Installation problem. Unable to connect to Metabase DB

Unable to execute java -jar metabase.jar

Console log:
C:\Metabase>java -jar metabase.jar
11-03 13:50:26 e[1mINFO metabase.utile[0m :: Loading Metabase…
11-03 13:50:34 e[1mINFO metabase.coree[0m :: Starting Metabase in STANDALONE mode
11-03 13:50:35 e[1mINFO metabase.coree[0m :: Launching Embedded Jetty Webserver with config:
{:port 3000}
11-03 13:50:35 e[1mINFO metabase.coree[0m :: Starting Metabase version v0.20.3 (2a54427 release-0.20.3) …
11-03 13:50:35 e[1mINFO metabase.coree[0m :: System timezone is ‘America/New_York’ …
11-03 13:50:35 e[1mDEBUG metabase.drivere[0m :: Registered driver e[34m:bigquerye[0m ?
11-03 13:50:35 e[1mDEBUG metabase.drivere[0m :: Registered driver e[34m:cratee[0m ?
11-03 13:50:35 e[1mDEBUG metabase.drivere[0m :: Registered driver e[34m:druide[0m ?
11-03 13:50:35 e[1mDEBUG metabase.drivere[0m :: Registered driver e[34m:h2e[0m ?
11-03 13:50:35 e[1mDEBUG metabase.drivere[0m :: Registered driver e[34m:mongoe[0m ?
11-03 13:50:35 e[1mDEBUG metabase.drivere[0m :: Registered driver e[34m:mysqle[0m ?
11-03 13:50:35 e[1mDEBUG metabase.drivere[0m :: Registered driver e[34m:postgrese[0m ?
11-03 13:50:35 e[1mDEBUG metabase.drivere[0m :: Registered driver e[34m:redshifte[0m ?
11-03 13:50:35 e[1mDEBUG metabase.drivere[0m :: Registered driver e[34m:sqlitee[0m ?
11-03 13:50:35 e[1mDEBUG metabase.drivere[0m :: Registered driver e[34m:sqlservere[0m ?
11-03 13:50:35 e[1mINFO metabase.dbe[0m :: e[36mVerifying h2 Database Connection …e[0m
11-03 13:50:40 e[1mERROR metabase.drivere[0m :: Failed to connect to database: Timed out after 5000 milliseconds.
java.lang.AssertionError: Assert failed: Unable to connect to Metabase h2 DB.
(binding [allow-potentailly-unsafe-connections true] (require (quote metabase.driver)) ((resolve (quote metabase.driver/can-connect-with-details?)) engine details))
at metabase.db$verify_db_connection.invokeStatic(db.clj:336)
at metabase.db$verify_db_connection.invoke(db.clj:331)
at metabase.db$setup_db_BANG_.invokeStatic(db.clj:357)
at metabase.db$setup_db_BANG_.doInvoke(db.clj:349)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:421)
at metabase.core$init_BANG_.invokeStatic(core.clj:112)
at metabase.core$init_BANG_.invoke(core.clj:92)
at metabase.core$start_normally.invokeStatic(core.clj:195)
at metabase.core$start_normally.invoke(core.clj:189)
at metabase.core$_main.invokeStatic(core.clj:280)
at metabase.core$_main.doInvoke(core.clj:275)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:397)
at clojure.lang.AFn.applyToHelper(AFn.java:152)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:132)
at metabase.core.main(Unknown Source)
11-03 13:50:40 e[1mERROR metabase.coree[0m :: Metabase Initialization FAILED: Assert failed: Unable to connect to Metabase h2 DB.
(binding [allow-potentailly-unsafe-connections true] (require (quote metabase.driver)) ((resolve (quote metabase.driver/can-connect-with-details?)) engine details))

Versions:

  • Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
  • java version “1.8.0_77” Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_77-b03)
  • Metabase: current as of 20161103 (v0.20.3)

I noticed that the command was not creating the metabase.db files. I then ran:
java -jar metabase.jar migrate release-locks
which created the db files. But I still got the same error when attempting to launch metabase.

is there anything special about the file system you’re using this on or the directory/user permissions?

Is the machine you’re running this on especially locked down?

I don’t have a special file system. The machine is not especially locked down. I have admin rights. Thanks.