Java JDK Requirements for starting server for Terracota

[Aldo Susanto]

1. What version of Terracotta Server you are currently using;
2. Paste the configuration you are using;
3. Providing JDK and OS versions maybe useful as well.

Hello everyone,

I am a new developer and I have been following the guides on installation of the Terracota Server. My plan is to create an endpoint that utilizes Terracota cache (EHCACHE).

I downloaded terracota-db-10.3.0.3.26 and currently following the documentation online on installing terracota. Ref: https://documentation.softwareag.com/onlinehelp/Rohan/terracotta-db_10-3/webhelp/index.html#page/terracotta-db-webhelp%2Fco-system_requirements.html%23

Specifically, I am currently following the "Configuring your environment" guide.

I am currently on Step 4, which says to start the server. However, when I followed the instructions, I seem to be getting this error:

Fatal Terracotta startup exception:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/JAXBException

I started looking things up and found that JAXB API is not on Java JDK that are above 8. My system is currently using Java 11.

So when I tried to switch my JDK from 11 to 8, the server started successfully (Step 4 worked).

My question is, does this mean that using Terracotta means that I have to use Java JDK 8 ?

I've been looking up on the system requirements page and its stated that BigMemory requires Java 8. Ref: https://confluence.terracotta.org/display/release/BigMemory+4.3%2C+Ehcache+2.10+Platform+Support\

On the EHCACHE webpage (https://www.ehcache.org/), it is also stated that EHCACHE "requires Java 8+"

But further confirmation would be appreciated :)

Thank You,

Aldo