Problem installing CF10 on Ubuntu 12.04

[Guest]

Just been trying to install CF10 with Apache2 and it was all looking reasonably good, but when I try to use the CFIDE adminstrator, I get a Tomcat error:

HTTP Status 500 -

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type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.NullPointerException coldfusion.bootstrap.ClassloaderHelper.initServletClass(ClassloaderHelper.java:129) coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.init(BootstrapServlet.java:59) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472) org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98) org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:928) org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:414) org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.process(AjpProcessor.java:203) org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:539) org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:298) java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) 

root cause

java.lang.NullPointerException coldfusion.CfmServlet.init(CfmServlet.java:82) coldfusion.bootstrap.ClassloaderHelper.initServletClass(ClassloaderHelper.java:121) coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.init(BootstrapServlet.java:59) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472) org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98) org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:928) org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:414) org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.process(AjpProcessor.java:203) org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:539) org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:298) java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) 

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/7.0.23 logs.

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Apache Tomcat/7.0.23

The coldfusion-error.log seems pretty harmless:

Feb 14, 2013 1:06:16 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: /opt/coldfusion10/jre/lib/amd64/server:/opt/coldfusion10/jre/lib/amd64:/opt/coldfusion10/jre/../lib/amd64:/opt/coldfusion10/cfusion/lib:/opt/coldfusion10/cfusion/lib/_ilnx21/bin:/opt/coldfusion10/cfusion/lib/international::/usr/java/packages/lib/amd64:/usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib

Feb 14, 2013 1:06:16 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init

INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8012"]

Feb 14, 2013 1:06:16 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal

INFO: Starting service Catalina

Feb 14, 2013 1:06:16 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal

INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.23

Feb 14, 2013 1:06:21 PM org.apache.catalina.util.SessionIdGenerator createSecureRandom

INFO: Creation of SecureRandom instance for session ID generation using [SHA1PRNG] took [5,003] milliseconds.

Feb 14, 2013 1:06:24 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log

INFO: ColdFusionStartUpServlet: ColdFusion: Starting application services

Feb 14, 2013 1:06:24 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log

INFO: ColdFusionStartUpServlet: ColdFusion: VM version = 20.4-b02

Could not determine local hostname.

Any other diagnostics I should include?

[AlbusTeck]

Hi Alex

Have you checked compatibility of ColdFusion10 with Ubuntu 12.04 from this link http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/products/coldfusion/pdfs/cf10/coldfusi... ?

As per the link, this version is not certified.

Regards

Swaraj

[Carone18]

I have the exact same problem. The 12.04 version is supported.

I tried it on a clean server, but it does not work.

How can I fix?

[Priyank Shrivastava.]

Hi Carone,

Can you download CF 10 from adobe.com and try again.

Regards,

Priyank

[joaquinrivero]

I switch to ubuntu 12.04 same error...

[joaquinrivero]

I get the same issue on Debian.

Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.41-2+deb7u2 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[nivaplei]

I have the same problem as well, Centos 6.4, with CF 10 Developer version. Anyone know how to fix it yet?

[Guest]

I did get it working - unfortunately I've forgotten how!

Not very helpful, I know, but it is worth persisting 😉

[nivaplei]

Thanks. lol. I found the problem and so is the solution. Dont know why though. I didnt give my server a proper hostname. So i went back and change the /etc/hosts as well as /etc/resolv.conf. after that reboot the server (sound like Window OS..lol) and it works.

[nivaplei]

I think your cause was the same because you had "Could not determine local hostname." in the error log.

[joaquinrivero]

I have my local hostname on /etc/hosts but I'm still getting the same error.

[thewinelake42]

A lot later...

...just to say that I had the same error just now and did a Google, only to find my own complaint!!!

However, the problem was indeed to do with hostnames.

I just edited /etc/hostname to contain "myserver.mydomain.com"

did "hostname myserver.mydomain.com"

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

/opt/coldfusion10/cfusion/bin/coldfusion restart

and all was good...

[joaquinrivero]

I just read this, jajaja