KB-2187 Tomcat fails to start with java.io.FileNotFoundException related to Oracle JAR files

Parmida Borhani — Tue, 18 May 2021 02:38:42 GMT

Current Revision posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 5/18/2021 2:38:42 AM

Symptoms

When starting Tomcat, the following error is displayed in <APPIAN_HOME>/logs/tomcat-stdOut.log:

SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig Parse error in context.xml for [/suite]
 java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml (No such file or directory)

This initial error is followed by multiple errors similar to the below, referencing different .jar files:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/orai18n-mapping.jar (No such file or directory)

Cause

The Oracle JDBC archive contains several companion JARs that are not required for integration with Appian. One of these, xmlparserv2.jar, causes Tomcat startup to fail when imported into /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/.

Action

Remove xmlparserv2.jar from /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/ folder, and begin the startup process again.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 18.3 and later.

Last Reviewed: May 2021

Tags: database, application server, infrastructure, oracle

DRAFT KB-XXXX Tomcat fails to start with java.io.FileNotFoundException related to Oracle JAR files

Parmida Borhani — Mon, 17 May 2021 05:18:01 GMT

Revision 13 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 5/17/2021 5:18:01 AM

Symptoms

When starting Tomcat, the following error is displayed in <APPIAN_HOME>/logs/tomcat-stdOut.log:

SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig Parse error in context.xml for [/suite]
 java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml (No such file or directory)

This initial error is followed by multiple errors similar to the below, referencing different .jar files:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/orai18n-mapping.jar (No such file or directory)

Cause

Action

Remove xmlparserv2.jar from /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/ folder, and begin the startup process again.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 18.3 and later.

Last Reviewed: May 2021

Tags: database, application server, infrastructure, oracle

DRAFT KB-XXXX Tomcat fails to deploy Appian with java.io.FileNotFoundException

Thad Shattuck — Mon, 17 May 2021 01:11:05 GMT

Revision 12 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Thad Shattuck on 5/17/2021 1:11:05 AM

Symptoms

When starting Tomcat, the following error will be displayed in <APPIAN_HOME>/logs/tomcat-stdOut.log:

SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig Parse error in context.xml for [/suite]
 java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml (No such file or directory)

This initial error is followed by multiple errors similar to the below, referencing different .jar files:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/orai18n-mapping.jar (No such file or directory)

Cause

The Oracle jdbc archive contains several companion jars that are not required for integration with Appian. One of these, xmlparserv2.jar, causes Tomcat startup to fail when imported into /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/

Action

Remove xmlparserv2.jar from /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/ folder, and being the startup process again.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 18.3 and later.

Last Reviewed: May 2021

Tags: application server, infrastructure, oracle

DRAFT KB-XXXX Tomcat fails to deploy Appian with java.io.FileNotFoundException

Thad Shattuck — Mon, 17 May 2021 01:10:34 GMT

Revision 11 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Thad Shattuck on 5/17/2021 1:10:34 AM

Symptoms

When starting Tomcat, the following error will be displayed in <APPIAN_HOME>/logs/tomcat-stdOut.log:

SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig Parse error in context.xml for [/suite]
 java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml (No such file or directory)

This initial error is followed by multiple errors similar to the below, referencing different *.jar files:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/orai18n-mapping.jar (No such file or directory)

Cause

Action

Remove xmlparserv2.jar from /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/ folder, and being the startup process again.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 18.3 and later.

Last Reviewed: May 2021

Tags: application server, infrastructure, oracle

DRAFT KB-XXXX Tomcat fails to deploy Appian with "java.io.FileNotFoundException" error

Thad Shattuck — Mon, 17 May 2021 01:10:11 GMT

Revision 10 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Thad Shattuck on 5/17/2021 1:10:11 AM

Symptoms

When starting Tomcat, the following error will be displayed in <APPIAN_HOME>/logs/tomcat-stdOut.log:

SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig Parse error in context.xml for [/suite]
 java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml (No such file or directory)

This initial error is followed by multiple errors similar to the below, referencing different *.jar files:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/orai18n-mapping.jar (No such file or directory)

Cause

Action

Remove xmlparserv2.jar from /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/ folder, and being the startup process again.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 18.3 and later.

Last Reviewed: May 2021

Tags: application server, infrastructure, oracle

DRAFT KB-XXXX Tomcat fails to deploy Appian with "java.io.FileNotFoundException: /tomcat/apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml" error

Thad Shattuck — Mon, 17 May 2021 01:08:22 GMT

Revision 9 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Thad Shattuck on 5/17/2021 1:08:22 AM

Symptoms

When starting Tomcat, the following error will be displayed in <APPIAN_HOME>/logs/tomcat-stdOut.log:

SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig Parse error in context.xml for [/suite]
 java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml (No such file or directory)

This initial error is followed by multiple errors similar to the below, referencing different .jar files:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/orai18n-mapping.jar (No such file or directory)

Cause

Action

Remove xmlparserv2.jar from /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/ folder, and being the startup process again.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 18.3 and later.

Last Reviewed: May 2021

Tags: application server, infrastructure, oracle

DRAFT KB-XXXX Tomcat fails to deploy Appian with "java.io.FileNotFoundException: /tomcat/apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml" error

Thad Shattuck — Thu, 06 May 2021 01:52:55 GMT

Revision 8 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Thad Shattuck on 5/6/2021 1:52:55 AM

Symptoms

When Starting Tomcat, the following error will be displayed in <APPIAN_HOME>/logs/tomcat-stdOut.log:

SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig Parse error in context.xml for [/suite] java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml (No such file or directory)

This initial error is followed by multiple errors similar to the below, referencing different .jar files:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/orai18n-mapping.jar (No such file or directory)

Cause

The Oracle jdbc archive contains several companion jars that are not required for integration with Appian. One of these, xmlparserv2.jar, causes Tomcat startup to fail when imported into /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/

Action

Remove xmlparserv2.jar from /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/ folder, and being the startup process again.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 18.3 and later.

Last Reviewed: May 2021

Tags: application server, infrastructure, oracle

DRAFT KB-XXXX Steps to resolve java.io.FileNotFoundException regarding apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml

Thad Shattuck — Thu, 06 May 2021 01:49:35 GMT

Revision 7 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Thad Shattuck on 5/6/2021 1:49:35 AM

Symptoms

When Starting Tomcat, the following error will be displayed:

This initial error is followed by multiple errors similar to the below, referencing different .jar files:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/orai18n-mapping.jar (No such file or directory)

Cause

Action

Remove xmlparserv2.jar from /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/ folder, and being the startup process again.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 18.3 and later.

Last Reviewed: May 2021

Tags: application server, infrastructure, oracle

DRAFT KB-XXXX Steps to resolve java.io.FileNotFoundException regarding apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml

Thad Shattuck — Thu, 06 May 2021 01:48:50 GMT

Revision 6 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Thad Shattuck on 5/6/2021 1:48:50 AM

Symptoms

When Starting Tomcat, the following error will be displayed:

This initial error is followed by multiple errors similar to the below, referencing different .jar files:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/orai18n-mapping.jar (No such file or directory)

Cause

Action

Remove xmlparserv2.jar from /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/ folder, and being the startup process again.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 18.3 and later.

Last Reviewed: May 2021

Tags: application server, infrastructure, oracle

DRAFT KB-XXXX Steps to resolve java.io.FileNotFoundException regarding apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml

Thad Shattuck — Thu, 06 May 2021 01:46:48 GMT

Revision 5 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Thad Shattuck on 5/6/2021 1:46:48 AM

Symptoms

When Starting Tomcat, the following error will be displayed:

This initial error is followed by multiple errors similar to the below, referencing different .jar files:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/orai18n-mapping.jar (No such file or directory)

Cause

Action

Remove xmlparserv2.jar from /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/ folder, and being the startup process again.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian 18.3 and later.

Last Reviewed: May 2021

Tags: application server, infrastructure, oracle

DRAFT KB-XXXX Steps to resolve java.io.FileNotFoundException regarding apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml

Thad Shattuck — Thu, 06 May 2021 01:43:45 GMT

Revision 4 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Thad Shattuck on 5/6/2021 1:43:45 AM

Symptoms

When Starting Tomcat, the following error will be displayed:

This initial error is followed by multiple errors similar to the below, referencing different .jar files:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/orai18n-mapping.jar (No such file or directory)

Cause

The Oracle jdbc archive contains several companion jars that are not required for integration with Appian. One of these, xmlparserv2.jar, causes issues with Tomcat startup when imported into /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/

Action

Remove the xmlparserv2.jar from /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/ folder, and being the startup process again.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian 18.3 and later.

Last Reviewed: May 2021

Tags: application server, infrastructure, oracle

DRAFT KB-XXXX Steps to resolve java.io.FileNotFoundException regarding apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml

Thad Shattuck — Thu, 06 May 2021 01:41:21 GMT

Revision 3 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Thad Shattuck on 5/6/2021 1:41:21 AM

Symptoms

When Starting Tomcat, the following error will be displayed:

YYYY-MM-DD 00:00:00 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig Parse error in context.xml for [/suite] java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml (No such file or directory)

This initial error is often followed by multiple errors similar to the below, referencing different .jar files:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/orai18n-mapping.jar (No such file or directory)

Cause

Action

Remove the xmlparserv2.jar from /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/ folder, and being the startup process again.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian 18.3 and later.

Last Reviewed: May 2021

Tags: application server, infrastructure, oracle

DRAFT KB-XXXX Steps to resolve java.io.FileNotFoundException regarding apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml

Thad Shattuck — Thu, 06 May 2021 01:39:08 GMT

Revision 2 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Thad Shattuck on 5/6/2021 1:39:08 AM

Symptoms

When Starting Tomcat, the following error will be displayed:

This initial error is often followed by multiple errors similar to the below, referencing different .jar files:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/orai18n-mapping.jar (No such file or directory)

Cause

Action

Remove the xmlparserv2.jar from /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/ folder, and being the startup process again.

Tags: application server, oracle

DRAFT KB-XXXX Steps to resolve java.io.FileNotFoundException regarding apache-tomcat/conf/tomcatResources.xml

Thad Shattuck — Tue, 04 May 2021 05:49:48 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Thad Shattuck on 5/4/2021 5:49:48 AM

Symptoms

Upon startup of Tomcat an error similar to:

There may also been errors similar to this:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/local/appian/tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/orai18n-mapping.jar (No such file or directory)

Cause

The Oracle jdbc archive can contain several companion jars that are not required for integration with Appian. One of these, xmlparserv2.jar, causes issues with Tomcat startup when imported into /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/

Action

Remove the xmlparserv2.jar from /tomcat/apache-tomcat/lib/ folder, and being the startup process again.