### Author:  [@pritamsinha](https://discuss.ray.io/u/pritamsinha)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/why-do-i-get-timeouterror-while-setting-temp-dir-in-ray-init/8573/1 "2022-12-06T15:51:38Z")
Hi! I am trying to set the `_temp_dir` parameter in the `ray.init()` function. But when I try to use `_temp_dir`, an error occurs every time. I am running my code in a Linux-based ec2 instance.
The error
```python
TimeoutError Traceback (most recent call last)
File ~/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ray/_private/node.py:312, in Node. __init__ (self, ray_params, head, shutdown_at_exit, spawn_reaper, connect_only)
311 try:
--> 312 ray._private.services.wait_for_node(
313 self.redis_address,
314 self.gcs_address,
315 self._plasma_store_socket_name,
316 self.redis_password,
317 )
318 except TimeoutError:
File ~/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ray/_private/services.py:385, in wait_for_node(redis_address, gcs_address, node_plasma_store_socket_name, redis_password, timeout)
384 time.sleep(0.1)
--> 385 raise TimeoutError("Timed out while waiting for node to startup.")
TimeoutError: Timed out while waiting for node to startup.
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Exception Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In [30], line 1
----> 1 ray.init(configure_logging=True,
2 include_dashboard=True,
3 log_to_driver=True,
4 logging_level=logging.FATAL,
5 _temp_dir="raylet_results/temp",
6 _system_config={
7 "object_spilling_config": json.dumps(
8 {"type": "filesystem", "params": {"directory_path": "raylet_results/object_spilling"}},
9 )
10 },
11 )
File ~/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ray/_private/client_mode_hook.py:105, in client_mode_hook..wrapper(*args, **kwargs)
103 if func. __name__!= "init" or is_client_mode_enabled_by_default:
104 return getattr(ray, func. __name__ )(*args, **kwargs)
--> 105 return func(*args, **kwargs)
File ~/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ray/_private/worker.py:1429, in init(address, num_cpus, num_gpus, resources, object_store_memory, local_mode, ignore_reinit_error, include_dashboard, dashboard_host, dashboard_port, job_config, configure_logging, logging_level, logging_format, log_to_driver, namespace, runtime_env, storage, **kwargs)
1387 ray_params = ray._private.parameter.RayParams(
1388 node_ip_address=node_ip_address,
1389 raylet_ip_address=raylet_ip_address,
(...)
1423 node_name=_node_name,
1424 )
1425 # Start the Ray processes. We set shutdown_at_exit=False because we
1426 # shutdown the node in the ray.shutdown call that happens in the atexit
1427 # handler. We still spawn a reaper process in case the atexit handler
1428 # isn't called.
-> 1429 _global_node = ray._private.node.Node(
1430 head=True, shutdown_at_exit=False, spawn_reaper=True, ray_params=ray_params
1431 )
1432 else:
1433 # In this case, we are connecting to an existing cluster.
1434 if num_cpus is not None or num_gpus is not None:
File ~/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ray/_private/node.py:319, in Node. __init__ (self, ray_params, head, shutdown_at_exit, spawn_reaper, connect_only)
312 ray._private.services.wait_for_node(
313 self.redis_address,
314 self.gcs_address,
315 self._plasma_store_socket_name,
316 self.redis_password,
317 )
318 except TimeoutError:
--> 319 raise Exception(
320 "The current node has not been updated within 30 "
321 "seconds, this could happen because of some of "
322 "the Ray processes failed to startup."
323 )
324 node_info = ray._private.services.get_node_to_connect_for_driver(
325 self.redis_address,
326 self.gcs_address,
327 self._raylet_ip_address,
328 redis_password=self.redis_password,
329 )
330 if self._ray_params.node_manager_port == 0:
Exception: The current node has not been updated within 30 seconds, this could happen because of some of the Ray processes failed to startup.
```
I am using this
```python
ray.init(configure_logging=True,
include_dashboard=True,
log_to_driver=True,
logging_level=logging.FATAL,
_temp_dir="raylet_results/temp",
_system_config={
"object_spilling_config": json.dumps(
{"type": "filesystem", "params": {"directory_path": "raylet_results/object_spilling"}},
)
},
)
```
But whenever I remove the `_temp_dir` parameter from `ray.init()`, it works fine. But I want to set my own custom path for storing the temp files. How to do this?
---
### Author:  [@sangcho](https://discuss.ray.io/u/sangcho)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/why-do-i-get-timeouterror-while-setting-temp-dir-in-ray-init/8573/2 "2022-12-08T14:30:36Z")
Do you have logs from gcs\_server.out?
---
### Author:  [@pritamsinha](https://discuss.ray.io/u/pritamsinha)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/why-do-i-get-timeouterror-while-setting-temp-dir-in-ray-init/8573/3 "2022-12-16T05:25:59Z")
No. I am even shutting down the ray before initializing the ray. Still, I am getting.
---
### Author:  [@sangcho](https://discuss.ray.io/u/sangcho)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2022, 8:25am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/why-do-i-get-timeouterror-while-setting-temp-dir-in-ray-init/8573/4 "2022-12-16T08:25:36Z")
can you instead try using `ray start` from CLI? and use `--temp-dir"` and lmk if you have the same issue. [Cluster Management CLI — Ray 3.0.0.dev0](https://docs.ray.io/en/master/cluster/cli.html#ray-start)
---
### Author:  [@showkeyjar](https://discuss.ray.io/u/showkeyjar)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/why-do-i-get-timeouterror-while-setting-temp-dir-in-ray-init/8573/5 "2023-03-30T03:47:47Z")
I have the same issue,
even use ray CLI:
ray start --head --dashboard-port 8085 --disable-usage-stats --temp-dir logs/ray\_tmp
would this bug be fixed in Ray 3.0 ?
update to Ray 3.0.0.dev0 still not work.