Installation Failure on Mac OS X - Help!?

[Mark Andrachek, Jr.]

Ok. We've even gone so far as to a reformat and fresh install. This is on a mac mini (2011 server edition), upgraded to Mountain Lion 10.8.4, with Oracle Java 1.7.0_25 installed.  I've searched and found one old thread about something similar, but nothing that helps resolve this. Any assistance would be appreciated.  Here's what a grep for "jenkins", in /var/log provides. (More info below as well)

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:24 macmini Installer[672]: Opened from: /Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:25 macmini Installer[672]: Product archive /Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg trustLevel=100

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:46 macmini Installer[672]: jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins.pkg : org.jenkins-ci.jenkins.osx.pkg : 1.1405

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:46 macmini Installer[672]: Install: "Start at boot as "jenkins""

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:46 macmini Installer[672]: jenkins-1.526.pkg#orgjenkinsci-1.pkg : org.jenkins-ci.launchd-jenkins.pkg : 1.0

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:46 macmini Installer[672]: jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins-1.pkg : org.jenkins-ci.support.pkg : 1.0

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:46 macmini Installer[672]: jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins-2.pkg : org.jenkins-ci.documentation.pkg : 1.0

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:46 macmini Installer[672]: jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins1526Postflight.pkg : org.jenkins-ci.jenkins1526.postflight.pkg : 1.0

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:46 macmini Installer[672]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins.pkg

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:46 macmini Installer[672]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#orgjenkinsci-1.pkg

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:46 macmini Installer[672]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins-1.pkg

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:46 macmini Installer[672]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins-2.pkg

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:46 macmini Installer[672]: -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]: file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins1526Postflight.pkg

install.log:    "PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins.pkg>",

install.log:    "PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#orgjenkinsci-1.pkg>",

install.log:    "PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins-1.pkg>",

install.log:    "PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins-2.pkg>",

install.log:    "PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins1526Postflight.pkg>"

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:47 macmini installd[680]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandboxManager/1.sandbox/Root/Applications/Jenkins, uid=0)

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:48 macmini installd[680]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#orgjenkinsci-1.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandboxManager/1.sandbox/Root/Library/LaunchDaemons, uid=0)

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:48 macmini installd[680]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins-1.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandboxManager/1.sandbox/Root/Library/Application Support, uid=0)

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:48 macmini installd[680]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins-2.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandboxManager/1.sandbox/Root/Library/Documentation, uid=0)

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:48 macmini installd[680]: PackageKit: Extracting file://localhost/Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins-1.526.pkg#jenkins1526Postflight.pkg (destination=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandboxManager/1.sandbox/Root, uid=0)

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:48 macmini installd[680]: PackageKit: Executing script "./preinstall" in /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.hN6MIZ/Scripts/org.jenkins-ci.launchd-jenkins.pkg.RRAVcU

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:48 macmini installd[680]: ./preinstall: launchctl: Couldn't stat("/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.jenkins-ci.plist"): No such file or directory

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:48 macmini installd[680]: PackageKit: Executing script "./postinstall" in /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.hN6MIZ/Scripts/org.jenkins-ci.jenkins.osx.pkg.JBDjn2

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:48 macmini installd[680]: PackageKit: Executing script "./postinstall" in /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.hN6MIZ/Scripts/org.jenkins-ci.launchd-jenkins.pkg.RRAVcU

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:48 macmini installd[680]: ./postinstall: No jenkins user found, creating jenkins user and group

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:48 macmini installd[680]: ./postinstall: Using uid 236 for jenkins

install.log:Aug  7 18:26:52 macmini installd[680]: ./postinstall: Using gid 236 for jenkins

install.log:Aug  7 18:27:55 macmini installd[680]: PackageKit: Executing script "./postflight" in /private/tmp/PKInstallSandbox.hN6MIZ/Scripts/org.jenkins-ci.jenkins1526.postflight.pkg.0cbo0g

install.log:Aug  7 18:27:55 macmini installd[680]: PackageKit: Writing receipt for org.jenkins-ci.jenkins.osx.pkg to /private/var/db/receipts

install.log:Aug  7 18:27:55 macmini installd[680]: PackageKit: Writing receipt for org.jenkins-ci.launchd-jenkins.pkg to /private/var/db/receipts

install.log:Aug  7 18:27:55 macmini installd[680]: PackageKit: Writing receipt for org.jenkins-ci.support.pkg to /private/var/db/receipts

install.log:Aug  7 18:27:55 macmini installd[680]: PackageKit: Writing receipt for org.jenkins-ci.documentation.pkg to /private/var/db/receipts

install.log:Aug  7 18:27:55 macmini installd[680]: PackageKit: Writing receipt for org.jenkins-ci.jenkins1526.postflight.pkg to /private/var/db/receipts

grep: jenkins: Is a directory

grep: krb5kdc: Permission denied

grep: mailman: Is a directory

grep: performance: Is a directory

grep: ppp: Is a directory

grep: radius: Permission denied

grep: sa: Is a directory

system.log: The domain/default pair of (/Library/Preferences/org.jenkins-ci, war) does not exist

system.log: The domain/default pair of (/Library/Preferences/org.jenkins-ci, JENKINS_HOME) does not exist

system.log: The domain/default pair of (/Library/Preferences/org.jenkins-ci, prefix) does not exist

system.log: The domain/default pair of (/Library/Preferences/org.jenkins-ci, httpPort) does not exist

system.log: The domain/default pair of (/Library/Preferences/org.jenkins-ci, httpListenAddress) does not exist

system.log: The domain/default pair of (/Library/Preferences/org.jenkins-ci, httpsPort) does not exist

system.log: The domain/default pair of (/Library/Preferences/org.jenkins-ci, httpsListenAddress) does not exist

system.log: The domain/default pair of (/Library/Preferences/org.jenkins-ci, ajp13Port) does not exist

system.log: The domain/default pair of (/Library/Preferences/org.jenkins-ci, ajp13ListenAddress) does not exist

system.log:Aug  7 18:26:56 macmini com.apple.launchd[1] (org.jenkins-ci): Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds

So I tried downloading just the war file, and running that from the command line:

macmini:Downloads administrator$ java -jar jenkins.war

Running from: /Users/administrator/Downloads/jenkins.war

webroot: $user.home/.jenkins

Aug 07, 2013 6:40:43 PM winstone.Logger logInternal

SEVERE: Container startup failed

java.lang.NullPointerException

at winstone.Launcher.shutdown(Launcher.java:333)

at winstone.Launcher.<init>(Launcher.java:199)

at winstone.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:384)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)

at Main._main(Main.java:288)

at Main.main(Main.java:98)

[Mark Andrachek, Jr.]

I found this issue, which is similar, but on Linux, running OpenJDK.

https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-12864

However, unlike this issue, I'm not able to run the war file even directly:

sudo java -jar jenkins.war produces the same NPE as in my original message.

[Mark Andrachek, Jr.]

So I tried running tomcat. It starts up and grabs the ports, however it throws a bunch of errors related to getSessionCookieConfig not existing.  This pointed me towards a conflict with the servlet-api.jar file.  I didn't find one in the classpath, but I did fine a selenium server standalone jar in /Network/Library/Java/Extensions/ that was conflicting. I moved the selenium jar out of the classpath, and everything appears to be working as expected now!