,“level”:“info”,“msg”:“grpc server listening at [::]:50051”,“time”:“2024-04-03T15:14:47Z”} {“action”:“restapi\_management”,“level”:“info”,“msg”:“Serving weaviate at http://[::]:8080”,“time”:“2024-04-03T15:14:47Z”} I then try to connect with Python using latest client but always same result. Python 3.11.7 (main, Dec 15 2023, 18:12:31) [GCC 11.2.0] on linux Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information. > > > import weaviate > > > client=weaviate.connect\_to\_local() > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File “”, line 1, in > > > File “/home\_local/dyoung/anaconda3/envs/langchain/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/connect/helpers.py”, line 157, in connect\_to\_local > > > return \_\_connect(client) > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > File “/home\_local/dyoung/anaconda3/envs/langchain/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/connect/helpers.py”, line 345, in \_\_connect > > > raise e > > > File “/home\_local/dyoung/anaconda3/envs/langchain/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/connect/helpers.py”, line 341, in \_\_connect > > > client.connect() > > > File “/home\_local/dyoung/anaconda3/envs/langchain/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/client.py”, line 282, in connect > > > self.\_connection.connect(self.\_\_skip\_init\_checks) > > > File “/home\_local/dyoung/anaconda3/envs/langchain/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/connect/v4.py”, line 655, in connect > > > super().connect(skip\_init\_checks) > > > File “/home\_local/dyoung/anaconda3/envs/langchain/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/connect/v4.py”, line 141, in connect > > > self.\_weaviate\_version = \_ServerVersion.from\_string(self.get\_meta()[“version”]) > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > File “/home\_local/dyoung/anaconda3/envs/langchain/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/connect/v4.py”, line 579, in get\_meta > > > res = \_decode\_json\_response\_dict(response, “Meta endpoint”) > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > File “/home\_local/dyoung/anaconda3/envs/langchain/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/util.py”, line 929, in \_decode\_json\_response\_dict > > > raise UnexpectedStatusCodeError(location, response) > > > weaviate.exceptions.UnexpectedStatusCodeError: Meta endpoint! Unexpected status code: 403, with response body: None. ---
**Author:** ![mail4dy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mail4dy](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/mail4dy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/embedded-server-starts-and-shuts-down-right-away/1846/4 "2024-04-04T21:32:20Z")
I had the same problem with Docker. The problem was noproxy was not set. After setting NO\_PROXY=127.0.0.1 when launching Docker and setting it my .bashrc export no\_proxy=‘localhost’ I was able to connect. Not sure which one did the trick but I think it is the lower case no\_proxy ---
**Author:** ![DudaNogueira](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/dudanogueira/32/7846_2.png) [@DudaNogueira](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/DudaNogueira)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/embedded-server-starts-and-shuts-down-right-away/1846/5 "2024-04-08T20:44:25Z")
thanks for sharing, @mail4dy !! ❤ ---
**Author:** ![zhou\_yangbo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/zhou_yangbo/32/1557_2.png) [@zhou\_yangbo](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/zhou_yangbo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/embedded-server-starts-and-shuts-down-right-away/1846/6 "2024-05-31T08:06:15Z")
> [@mail4dy](#): > > export no\_proxy=‘localhost’ even though after export no\_proxy=‘localhost’, still meets errors as following: raceback (most recent call last): File “/Users/yangboz/anaconda3/envs/py311/lib/python3.11/site-packages/weaviate/collections/grpc/query.py”, line 649, in \_\_call res, \_ = self.\_connection.grpc\_stub.Search.with\_call( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File “/Users/yangboz/anaconda3/envs/py311/lib/python3.11/site-packages/grpc/\_channel.py”, line 1198, in with\_call return \_end\_unary\_response\_blocking(state, call, True, None) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File “/Users/yangboz/anaconda3/envs/py311/lib/python3.11/site-packages/grpc/\_channel.py”, line 1006, in \_end\_unary\_response\_blocking raise \_InactiveRpcError(state) # pytype: disable=not-instantiable