Hi Bertrand, I don't think that the bundle startup is prevented by another issue:
10.07.2017 16:03:04.273 *INFO* [OsgiInstallerImpl] org.apache.sling.installer.core.impl.tasks.BundleStartTask Could not start bundle adobe-aemfd-signatures [595]. Reason: {}. Will retry. org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Activator start error in bundle adobe-aemfd-signatures [595]. at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.activateBundle(Felix.java:2277) at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.startBundle(Felix.java:2145) at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleImpl.start(BundleImpl.java:998) at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleImpl.start(BundleImpl.java:984) at org.apache.sling.installer.core.impl.tasks.BundleStartTask.execute(BundleStartTask.java:97) at org.apache.sling.installer.core.impl.OsgiInstallerImpl.doExecuteTasks(OsgiInstallerImpl.java:894) at org.apache.sling.installer.core.impl.OsgiInstallerImpl.executeTasks(OsgiInstallerImpl.java:729) at org.apache.sling.installer.core.impl.OsgiInstallerImpl.run(OsgiInstallerImpl.java:286) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/rsa/asn1/ASN_Exception at com.adobe.fd.signatures.activator.Activator.start(Activator.java:34) at org.apache.felix.framework.util.SecureAction.startActivator(SecureAction.java:697) at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.activateBundle(Felix.java:2227) ... 8 common frames omitted Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.rsa.asn1.ASN_Exception not found by adobe-aemfd-signatures [595] at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl.findClassOrResourceByDelegation(BundleWiringImpl.java:1574) at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl.access$400(BundleWiringImpl.java:79) at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl$BundleClassLoader.loadClass(BundleWiringImpl.java:2018) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) ... 11 common frames omitted And as said, I already have the relevant bootdelegation statement in use and it's even displayed; but it requires a restart and only then everything is fine. Jörg 2017-07-10 11:32 GMT+02:00 Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org>: > Hi Joerg, > > On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 4:06 PM, Jörg Hoh <jhoh...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > ...What I did: > > * Place all files in place > > * Added my bootdelegation statements to ${sling.home}/sling.properties > > * started up the instance... > > AFAIK if you don't have a pre-existing sling state folder that should > cause bootdelegation to be set on the first startup of the OSGi > framework. > > Debugging the startup code should help confirm that, and if I'm > correct it's something else that's preventing your bundle from > starting. > > -Bertrand > -- Cheers, Jörg Hoh, http://cqdump.wordpress.com Twitter: @joerghoh