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Original topic: 8.0.0 tiup cluster start tidb-hbdzj --init 无法启动集群
[TiDB Usage Environment] Production Environment / Testing / PoC
Testing
[TiDB Version]
8.0.0
[Reproduction Path] What operations were performed when the issue occurred
tiup cluster start tidb-hbdzj --init
[Encountered Issue: Issue Phenomenon and Impact]
failed to start tidb: failed to start: 192.168.0.68 tidb-4000.service, please check the instance’s log(/home/bigdata/tidb-deploy/tidb-4000/log) for more detail.: timed out waiting for port 4000 to be started after 2m0s
[Resource Configuration] Enter TiDB Dashboard - Cluster Info - Hosts and take a screenshot of this page
[Attachments: Screenshots/Logs/Monitoring]
Please provide the specific logs mentioned in the prompt.
Check the tidb-server logs.
Feeling like there aren’t enough resources? TiDB won’t start?
First, check the deployment environment. Official documentation:
TiDB Environment and System Configuration Check | PingCAP Documentation Center TiDB 环境与系统配置检查 | PingCAP 文档中心
display to check the cluster status
Your machine configuration is probably too low to meet the official requirements. Based on the components you have installed, check the hardware configuration of each machine to see if it meets the minimum requirements.
Without logs, it’s difficult to analyze. 
The same issue, it shouldn’t be the configuration. Carefully check the Protobuf file, and make sure there are no hidden Windows newline characters.
Please share the log from /home/bigdata/tidb-deploy/tidb-4000/log.
It is estimated that there is not enough memory, causing some components to fail to start.
Timed out waiting for port 4000
Most likely, the memory is insufficient.
According to the official document, PingCAP Documentation Center TiDB 环境与系统配置检查 | PingCAP 文档中心, please check it yourself.
Is there any relevant error information in the logs?
When there is an issue with a node failing to start during cluster deployment, it is usually due to incorrect configuration items or content. Go to the path /home/bigdata/tidb-deploy/tidb-4000/log on the machine 192.168.0.68, check the ERROR log to identify the relevant cause, and then make targeted adjustments.