Are you running under Linux/Tomcat? In the latest(?) Tomcat you need to explicitly give permission for Tomcat to rad the data folder. It is on a file called /lib/systemd/system/tomcat.service
You need to add a line; ReadWritePaths=<path to your data folder> e.g. ReadWritePaths=/data/ Russ > On 20 Oct 2021, at 10:51, Steffen Reichel <st_reic...@gmx.net> wrote: > > Hi all, > > after I moved Geoserver's data directory Geoserver is not starting > anymore. When trying to access the Geoserver web interface I get an 503 > error. > > The GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR is pointing to the correct location. Owner and > Access rights stayed the same. My OS is Linux. It seems that there is a > problem with GWC. In the logfile I see the error (full log message at > the end) > > java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not locate a layer or layer group > with id LayerInfoImpl--fd40ab5:166e9af110c:-273f within GeoServer > configuration, the GWC configuration seems to be out of synch > > There is a configuration like this in the gwc-layers folder. And that > points to a layer that does not exists anymore. My question is, as the > web interface is not starting and thus I can't really change anything > via API, can I safely delete this folder? The documentation [1] states > that these files should not be edited by hand, but does not state if > it's safe to delete them. Or could I even empty the whole gwc-layers folder? > > Kind regards, > Steffen > > [1] > https://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/geowebcache/config.html#configuration-files > > -- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< -- > > The full log message - I added line breaks for better readability and > snipped all the jar paths: > > > WARN [support.XmlWebApplicationContext] - Exception encountered during > context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: > > org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating > bean with name 'geopkgGetMapOutputFormat' defined in URL [..]: > > Cannot resolve reference to bean 'webMapService' while setting > constructor argument; nested exception is > > org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: > Error creating bean with name 'wmsService2': FactoryBean threw exception > on object creation; nested exception is > > org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating > bean with name 'wmsServiceInterceptor_CachingWMS' defined in URL [..]: > > Cannot resolve reference to bean 'cachingWebMapService' while setting > bean property 'advice'; nested exception is > > org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating > bean with name 'cachingWebMapService' defined in URL [..]: > > Cannot resolve reference to bean 'gwcFacade' while setting constructor > argument; nested exception is > > org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating > bean with name 'gwcFacade' defined in URL [..]: > > Cannot resolve reference to bean 'DiskQuotaMonitor' while setting > constructor argument; nested exception is > > org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating > bean with name 'DiskQuotaMonitor' defined in URL [..]: > > Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is > > java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not locate a layer or layer group > with id LayerInfoImpl--fd40ab5:166e9af110c:-273f within GeoServer > configuration, the GWC configuration seems to be out of synch > > > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-users mailing list > > Please make sure you read the following two resources before posting to this > list: > - Earning your support instead of buying it, but Ian Turton: > http://www.ianturton.com/talks/foss4g.html#/ > - The GeoServer user list posting guidelines: > http://geoserver.org/comm/userlist-guidelines.html > > If you want to request a feature or an improvement, also see this: > https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-and-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer > > > Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list Please make sure you read the following two resources before posting to this list: - Earning your support instead of buying it, but Ian Turton: http://www.ianturton.com/talks/foss4g.html#/ - The GeoServer user list posting guidelines: http://geoserver.org/comm/userlist-guidelines.html If you want to request a feature or an improvement, also see this: https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-and-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
