Unable to use Proctor Pipet out of the box

[mpari...@homeaway.com]

I am trying to use Proctor Pipet (https://github.com/indeedeng/proctor-pipet) to evaluate for an internal project but it just wont work out-of-the-box when trying to run the examples. Two of us are experiencing the same problem. 

I follow the README file step by step. All works well until I need to run the command to start the service. 

The command is "java -jar proctor-pipet-deploy/target/dependency/webapp-runner.jar proctor-pipet-deploy/target/*.war" 

The service just wont start, here is the full out put until the first exception stack trace: 

Feb 15, 2017 8:06:13 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init

INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-8080"]

Feb 15, 2017 8:06:13 AM org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioSelectorPool getSharedSelector

INFO: Using a shared selector for servlet write/read

Feb 15, 2017 8:06:13 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal

INFO: Starting service Tomcat

Feb 15, 2017 8:06:13 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal

INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.34

Feb 15, 2017 8:06:13 AM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader validateJarFile

INFO: validateJarFile(/Users/mparigiani/Projects/ha/proctor-pipet/proctor-pipet/target/tomcat.8080/work/Tomcat/localhost/_/WEB-INF/lib/tomcat-el-api-7.0.8.jar) - jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 2.3, section 9.7.2. Offending class: javax/el/Expression.class

Feb 15, 2017 8:06:13 AM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader validateJarFile

INFO: validateJarFile(/Users/mparigiani/Projects/ha/proctor-pipet/proctor-pipet/target/tomcat.8080/work/Tomcat/localhost/_/WEB-INF/lib/tomcat-servlet-api-7.0.8.jar) - jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 2.3, section 9.7.2. Offending class: javax/servlet/Servlet.class

Feb 15, 2017 8:06:13 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig getDefaultWebXmlFragment

INFO: No global web.xml found

Feb 15, 2017 8:06:17 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log

INFO: Spring WebApplicationInitializers detected on classpath: [com.indeed.proctor.pipet.deploy.AppInit@2c9a8def]

log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (com.indeed.proctor.pipet.deploy.AppInit).

log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.

log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info.

Feb 15, 2017 8:06:17 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log

INFO: Initializing Spring FrameworkServlet 'dispatcher'

Feb 15, 2017 8:06:18 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log

SEVERE: StandardWrapper.Throwable

org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'restController' defined in URL [jar:file:/Users/mparigiani/Projects/ha/proctor-pipet/proctor-pipet/target/tomcat.8080/work/Tomcat/localhost/_/WEB-INF/lib/proctor-pipet-core-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/com/indeed/proctor/pipet/core/web/RestController.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor argument with index 1 of type [com.indeed.proctor.common.AbstractProctorLoader]: Error creating bean with name 'proctorLoader' defined in class path resource [com/indeed/proctor/pipet/core/config/CoreConfig.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [com.indeed.proctor.common.AbstractProctorLoader]: Factory method 'proctorLoader' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/indeed/util/core/ReleaseVersion; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'proctorLoader' defined in class path resource [com/indeed/proctor/pipet/core/config/CoreConfig.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [com.indeed.proctor.common.AbstractProctorLoader]: Factory method 'proctorLoader' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/indeed/util/core/ReleaseVersion

at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:749)

at...

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

[mpari...@homeaway.com]

UPDATE 

It seems as if the problem was being caused by the util-core dependency in the proctor-pipet-core pom.xml. This is currently set to use 1.0.0 where the ReleaseVersion class is not there (hence the NoClassDefFoundError). It needs to be bumped up to 1.0.12 and everything works now. 

The change would be in the pom.xml for the core project. The <properties> definitions. The <util.version> line, that needs to be changed from 1.0.0 to 1.0.12. 

This change should be committed to proctor-pipet code base. 

[Jack Humphrey]

Thank you for the report and the resolution note.

I have updated to latest versions of util and proctor: cecc7dd14a3ba1aadb600ecd9afe71b4a2563922

Jack