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moongateclimber

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Nov 19, 2004, 3:30:41 AM11/19/04
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Hello,

I've been trying to install OpenNMS for a week with no success. Right
now the problem looks like a Tomcat problem, so I thought I could try
to look for answers here; if you want to redirect me to a more
appropriate newsgroup, please do.

I am using jakarta Tomcat 5.0.28. The OpenNMS installation requires a
new Context tag to be added to the server.xml file. The tag looks like
this:

<Context path="/opennms" docBase="opennms" debug="0"
reloadable="true">
<Logger classname="org.opennms.web.log.Log4JLogger"
homeDir="/opt/OpenNMS"/>
<Realm className="org.opennms.web.authenticate.OpenNMSTomcatRealm"
homeDir="/opt/OpenNMS"/>
</Context>

On startup, Tomcat crashes and I find the following log in
logs/catalina.out:

19-nov-2004 9.25.00 org.apache.commons.digester.Digester startElement
GRAVE: Begin event threw exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.loadClass(StandardClassLoader.java:769)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.loadClass(StandardClassLoader.java:721)
at org.apache.commons.digester.ObjectCreateRule.begin(ObjectCreateRule.java:252)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.begin(Rule.java:200)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1273)
at org.apache.catalina.util.CatalinaDigester.startElement(CatalinaDigester.java:65)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1548)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:489)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:528)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:250)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:424)
Catalina.start using conf/server.xml: java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2540)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2566)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1276)
at org.apache.catalina.util.CatalinaDigester.startElement(CatalinaDigester.java:65)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1548)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:489)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:528)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:250)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:424)
19-nov-2004 9.25.00 org.apache.commons.digester.Digester startElement
GRAVE: Begin event threw exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.loadClass(StandardClassLoader.java:769)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.loadClass(StandardClassLoader.java:721)
at org.apache.commons.digester.ObjectCreateRule.begin(ObjectCreateRule.java:252)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.begin(Rule.java:200)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1273)
at org.apache.catalina.util.CatalinaDigester.startElement(CatalinaDigester.java:65)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1548)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:489)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:548)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:287)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:425)
Catalina.start using conf/server.xml: java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2540)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2566)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1276)
at org.apache.catalina.util.CatalinaDigester.startElement(CatalinaDigester.java:65)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1548)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:489)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:548)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:287)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:425)
19-nov-2004 9.25.00 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 0 ms
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:287)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:425)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.await(Catalina.java:619)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:579)
... 6 more

Any suggestions? I thank you very much for any help, I'm about to give
up with the installation if I don't find a solution!

MC

shakah...@gmail.com

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Nov 19, 2004, 10:47:20 AM11/19/04
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You probably verified this, but does Tomcat start up fine without the
opennms Context tag in server.xml?

Is there a $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/opennms directory (e.g.
/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/opennms)?

If both of those are true, have you tried making a bare-bones WEB-INF
directory for opennms (e.g. temporarily removing opennms's web.xml file
from WEB-INF, .jar files from WEB-INF/lib, etc.)?

moongateclimber

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Nov 22, 2004, 2:54:59 AM11/22/04
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> You probably verified this, but does Tomcat start up fine without the
> opennms Context tag in server.xml?

Yes it does.

> Is there a $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/opennms directory (e.g.
> /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/opennms)?

Yes.



> If both of those are true, have you tried making a bare-bones WEB-INF
> directory for opennms (e.g. temporarily removing opennms's web.xml file
> from WEB-INF, .jar files from WEB-INF/lib, etc.)?

I am trying this. Even with an empty WEB-INF, Tomcat crashes. I will
try to add WEB-INF elements one by one...

Thanks for helping,
MC

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