I am having problems trying to get a simple Spring Controller to run on Tomcat 7.0 on kubuntu. I am using maven.
Error
Sep 17, 2012 12:08:14 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: /home/prayag/jdk1.6.0_23/jre/lib/i386/client:/home/prayag/jdk1.6.0_23/jre/lib/i386:/home/prayag/jdk1.6.0_23/jre/../lib/i386:/home/prayag/jdk1.6.0_23/jre/lib/i386/client:/home/prayag/jdk1.6.0_23/jre/lib/i386::/usr/java/packages/lib/i386:/lib:/usr/lib
Sep 17, 2012 12:08:15 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule begin
WARNING: [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context} Setting property 'source' to 'org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.server:RestServer' did not find a matching property.
Sep 17, 2012 12:08:15 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
Sep 17, 2012 12:08:15 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
Sep 17, 2012 12:08:15 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 641 ms
Sep 17, 2012 12:08:15 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Sep 17, 2012 12:08:15 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.12
Sep 17, 2012 12:08:15 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesStart
SEVERE: Error starting static Resources
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base /home/prayag/workspace_java/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/RestServer does not exist or is not a readable directory
at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:140)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:4814)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:4994)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:145)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1033)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:774)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:145)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1033)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:291)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:145)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:443)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:145)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:727)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:145)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:620)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:303)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:431)
Sep 17, 2012 12:08:15 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Error in resourceStart()
Sep 17, 2012 12:08:15 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Error getConfigured
Sep 17, 2012 12:08:15 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Context [/RestServer] startup failed due to previous errors
Sep 17, 2012 12:08:15 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
Sep 17, 2012 12:08:15 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
Sep 17, 2012 12:08:15 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 371 ms
Hack 1 : Check eclipse .metadata/.plugins
prayag@Prayag:~$ ls -la /home/prayag/workspace_java/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core
total 32
drwxrwxrwx 3 prayag prayag 4096 Nov 27 11:22 .
drwxrwxrwx 98 prayag prayag 4096 Nov 26 16:48 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 prayag prayag 424 Sep 25 17:44 modules.xml
-rwxrwxrwx 1 prayag prayag 67 Nov 22 14:56 monitors.xml
drwxrwxrwx 2 prayag prayag 4096 Nov 27 11:22 publish
-rwxrwxrwx 1 prayag prayag 71 Nov 27 11:22 publish.xml
-rwxrwxrwx 1 prayag prayag 66 Nov 27 11:22 servers.xml
-rwxrwxrwx 1 prayag prayag 75 Nov 27 11:22 tmp-data.xml
Hack 2 : Check .project file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<projectDescription>
<name>RestServer</name>
<comment>NO_M2ECLIPSE_SUPPORT: Project files created with the maven-eclipse-plugin are not supported in M2Eclipse.</comment>
<projects/>
<buildSpec>
<buildCommand>
<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
</buildCommand>
<buildCommand>
<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
</buildCommand>
<buildCommand>
<name>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springbuilder</name>
</buildCommand>
<buildCommand>
<name>com.google.gdt.eclipse.core.webAppProjectValidator</name>
</buildCommand>
</buildSpec>
<natures>
<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
<nature>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springnature</nature>
<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore.ModuleCoreNature</nature>
<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature>
</natures>
</projectDescription>
Hack 3 : Check eclipse workspace Servers folder
prayag@Prayag:~/workspace_java$ ls -la Servers/
total 16
drwxrwxr-x 3 prayag prayag 4096 Nov 27 11:22 .
drwxrwxr-x 16 prayag prayag 4096 Nov 27 10:31 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 prayag prayag 200 May 11 2012 .project
drwxrwxr-x 2 prayag prayag 4096 Nov 26 16:46 .settings
Check .project file inside Servers folder
prayag@Prayag:~/workspace_java$ sudo vi Servers/.project
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<projectDescription>
<name>Servers</name>
<comment></comment>
<projects>
</projects>
<buildSpec>
</buildSpec>
<natures>
</natures>
</projectDescription>
Solution
prayag@Prayag:~/workspace_java$ rm -rf Servers/
restart server
{Note : read #5 from at http://stackoverflow.com/a/12292469/432903}
References
Unable to “Run on Server” a webapp from Eclipse, available at http://stackoverflow.com/a/12292469/432903
Problem running simple Servlet on Tomcat, at http://www.coderanch.com/t/86668/Tomcat/running-simple-Servlet-Tomcat
