pytorch distributed training fails when use 'gloo' backend - pytorch

Question

I run the distributed training code in the pytorch tutorial, when I use the 'gloo' backend, the code raises RuntimeError when init_process_group.
"""run.py:"""
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import torch
import torch.distributed as dist
from torch.multiprocessing import Process
def run(rank, size):
""" Distributed function to be implemented later. """
pass
def init_process(rank, size, fn, backend='gloo'):
""" Initialize the distributed environment. """
os.environ['MASTER_ADDR'] = '127.0.0.1'
os.environ['MASTER_PORT'] = '29500'
dist.init_process_group(backend, rank=rank, world_size=size)
fn(rank, size)
if __name__ == "__main__":
size = 2
processes = []
for rank in range(size):
p = Process(target=init_process, args=(rank, size, run))
p.start()
processes.append(p)
for p in processes:
p.join()
While getting the error:
Process Process-2:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/wuyiming/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/multiprocessing/process.py", line 297, in _bootstrap
self.run()
File "/home/wuyiming/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/multiprocessing/process.py", line 99, in run
self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
File "<ipython-input-1-6cc8a94a6551>", line 16, in init_process
dist.init_process_group(backend, rank=rank, world_size=size)
File "/home/wuyiming/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/torch/distributed/distributed_c10d.py", line 416, in init_process_group
timeout=timeout)
File "/home/wuyiming/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/torch/distributed/distributed_c10d.py", line 484, in _new_process_group_helper
timeout=timeout)
RuntimeError: [enforce fail at /pytorch/third_party/gloo/gloo/transport/tcp/device.cc:198] ifa != nullptr. Unable to find interface for: [0.0.0.27]
Process Process-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/wuyiming/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/multiprocessing/process.py", line 297, in _bootstrap
self.run()
File "/home/wuyiming/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/multiprocessing/process.py", line 99, in run
self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
File "<ipython-input-1-6cc8a94a6551>", line 16, in init_process
dist.init_process_group(backend, rank=rank, world_size=size)
File "/home/wuyiming/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/torch/distributed/distributed_c10d.py", line 416, in init_process_group
timeout=timeout)
File "/home/wuyiming/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/torch/distributed/distributed_c10d.py", line 484, in _new_process_group_helper
timeout=timeout)
RuntimeError: [enforce fail at /pytorch/third_party/gloo/gloo/transport/tcp/device.cc:198] ifa != nullptr. Unable to find interface for: [0.0.0.27]
If I change the backbone from 'gloo' to 'NCCL', the code runs correctly.