Thank you for the quick response. I have never posted a JIRA before and I'm new to Xwiki. How will I know when the issue has been fixed?
Thank you. Naoufel -----Original Message----- From: users-boun...@xwiki.org [mailto:users-boun...@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Vincent Massol Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 10:16 AM To: XWiki Users Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Xwiki Enterprise 4.3 fails to start on Apache Geronimo 3.0 On Dec 7, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Vincent Massol <vinc...@massol.net> wrote: > Hi, > > On Dec 7, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Naoufel Chbihi <naoufel.chb...@ssc-spc.gc.ca> > wrote: > >> Hello >> >> I am interested in running Xwiki Enterprise using the WAR file on an Apache >> Geronimo 3.0 server. I have been trying to do so for about two weeks now >> but haven't been able to start Xwiki successfully I initially tried with >> Xwiki Enterprise 4.2 and then with 4.3 but with no success. Here are the >> steps that I have performed in my most recent attempt: >> 1) Installed a MySQL server, created an xwiki database, defined an xwiki >> user (with password xwiki), and granted the user all permissions to the >> database. I am able to successful connect to the xwiki database using a >> database client. >> 2) Downloaded and extracted the Apache Geronimo 3.0.0 ZIP file >> 3) Placed the dependency JAR files in the appropriate directories inside the >> Geronimo repository directory. >> 4) Created a geronimo-web.xml file and copied-and-pasted the complete sample >> file contents provided at >> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/InstallationGeronimo. I >> updated the version numbers in geronimo-web.xml file to match the versions >> of the JAR files that I placed in the repository. >> 5) Defined a JDBC datasource in Geronimo using the procedure >> described in >> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/InstallationGeron >> imo >> 6) Downloaded the XWiki 4.3 WAR file and deployed it on the Geronimo server >> (specifying the customized geronimo-web.xml file on the deployment page). >> The deployment was successful. >> 7) Modified the hibernate.cfg.xml file by commenting out the default >> database configuration and specifying the appropriate parameters for the >> MySQL database (which is what I'm using). >> 8) Copied the modified geronimo-web.xml file into Xwiki's WEB-INF folder. >> 9) When I tried to start the XWiki application, the following errors were >> generated in the log file: > > [snip] > >> Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: >> org.ops4j.pax.logging.slf4j.Slf4jLoggerFactory cannot be cast to >> ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext >> at >> org.xwiki.logging.logback.internal.LogbackUtils.getLoggerContext(LogbackUtils.java:50) >> at >> org.xwiki.logging.logback.internal.LogbackUtils.getRootLogger(LogbackUtils.java:58) >> at >> org.xwiki.logging.logback.internal.LogbackEventGenerator.initialize(LogbackEventGenerator.java:96) >> at >> org.xwiki.component.embed.InitializableLifecycleHandler.handle(InitializableLifecycleHandler.java:39) >> at >> org.xwiki.component.embed.EmbeddableComponentManager.createInstance(EmbeddableComponentManager.java:323) >> at >> org.xwiki.component.embed.EmbeddableComponentManager.getComponentInstance(EmbeddableComponentManager.java:378) >> at >> org.xwiki.component.embed.EmbeddableComponentManager.getInstanceMap(E >> mbeddableComponentManager.java:185) > > This is the real error and it's bad, it means we're doing something wrong.... > We're wrongly assuming that you're using Logback whereas apparently something > else is used, probably because it's on the servlet container's classloader. > > Could you please file a jira issue for this at http//jira.xwiki.org and we'll > fix it? No need, thomas has created it already: http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-315 Thanks -Vincent > > Thanks > -Vincent > >> There is mention of an Observation Manager component and SLF4J. I'm not >> sure what is preventing Xwiki Enterprise from starting correctly. Any >> assistance would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Naoufel > _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users