topic Unable to start Alfresco in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/unable-to-start-alfresco/m-p/299610#M252740 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Trying to install default (32 bit)Community Edition onto Windows 2008 Server Standard</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>There was a prior Tomcat installation, but I installed into custom ports</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>My system Java version is (1.6.0_12) in c:\Program Files\Java\jre6, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>but setenv.bat points to the following:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; JAVA_HOME=E:\alfresco\java</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; JRE_HOME =E:\alfresco\java\jre</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>(and I also set Environment Variable with the same values)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I am unable to start the system, and I don't know what to try next.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I can see errors in the log files:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>(snip from localhost.log)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>May 16, 2014 10:08:25 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext filterStart</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>SEVERE: Exception starting filter Alfresco Web Editor Filter</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/alfresco/web/awe/filter/WebEditorFilter : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0 (unable to load class org.alfresco.web.awe.filter.WebEditorFilter)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2948)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1208)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1688)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1569)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:529)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:511)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:139)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:258)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.&lt;init&gt;(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:105)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:4809)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5485)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:632)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:1073)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1857)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>May 16, 2014 10:08:25 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>INFO: org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter INFO: loaded (conf ok)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>May 16, 2014 10:08:25 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>INFO: org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter INFO: destroy called</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>(snip from alfrescotomcat-stderr.log)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>May 16, 2014 10:08:12 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class org.alfresco.repo.webdav.WebDAVSessionListener</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVSessionListener : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0 (unable to load class org.alfresco.repo.webdav.WebDAVSessionListener)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2948)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1208)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1688)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1569)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:529)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:511)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:139)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4888)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5467)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:632)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:1073)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1857)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>May 16, 2014 10:08:12 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>SEVERE: Skipped installing application listeners due to previous error(s)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>(snip from catalina.log)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>May 16, 2014 10:07:50 AM org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsSci onStartup</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>INFO: JSR 356 WebSocket (Java WebSocket 1.0) support is not available when running on Java 6. To suppress this message, run Tomcat on Java 7, remove the WebSocket JARs from $CATALINA_HOME/lib or add the WebSocketJARs to the tomcat.util.scan.DefaultJarScanner.jarsToSkip property in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/catalina.properties. Note that the deprecated Tomcat 7 WebSocket API will be available. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>May 16, 2014 10:07:50 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>INFO: Deploying web application archive E:\Alfresco\tomcat\webapps\alfresco.war</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>May 16, 2014 10:08:12 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>SEVERE: Error listenerStart</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>May 16, 2014 10:08:12 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>SEVERE: Context [/alfresco] startup failed due to previous errors</SPAN><BR /></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 May 2014 14:51:25 GMT eapeterson 2014-05-16T14:51:25Z Unable to start Alfresco https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/unable-to-start-alfresco/m-p/299610#M252740 Trying to install default (32 bit)Community Edition onto Windows 2008 Server StandardThere was a prior Tomcat installation, but I installed into custom portsMy system Java version is (1.6.0_12) in c:\Program Files\Java\jre6, but setenv.bat points to the following:&nbsp;&nbsp; JAVA_HOME=E:\alfresco\java&nbsp;&nbsp; JRE_ Fri, 16 May 2014 14:51:25 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/unable-to-start-alfresco/m-p/299610#M252740 eapeterson 2014-05-16T14:51:25Z Re: Unable to start Alfresco https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/unable-to-start-alfresco/m-p/299611#M252741 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It seems like you're running Alfresco with Java 6 and Alfresco 4.2 only works with Java 7.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>In logs, you can read the following message:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />INFO: JSR 356 WebSocket (Java WebSocket 1.0) support is not available when running on Java 6. To suppress this message, run Tomcat on Java 7, remove the WebSocket JARs from $CATALINA_HOME/lib or add the WebSocketJARs to the tomcat.util.scan.DefaultJarScanner.jarsToSkip property in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/catalina.properties. Note that the deprecated Tomcat 7 WebSocket API will be available. <BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Did you install Alfresco thanks to the installer?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 May 2014 08:00:09 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/unable-to-start-alfresco/m-p/299611#M252741 mlagneaux 2014-05-20T08:00:09Z