Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.3 fails to start on Apache Geronimo 3.0

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Naoufel Chbihi <Naoufel.Chbihi(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-315 is fixed, it will be part of 4.4. > Thank you. > > Naoufel > > -----Original Message----- > From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf > Of Vincent Massol > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 10:16 AM > To: XWiki Users > Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.3 fails to start on Apache > Geronimo 3.0 > > > On Dec 7, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net> > > Hi, > > > > On Dec 7, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Naoufel Chbihi <Naoufel.Chbihi(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca> > > > >> Hello > >> > >> I am interested in running Xwiki Enterprise using the WAR file on an > Apache Geronimo 3.0 server. I have been trying to do so for about two > weeks now but haven't been able to start Xwiki successfully I initially > tried with Xwiki Enterprise 4.2 and then with 4.3 but with no success. > Here are the steps that I have performed in my most recent attempt: > >> 1) Installed a MySQL server, created an xwiki database, defined an > xwiki user (with password xwiki), and granted the user all permissions to > the database. I am able to successful connect to the xwiki database using > a database client. > >> 2) Downloaded and extracted the Apache Geronimo 3.0.0 ZIP file > >> 3) Placed the dependency JAR files in the appropriate directories > inside the Geronimo repository directory. > >> 4) Created a geronimo-web.xml file and copied-and-pasted the complete > sample file contents provided at > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/InstallationGeronimo. > I updated the version numbers in geronimo-web.xml file to match the > versions of the JAR files that I placed in the repository. > >> 5) Defined a JDBC datasource in Geronimo using the procedure > >> described in > >> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/InstallationGeron > >> imo > >> 6) Downloaded the XWiki 4.3 WAR file and deployed it on the Geronimo > server (specifying the customized geronimo-web.xml file on the deployment > page). The deployment was successful. > >> 7) Modified the hibernate.cfg.xml file by commenting out the default > database configuration and specifying the appropriate parameters for the > MySQL database (which is what I'm using). > >> 8) Copied the modified geronimo-web.xml file into Xwiki's WEB-INF > folder. > >> 9) When I tried to start the XWiki application, the following errors > were generated in the log file: > > > > [snip] > > > >> Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: > org.ops4j.pax.logging.slf4j.Slf4jLoggerFactory cannot be cast to > ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext > >> at > org.xwiki.logging.logback.internal.LogbackUtils.getLoggerContext(LogbackUtils.java:50) > >> at > org.xwiki.logging.logback.internal.LogbackUtils.getRootLogger(LogbackUtils.java:58) > >> at > org.xwiki.logging.logback.internal.LogbackEventGenerator.initialize(LogbackEventGenerator.java:96) > >> at > org.xwiki.component.embed.InitializableLifecycleHandler.handle(InitializableLifecycleHandler.java:39) > >> at > org.xwiki.component.embed.EmbeddableComponentManager.createInstance(EmbeddableComponentManager.java:323) > >> at > org.xwiki.component.embed.EmbeddableComponentManager.getComponentInstance(EmbeddableComponentManager.java:378) > >> at > >> org.xwiki.component.embed.EmbeddableComponentManager.getInstanceMap(E > >> mbeddableComponentManager.java:185) > > > > This is the real error and it's bad, it means we're doing something > wrong.... We're wrongly assuming that you're using Logback whereas > apparently something else is used, probably because it's on the servlet > container's classloader. > > > > Could you please file a jira issue for this at http//jira.xwiki.org and > we'll fix it? > > No need, thomas has created it already: > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-315 > > Thanks > -Vincent > > > > > Thanks > > -Vincent > > > >> There is mention of an Observation Manager component and SLF4J. I'm > not sure what is preventing Xwiki Enterprise from starting correctly. Any > assistance would be greatly appreciated. > >> > >> Thank you. > >> > >> Naoufel > > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users(a)xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users(a)xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Thomas Mortagne