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October 17, 2014
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RoboHelp Server 9 Web Administrator Login not working

  • October 17, 2014
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We have successfully installed Robo Help Server 9 and Apache Tomcat 7.0. We are successfully created the context in Robo Help Configuration Manager.

My laptop configuration: Win 7 64bit

During Web Administrator Login, we have faced the following error:

2014-10-17 17:20:22.997 [WARN] http-bio-8080-exec-4 adobe.robohelp.server.DatabaseManager -

java.lang.NullPointerException

  at adobe.robohelp.server.DatabaseManager.isConnected(DatabaseManager.java:461)

  at adobe.robohelp.server.AuthAgent.AuthenticateUser(AuthAgent.java:168)

  at adobe.robohelp.server.AuthAgent.Authenticate(AuthAgent.java:68)

  at adobe.robohelp.server.RoboHelpServer.doGet(RoboHelpServer.java:178)

  at adobe.robohelp.server.RoboHelpServer.doPost(RoboHelpServer.java:244)

  at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:646)

  at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)

  at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)

  at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)

  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)

  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)

  at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:503)

  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:170)

  at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)

  at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:950)

  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)

  at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:421)

  at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1070)

  at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:611)

  at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:316)

  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)

  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

  at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)

  at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

2014-10-17 17:20:22.998 [WARN] http-bio-8080-exec-4 adobe.robohelp.server.AuthAgent -

java.lang.NullPointerException

  at adobe.robohelp.server.DatabaseManager.isConnected(DatabaseManager.java:472)

  at adobe.robohelp.server.AuthAgent.AuthenticateUser(AuthAgent.java:168)

  at adobe.robohelp.server.AuthAgent.Authenticate(AuthAgent.java:68)

  at adobe.robohelp.server.RoboHelpServer.doGet(RoboHelpServer.java:178)

  at adobe.robohelp.server.RoboHelpServer.doPost(RoboHelpServer.java:244)

  at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:646)

  at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)

  at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)

  at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)

  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)

  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)

  at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:503)

  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:170)

  at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)

  at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:950)

  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)

  at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:421)

  at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1070)

  at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:611)

  at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:316)

  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)

  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

  at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)

  at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Please help us urgently.

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2 replies

johndaigle
Legend
October 18, 2014

Hi

I'm not sure what the error log code in your message means, but you might find a solution listed in this post helpful.

RH Server 9's Web Admin "Sign In" button is doing nothing...

John Daigle

Adobe Certified RoboHelp and Captivate Instructor

Evergreen, Colorado

www.showmethedemo.com

John DaigleAdobe Certified RoboHelp and Captivate InstructorNewport, Oregon
RoboColum_n_
Legend
October 17, 2014

Did you manage to display the Web Administrator logon page at all. In other words is the error only when you enter the userid / password. If so, what database are you using? Make sure it is one of the supported ones:

Recommended OS/database combinations for RoboHelp Server « Technical Communication Suite

Participant
October 20, 2014

We are using SQL Server 2008 R2. The errors are generated in the log file C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\logs\robohelpserver.log

RoboColum_n_
Legend
October 20, 2014

Hi. Posting the location of the log file won't help anyone here. Neither will posting the log file's contents. You'd be better to send the log file to Adobe Support after you have checked the list of things in the link John posted.