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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:08:03 +0200
Subject: Context fails to load during start of Tomcat, and stalls tomcat
 startup
From: Steffen Schumacher <ssch@tdc.net>
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Thread-Topic: Context fails to load during start of Tomcat, and stalls tomcat
 startup
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Hi!

Running apache-tomcat 7.0.26 on FreeBSD 8.1@vmware, I've spotted a really
curious issue.
We are hosting ~8 different contexts on 4 servers all matching the above
setup, and in normal operation we have no beef at all, except when the
server guys needs to reboot the servers for whatever reason.
When this happens, the a specific context prevents tomcat from starting up =
=AD
it simply stops doing anything after these lines:
server17# bin/catalina.sh run
Using CATALINA_BASE:   /usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0
Using CATALINA_HOME:   /usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0/temp
Using JRE_HOME:        /usr/local
Using CLASSPATH:  =20
/usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0/bin/bootstrap.jar:/usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0=
/
bin/tomcat-juli.jar
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:03 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal
performance in production environments was not found on the
java.library.path:=20
/usr/local/diablo-jdk1.6.0/jre/lib/i386/server:/usr/local/diablo-jdk1.6.0/j=
r
e/lib/i386:/usr/local/diablo-jdk1.6.0/jre/../lib/i386:/usr/java/packages/li=
b
/i386:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:03 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8180"]
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:03 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8443"]
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:04 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:04 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 1488 ms
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:04 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService
startInternal
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:04 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine
startInternalINFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.26
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:04 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive
/usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0/webapps/XXXXXXX##10.4b2.war
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:04 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive
/usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0/webapps/YYYYYYYY.war
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:12 PM com.sun.xml.ws.server.MonitorBase createRoot
INFO: Metro monitoring rootname successfully set to:
com.sun.metro:pp=3D/,type=3DWSEndpoint,name=3D/YYYYYYYY-RequestHandler-RequestHan=
d
lerPort
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:12 PM
com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletDelegate <init>
INFO: WSSERVLET14: JAX-WS servlet initializing
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:12 PM
com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletContextListener
contextInitialized
INFO: WSSERVLET12: JAX-WS context listener initializing
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:12 PM
com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletContextListener
contextInitialized
INFO: WSSERVLET12: JAX-WS context listener initializing
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:12 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive
/usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0/webapps/ZZZZZZZZ##10.4b1.war
Oct 18, 2012 1:06:15 PM
com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletContextListener
contextInitialized
INFO: WSSERVLET12: JAX-WS context listener initializing
And nothing happens now, even if I leave it for 1+ hours

Now the ZZZZZZ(culprit) context is a perhaps not ultra-simple, as it is bot=
h
a SOAP service (using metro) and also a SOAP client, but beyond that I
wouldn't call it that complex.
I can then remove the .war file and folder from webapps, and it will come u=
p
just nicely, and I can deploy the context via the html interface with now
complaints.
At this point, when the ZZZZZZZ context is deployed and running and I'll be
good until the next reboot/restart of tomcat.
The issue occurs regardless if I only have the context folder in webapps, o=
r
I also have the .war file present.

I've used most of the day searching the web for solutions, but it is kinda
hard when there is no indication of what is stalling things..
Could this be a tomcat issue? It is kinda hard to setup other (specific)
versions of tomcat to test this, and I've tried 7.0.28, but its a completel=
y
separate environment with other versions of java etc, but there I run into
other issues related to JAX/Metro, so thats not much help as it is.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

/Steffen
I guess it could be the same underlying cause but why


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