Debian 10 | .WAR install | Alfresco 6.2 does not start

[samuelw]

Hi,

try to install Alfresco WARs on Debian 10 without success. Maybe someone has an idea?

Copy and restart tomcat.
/var/lib/tomcat9/webapps/alfresco.war
/var/lib/tomcat9/webapps/share.war

Remove alfresco.war and share.war after deployed.

root@dmstest:/usr/share/tomcat9# ls -l /var/lib/tomcat9/webapps/
insgesamt 12
drwxr-x--- 10 tomcat tomcat 4096 Jul 14 12:40 alfresco
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 13 13:49 ROOT
drwxr-x--- 14 tomcat tomcat 4096 Jul 14 12:41 share

mkdir -p /usr/share/tomcat9/shared/classes/
touch /usr/share/tomcat9/shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties

cp -v /usr/share/java/mariadb-java-client.jar /var/lib/tomcat9/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/lib
chown tomcat:tomcat /var/lib/tomcat9/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/lib/mariadb-java-client.jar

HTTP Status 404 – Not Found

Type Status Report

Message /alfresco

Description The origin server did not find a current representation for the target resource or is not willing to disclose that one exists.
Apache Tomcat/9.0.31 (Debian)

#
# Set this property unless you have explicitly chosen to expose some repository APIs without authentication
solr.secureComms=https

#
# Custom content and index data location
#
dir.root=/var/lib/alfresco/data
dir.keystore=${dir.root}/keystore

#
# Sample database connection properties
#
db.name=alfresco
db.username=alfresco
db.password=alfresco
#db.host=localhost
#db.port=3306
#db.pool.max=275

#
# Choose DB connection properties for your database, e.g. for PostgreSQL
#
db.driver=org.postgresql.Driver
db.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/alfresco
#db.driver=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
#db.url=jdbc:mariadb://${db.host}:${db.port}/${db.name}?useUnicode=yes&characterEncoding=UTF-8

#
# URL Generation Parameters (The ${localname} token is replaced by the local server name)
#-------------
alfresco.context=alfresco
alfresco.host=${localname}
alfresco.port=8080
alfresco.protocol=http
share.context=share
share.host=${localname}
share.port=8080
share.protocol=http

user.name.caseSensitive=false
domain.name.caseSensitive=false
#domain.separator=

Logfile Tomcat:

[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] NOTE: Picked up JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS:  --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.rmi/sun.rmi.transport=ALL-UNNAMED
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Server version name:   Apache Tomcat/9.0.31 (Debian)
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Server built:          Apr 25 2020 12:24:56 UTC
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Server version number: 9.0.31.0
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] OS Name:               Linux
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] OS Version:            4.19.0-9-amd64
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Architecture:          amd64
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Java Home:             /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] JVM Version:           11.0.7+10-post-Debian-3deb10u1
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] JVM Vendor:            Debian
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] CATALINA_BASE:         /var/lib/tomcat9
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] CATALINA_HOME:         /usr/share/tomcat9
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Command line argument: --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Command line argument: --add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Command line argument: --add-opens=java.rmi/sun.rmi.transport=ALL-UNNAMED
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Command line argument: -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/var/lib/tomcat9/conf/logging.properties
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Command line argument: -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Command line argument: -Djava.awt.headless=true
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Command line argument: -Djdk.tls.ephemeralDHKeySize=2048
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Command line argument: -Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=org.apache.catalina.webresources
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Command line argument: -Dorg.apache.catalina.security.SecurityListener.UMASK=0027
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Command line argument: -Dignore.endorsed.dirs=
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Command line argument: -Dcatalina.base=/var/lib/tomcat9
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Command line argument: -Dcatalina.home=/usr/share/tomcat9
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Command line argument: -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] An older version [1.2.21] of the APR based Apache Tomcat Native library is installed, while Tomcat recommends a minimum version of [1.2.23]
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] Loaded APR based Apache Tomcat Native library [1.2.21] using APR version [1.6.5].
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] APR capabilities: IPv6 [true], sendfile [true], accept filters [false], random [true].
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] APR/OpenSSL configuration: useAprConnector [false], useOpenSSL [true]
[2020-07-15 11:16:57] [info] OpenSSL successfully initialized [OpenSSL 1.1.1d  10 Sep 2019]
[2020-07-15 11:16:58] [info] Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-8080"]
[2020-07-15 11:16:58] [info] Server initialization in [822] milliseconds
[2020-07-15 11:16:58] [info] Starting service [Catalina]
[2020-07-15 11:16:58] [info] Starting Servlet engine: [Apache Tomcat/9.0.31 (Debian)]
[2020-07-15 11:16:58] [info] Deploying web application directory [/var/lib/tomcat9/webapps/alfresco]
[2020-07-15 11:16:59] [info] log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed.
[2020-07-15 11:16:59] [info] java.io.FileNotFoundException: alfresco.log (Das Dateisystem ist nur lesbar)

[2020-07-15 11:16:59] [info] log4j:ERROR Either File or DatePattern options are not set for appender [File].
[2020-07-15 11:17:07] [info] Juli 15, 2020 11:17:07 VORM. org.apache.jasper.servlet.TldScanner scanJars
[2020-07-15 11:17:07] [info] INFORMATION: At least one JAR was scanned for TLDs yet contained no TLDs. Enable debug logging for this logger for a complete list of JARs that were scanned but no TLDs were found in them. Skipping unneeded JARs during scanning can improve startup time and JSP compilation time.
[2020-07-15 11:17:07] [info] Juli 15, 2020 11:17:07 VORM. org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
[2020-07-15 11:17:07] [info] INFORMATION: No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath
[2020-07-15 11:17:07] [info] Juli 15, 2020 11:17:07 VORM. org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
[2020-07-15 11:17:07] [info] INFORMATION: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
[2020-07-15 11:17:11] [info] Cannot load JDBC driver class 'org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver'
[2020-07-15 11:17:11] [info] java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver

[2020-07-15 11:17:11] [info] #011at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBe2020-07-15 11:17:11,881  WARN  [context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext] [main] Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomEditorConfigurer#0' defined in class path resource [alfresco/core-services-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'customPropertyEditorRegistrar' while setting bean property 'propertyEditorRegistrars' with key [0]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'customPropertyEditorRegistrar' defined in class path resource [alfresco/core-services-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'NamespaceService' while setting bean property 'namespaceService'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'dictionaryDAO' defined in class path resource [alfresco/core-services-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'tenantService' while setting bean property 'tenantService'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tenantService' defined in URL [jar:file:/var/lib/tomcat9/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/lib/alfresco-repository-7.134.1.jar!/alfresco/mt/mt-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'tenantAdminDAO' while setting bean property 'tenantAdminDAO'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tenantAdminDAO' defined in class path resource [alfresco/dao/dao-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'repoSqlSessionTemplate' while setting bean property 'sqlSessionTemplate'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'repoSqlSessionTemplate' defined in class path resource [alfresco/ibatis/ibatis-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'repoSqlSessionFactory' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'repoSqlSessionFactory' defined in class path resource [alfresco/ibatis/ibatis-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'dialectResourceLoader' while setting bean property 'resourceLoader'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'dialectResourceLoader' defined in class path resource [alfresco/ibatis/ibatis-context.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPathFactoryBean#4808fefe' of type [org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPathFactoryBean] while setting bean property 'dialectClass'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPathFactoryBean#4808fefe' defined in class path resource [alfresco/ibatis/ibatis-context.xml]: Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'dialect': FactoryBean threw exception on object creation; nested exception is org.springframework.jdbc.CannotGetJdbcConnectionException: Failed to obtain JDBC Connection; nested exception is org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver'
[2020-07-15 11:17:11] [info] 2020-07-15 11:17:11,895  ERROR [web.context.ContextLoader] [main] Context initialization failed

[afaust]

Your Tomcat configuration does not allow for alfresco-global.properties to be picked up. As a result, Alfresco still tries to use the MySQL DB driver that is configured by default. You need to configure your Tomcat server in a way that alfresco-global.properties is accessible from the Alfresco web applications classpath.

[samuelw · Accepted solution]

Thank you, this was the problem!

I have no idea why tomcat does not accept the alfresco-global.properties file in /var/lib/tomcat9/shared/classes/

[2020-07-13 13:49:08] [info] CATALINA_BASE:         /var/lib/tomcat9
[2020-07-13 13:49:08] [info] CATALINA_HOME:         /usr/share/tomcat9

/etc/tomcat9/catalina.properties

shared.loader=${catalina.base}/shared/classes,${catalina.base}/shared/lib/*.jar

Here it work:

/var/lib/tomcat9/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco-global.properties

[EddieMay]

Hi @samuelw,

Great news that you've now got it working - thanks too for accepting the solution, really helpful for other users.

Take care,