Ubuntu – Ubuntu 14.04 server tomcat7 won’t start on reboot

14.04servertomcat7

I have tomcat7 running on server for helpdesk ticketing system (SysAid). After a reboot the tomcat7 service does not start up.

In my catalina.out file when I grep for tomcat7 I get the following:
WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/common/classes], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/common], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/server/classes], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/server], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/shared/classes], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/shared], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] INFO: Deploying web application archive /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps/sysaid.war WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/common/classes], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/common], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/server/classes], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/server], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/shared/classes], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] WARNING: Problem with directory [/usr/share/tomcat7/shared], exists: [false], isDirectory: [false], canRead: [false] INFO: Deploying web application archive /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps/sysaid.war Initializing log4j with: /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps/sysaid/./WEB-INF/log4j.properties Initializing log4j with: /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps/sysaid/./WEB-INF/log4j.properties INFO: Deploying web application directory /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps/ROOT

The help desk program log files show no mention of tomcat7 errors.

When I run a startup script for the program I get the following:
Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/share/tomcat7 Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/share/tomcat7 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/share/tomcat7/temp Using JRE_HOME: /usr Using CLASSPATH: /usr/share/tomcat7/bin/bootstrap.jar:/usr/share/tomcat7/bin/tomcat-juli.jar touch: cannot touch ‘/usr/share/tomcat7/logs/catalina.out’: No such file or directory ./catalina.sh: 385: ./catalina.sh: cannot create /usr/share/tomcat7/logs/catalina.out: Directory nonexistent

I also checked to make sure it was already set to run at startup through rc.d with the command: sudo update-rc.d tomcat7 defaults

Here's what I get: System start/stop links for /etc/init.d/tomcat7 already exist.

I've removed it and re-added it, with no change. Can someone help me? Thanks in advance.

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Basically, there is a dependency that may be missing (fixed with sudo apt-get install libtomcat7-java), but assuming you already did this, it seems the apt-get package is generically FUBAR and requires post-install massaging (which typically I don't recommend as apt-get reconfigure or other package commands may result in undesirable consequences).

Thus, installing the .tgz (from Apache) manually may be the most stable path of least resistance.

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I believe your CATALINA_BASE is incorrect it runs out of the /var/lib/tomcat7 directory and CATALINA_HOME is proper in regards to how you have declared the variable. Add CATALINA_HOME and CATALINA_BASE to /etc/default/tomcat7 along with JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME. That executable notifies the tomcat servlet of how the environment is set upon start up of the servlet.

It could also be considered to put them in /etc/profile and then export them in /etc/bash.bashrc (i.e. export CATALINA_HOME). This should only be done if and only if your site doesn't have user login or registration. With out exporting the variables they would still be declared locally.

To globally declare the variables an approach, if you are the admin (group 4, you might also want to think about moving syslog to group 37, purging rsyslog and just keep the daemon running for logs as well so you preserve mandatory access control) you could ponder creating a ~/.bash_completion or ~/.bash_expert file in your home directory where you have something like this:

# ~/.bash_expert in regards to servlet alias
if [ -f /etc/bash_completion.d/.tomservlet ]; then
    . /etc/bash_completion.d/.tomservlet
fi
export CATALINA_HOME
export CATALINA_BASE
export JRE_HOME
export JAVA_HOME

Then create the .tomservlet file in /etc/bash_completion.d/.tomservlet and add the following:

CATALINA_HOME=/usr/share/tomcat7
CATALINA_BASE=/var/lib/tomcat7
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0
JRE_HOME=$JAVA_HOME:/jre

Once that is completed add the following lines to ~/.bashrc

if [ -f "$HOME/.bash_expert" ];then
    . "$HOME/.bash_expert"
fi

Then source the ~/.bashrc file as shown below:

:~$ source .bashrc

and that should take care of your problems, in a secure fashion no matter what type of client side interaction is taken place. (Don't hold me to that, you never know what martians are lurking in cyberspace, it can be a scary realm sometimes).

P.S. I previously was referring to the oracle-sun jdk7 or I guess its just Oracle Jdk7 so if you are using the Open Jdk replace it as necessary, if using the oracle go back into the /etc/init.d/tomcat file and change openjdk to your version where the script refers to "$OPENJDK". This also assumes you installed from the repositories.

Good luck, and may your tomcat purr!!

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