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JBoss fails to start up due to one of the following errors:
ERROR com.appiancorp.plugins.osgi.FileDelete - Delete files failures count: 16 ERROR com.appiancorp.plugins.osgi.FileDelete - Delete directories failures count: 32 ERROR com.appiancorp.plugins.osgi.FileInteractionMessage - Could not delete file: C:<APPIAN_HOME>\ear\suite.ear\web.war\WEB-INF\plugin-caches\osgi-cache\felix\felix-cache\bundle1\version0.0\bundle.jar: [exists][file][readable][writable][executable]:Could not delete file; this is the root failure in the deletion ERROR com.appiancorp.plugins.osgi.FileInteractionMessage - Could not delete file due to: [Could not delete file; this is the root failure in the deletion]
ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/suite]] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 59) JBWEB000287: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.appiancorp.plugins.PluginLoader: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.util.OsgiHeaderUtil.getPluginKey(OsgiHeaderUtil.java:374) [atlassian-plugins-osgi-2.12.3-appian-1.0.jar:] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager$BundleRegistration.install(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:574) [atlassian-plugins-osgi-2.12.3-appian-1.0.jar:] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager.installBundle(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:450) [atlassian-plugins-osgi-2.12.3-appian-1.0.jar:] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.factory.OsgiPluginUninstalledHelper.install(OsgiPluginUninstalledHelper.java:68) [atlassian-plugins-osgi-2.12.3-appian-1.0.jar:] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.factory.OsgiPlugin.installInternal(OsgiPlugin.java:381) [atlassian-plugins-osgi-2.12.3-appian-1.0.jar:] at com.atlassian.plugin.impl.AbstractPlugin.install(AbstractPlugin.java:329) [atlassian-plugins-core-2.12.3.jar:] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.addPlugins(DefaultPluginManager.java:695) [atlassian-plugins-core-2.12.3.jar:] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.init(DefaultPluginManager.java:167) [atlassian-plugins-core-2.12.3.jar:] at com.appiancorp.plugins.AppianPluginManager.init(AppianPluginManager.java:77) [appian-plugins.jar:] at com.appiancorp.plugins.AppianPlugins.start(AppianPlugins.java:189) [appian-plugins.jar:] at com.appiancorp.plugins.ContainerManager.(ContainerManager.java:554) [appian-plugins.jar:] at com.appiancorp.plugins.PluginLoader.initialize(PluginLoader.java:62) [appian-plugins.jar:] at com.appiancorp.plugins.PluginLoader.contextInitialized0(PluginLoader.java:78) [appian-plugins.jar:] at com.appiancorp.common.AppianServletContextListener.contextInitialized(AppianServletContextListener.java:33) [appian-common.jar:] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3339) [jbossweb-7.3.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.3.1.Final-redhat-1] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3777) [jbossweb-7.3.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.3.1.Final-redhat-1] at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:156) [jboss-as-web-7.3.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.3.2.Final-redhat-2] at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:60) [jboss-as-web-7.3.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.3.2.Final-redhat-2] at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:93) [jboss-as-web-7.3.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.3.2.Final-redhat-2] at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471) [rt.jar:1.7.0_65] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262) [rt.jar:1.7.0_65] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_65] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_65] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.7.0_65] at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122)
ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/suite]] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 69) JBWEB000287: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.appiancorp.plugins.PluginLoader: com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.OsgiContainerException: Unable to clean the cache directory: C:\appian\710\ear\suite.ear\web.war\WEB-INF\osgi-cache\felix at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.impl.DefaultOsgiPersistentCache.validate(DefaultOsgiPersistentCache.java:91) [atlassian-plugins-osgi-2.12.3-appian-1.1.jar:] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.impl.DefaultOsgiPersistentCache.<init>(DefaultOsgiPersistentCache.java:37) [atlassian-plugins-osgi-2.12.3-appian-1.1.jar:] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.impl.DefaultOsgiPersistentCache.<init>(DefaultOsgiPersistentCache.java:47) [atlassian-plugins-osgi-2.12.3-appian-1.1.jar:] at com.atlassian.plugin.main.PluginsConfigurationBuilder$InternalPluginsConfiguration.<init>(PluginsConfigurationBuilder.java:279) [atlassian-plugins-main-2.12.3.jar:] at com.atlassian.plugin.main.PluginsConfigurationBuilder.build(PluginsConfigurationBuilder.java:242) [atlassian-plugins-main-2.12.3.jar:] at com.appiancorp.plugins.ContainerManager.<init>(ContainerManager.java:476) [appian-plugins.jar:] at com.appiancorp.plugins.PluginLoader.initialize(PluginLoader.java:65) [appian-plugins.jar:] at com.appiancorp.plugins.PluginLoader.contextInitialized0(PluginLoader.java:81) [appian-plugins.jar:] at com.appiancorp.common.AppianServletContextListener.contextInitialized(AppianServletContextListener.java:38) [appian-common.jar:] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3339) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3780) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1] at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:163) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21] at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:61) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21] at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:96) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21] at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) [rt.jar:1.8.0_60] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [rt.jar:1.8.0_60] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_60] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_60] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_60] at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122)Caused by: java.io.IOException: Unable to delete directory C:\appian\710\ear\suite.ear\web.war\WEB-INF\osgi-cache\felix\felix-cache\bundle7. at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.deleteDirectory(FileUtils.java:981) [commons-io-1.4.jar:1.4] at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.forceDelete(FileUtils.java:1381) [commons-io-1.4.jar:1.4] at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.cleanDirectory(FileUtils.java:1044) [commons-io-1.4.jar:1.4] at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.deleteDirectory(FileUtils.java:977) [commons-io-1.4.jar:1.4] at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.forceDelete(FileUtils.java:1381) [commons-io-1.4.jar:1.4] at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.cleanDirectory(FileUtils.java:1044) [commons-io-1.4.jar:1.4] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.impl.DefaultOsgiPersistentCache.validate(DefaultOsgiPersistentCache.java:87) [atlassian-plugins-osgi-2.12.3-appian-1.1.jar:] ... 19 more
The OSGI cache is in an inconsistent state and the application server is unable to remove it on its own.
<APPIAN_HOME>/ear/suite.ear/web.war/WEB-INF/osgi-cache
<APPIAN_HOME>/ear/suite.ear/web.war/WEB-INF/plugin-caches/osgi-cache
The contents of that directory are recreated during the subsequent application server restart.
This article applies to all versions of Appian using JBoss as an application server.
Last Reviewed: April 2017