Could not find file with URI [x] because it is a relative path, and no base URI was provided

[Boneless117]

Hi. We are hitting an error in our production environment and would like some assistance if possible.

Working on from the issue reported here: Error with Importer Plugin

When doing the same call, I’m now facing a different error:

org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemException: Could not find file with URI “https://ckan_domain/data/dataset/test_api_upload” because it is a relative path, and no base URI was provided.

The URI seems pretty fine for me… Not sure why this is popping up.

Here is the full stacktrace.

16 Jul 04:59:04 INFO   [rest.catalog] - GET test_api_upload_ckan
16 Jul 04:59:04 INFO   [rest.catalog] - got test_api_upload_ckan
16 Jul 04:59:04 INFO   [rest.catalog] - DELETE workspace WorkspaceInfoImpl[test_api_upload_ckan]
16 Jul 04:59:04 INFO   [rest.catalog] - Added workspace test_api_upload_ckan
16 Jul 04:59:04 INFO   [rest.catalog] - POST workspace test_api_upload_ckan
16 Jul 04:59:04 INFO   [rest.catalog] - POST data store test_api_upload_ckands
16 Jul 04:59:04 WARN   [geoserver.security] - Could not find factory for store : DataStoreInfoImpl[test_api_upload_ckands]. Unable to encrypt connection parameters.
16 Jul 04:59:04 ERROR  [geoserver.importer] - Failed to init the context 
org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemException: Could not find file with URI "https://ckan_domain/data/dataset/test_api_upload" because it is a relative path, and no base URI was provided.
	at org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemException.requireNonNull(FileSystemException.java:83)
	at org.apache.commons.vfs2.impl.DefaultFileSystemManager.resolveFile(DefaultFileSystemManager.java:812)
	at org.apache.commons.vfs2.impl.DefaultFileSystemManager.resolveFile(DefaultFileSystemManager.java:761)
	at org.apache.commons.vfs2.impl.DefaultFileSystemManager.resolveFile(DefaultFileSystemManager.java:826)
	at org.geoserver.importer.RemoteData.resolve(RemoteData.java:103)
	at org.geoserver.importer.Importer.init(Importer.java:478)
	at org.geoserver.importer.rest.ImportController.createImport(ImportController.java:221)
	at org.geoserver.importer.rest.ImportController.postImports(ImportController.java:76)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
	at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:205)
	at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:150)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:117)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:903)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:809)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:87)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1072)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:965)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:909)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:555)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:623)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:199)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:51)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
	at org.geoserver.filters.ThreadLocalsCleanupFilter.doFilter(ThreadLocalsCleanupFilter.java:28)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
	at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:70)
	at org.geoserver.ows.HTTPHeadersCollector.doFilter(HTTPHeadersCollector.java:48)
	at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:67)
	at org.geoserver.filters.HTTPMethodFilter.doFilter(HTTPMethodFilter.java:36)
	at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:67)
	at org.geoserver.filters.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:181)
	at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:67)
	at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:41)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
	at org.geoserver.platform.AdvancedDispatchFilter.doFilter(AdvancedDispatchFilter.java:39)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:352)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
	at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.AuthorizationFilter.doFilter(AuthorizationFilter.java:100)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:89)
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
	at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:126)
	at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:120)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:89)
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerAnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(GeoServerAnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:52)
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilterInternal(BasicAuthenticationFilter.java:200)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:89)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerBasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(GeoServerBasicAuthenticationFilter.java:80)
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerSecurityContextPersistenceFilter$1.doFilterInternal(GeoServerSecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:66)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
	at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:89)
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:225)
	at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:190)
	at org.geoserver.security.GeoServerSecurityFilterChainProxy.doFilter(GeoServerSecurityFilterChainProxy.java:139)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:354)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:267)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
	at org.geoserver.filters.SecurityHeadersFilter.doFilter(SecurityHeadersFilter.java:116)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
	at org.geoserver.filters.GZIPFilter.doFilter(GZIPFilter.java:47)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
	at org.geoserver.filters.SessionDebugFilter.doFilter(SessionDebugFilter.java:48)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
	at org.geoserver.filters.FlushSafeFilter.doFilter(FlushSafeFilter.java:42)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:168)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:90)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:482)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:130)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:93)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteIpValve.invoke(RemoteIpValve.java:762)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:346)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:397)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:63)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:935)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1826)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:52)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1189)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:658)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:63)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)

I have tested this on v 2.25 onwards.
Thanks in advance.

[Boneless117]

To aid in testing:

Docker:

docker run -it -p8080:8080 `
  --env INSTALL_EXTENSIONS=true `
  --env STABLE_EXTENSIONS="importer" `
  --mount type=bind,src=D:\goeserver,target=/opt/geoserver_data `
  docker.osgeo.org/geoserver:2.27.1

Rest call:

{"import": {"targetWorkspace": {"workspace": {"name": "ne"}}, "targetStore": {"dataStore": {"name": "NaturalEarth"}}, "data": {"type": "remote", "location": "https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/f9d2d353-ae14-45c0-9f59-d0ed2cb00b74/resource/a8479f7c-1682-4b28-9190-adbb589ebda3/download/managed_floodplain_flowmer_2022.zip"}}}

This is the stacktrack of this test:

16 Jul 05:24:33 ERROR  [geoserver.importer] - Failed to init the context
org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemException: Could not find file with URI "https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/f9d2d353-ae14-45c0-9f59-d0ed2cb00b74/resource/a8479f7c-1682-4b28-9190-adbb589ebda3/download/managed_floodplain_flowmer_2022.zip" because it is a relative path, and no base URI was provided.
        at org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemException.requireNonNull(FileSystemException.java:83)
        at org.apache.commons.vfs2.impl.DefaultFileSystemManager.resolveFile(DefaultFileSystemManager.java:812)
        at org.apache.commons.vfs2.impl.DefaultFileSystemManager.resolveFile(DefaultFileSystemManager.java:761)
        at org.apache.commons.vfs2.impl.DefaultFileSystemManager.resolveFile(DefaultFileSystemManager.java:826)
        at org.geoserver.importer.RemoteData.resolve(RemoteData.java:103)
        at org.geoserver.importer.Importer.init(Importer.java:478)
        at org.geoserver.importer.rest.ImportController.createImport(ImportController.java:221)
        at org.geoserver.importer.rest.ImportController.postImports(ImportController.java:76)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:569)
        at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:205)
        at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:150)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:117)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:903)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:809)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:87)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1072)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:965)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:909)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:555)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:623)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:199)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
        at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:51)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
        at org.geoserver.filters.ThreadLocalsCleanupFilter.doFilter(ThreadLocalsCleanupFilter.java:28)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
        at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:70)
        at org.geoserver.ows.HTTPHeadersCollector.doFilter(HTTPHeadersCollector.java:48)
        at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:67)
        at org.geoserver.filters.HTTPMethodFilter.doFilter(HTTPMethodFilter.java:36)
        at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:67)
        at org.geoserver.filters.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:181)
        at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:67)
        at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:41)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
        at org.geoserver.platform.AdvancedDispatchFilter.doFilter(AdvancedDispatchFilter.java:39)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:352)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
        at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.AuthorizationFilter.doFilter(AuthorizationFilter.java:100)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:89)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
        at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:126)
        at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:120)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:89)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerAnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(GeoServerAnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:52)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
        at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilterInternal(BasicAuthenticationFilter.java:200)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:89)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerBasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(GeoServerBasicAuthenticationFilter.java:80)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerSecurityContextPersistenceFilter$1.doFilterInternal(GeoServerSecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:66)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:89)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:225)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:190)
        at org.geoserver.security.GeoServerSecurityFilterChainProxy.doFilter(GeoServerSecurityFilterChainProxy.java:139)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:354)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:267)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
        at org.geoserver.filters.SecurityHeadersFilter.doFilter(SecurityHeadersFilter.java:116)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
        at org.geoserver.filters.GZIPFilter.doFilter(GZIPFilter.java:47)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
        at org.geoserver.filters.SessionDebugFilter.doFilter(SessionDebugFilter.java:48)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
        at org.geoserver.filters.FlushSafeFilter.doFilter(FlushSafeFilter.java:42)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:168)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:144)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:168)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:90)
        at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:482)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:130)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:93)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:656)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:346)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:397)
        at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:63)
        at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:935)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1792)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:52)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1189)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:658)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:63)
        at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:840)
^C16-Jul-2025 05:25:35.658 INFO [Thread-4] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.pause Pausing ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-8080"]

[Boneless117]

@jive - Is it possible to get this one looked at?

[Peter]

Hi @Boneless117

Is it possible to get this one looked at?

This is an open source project, so you can get anyone to look at it. The PSC members are just stewards marshalling everyone’s contributions. If your organisation has a Java developer, they could probably get quite far (later asking for technical guidance from the core developers); if not you could consider buying some support - see Support - GeoServer

All I am saying: please do not expect too much free support from the volunteers.

Peter

[ianturton]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 at 09:53, Peter Smythe via OSGeo Discourse <noreply@discourse.osgeo.org> wrote:

	Peter July 30

Hi @Boneless117

Is it possible to get this one looked at?

All I am saying: please do not expect too much free support from the volunteers.

Particularly when you are posting from an anonymous account.

Ian

[aaime-geosolutions]

@Boneless117

@jive - Is it possible to get this one looked at?

Of course, just follow these steps:

Successfully requesting and integrating fixes, improvements and new features...

Cheers
Andrea

[Boneless117]

Thanks @Peter @aaime-geosolutions @ianturton for the extra information.

I was following the instructions given by Jive in his last comments in this post: Error with Importer Plugin - #7 by jive

Didn’t mean to cause a concern or seem ungreatful.

[aaime-geosolutions]

The guide I linked has been around for a long time, it’s not a way to get back at you, it’s just explaining how to get things done in GeoServer.
The short of it is, if you don’t put the effort yourself to get the issue solved, it’s unlikely that anyone else will.

Cheers
Andrea

[Boneless117]

It’s been a while since I have worked with Java, so there were some learning curves along the way.

It appears that this error started to happen due to the removal of the commons-httpclient-3.1.jar a while back.

This seems to correspond to this jira: Jira.

In v 2.26.0 I was able to just drop the commons-httpclient-3.1.jar into the geoserver/WEB-INF/lib directory and call it a day. But this seems to have been changed with future updates as it no longer works with v 2.26.3 >

However, it appears that this process is working in the current 2.28.SNAPSHOT dev branch of Geoserver. Just drop in the commons-httpclient-3.1.jar and to the moon this goes.

Being in a dev branch, I know that this process can change and thus can’t be trusted to be working in the future.

I’m assuming that the overall solution is to modify the modify the logic of the VFS manager to allow HTTP calls: geoserver/src/extension/importer/core/src/main/java/org/geoserver/importer/RemoteData.java at 2.27.2 · geoserver/geoserver · GitHub

I know the commons-httpclient has been deprecated, so I’m wondering if the HTTP client has not been assigned or is not correctly handling HTTP calls during the remote type?

I’m leaving this here for sharing information, I don’t have Java knowledge to pick this up further (moved to .net / php a long time ago).

I do wonder if the work here is appropriate, or do we go away with the HTTP calls?

[aaime-geosolutions]

Hi,
looks like you hit an oddity of VFS2… the URLs should use http4 and http4s to use the commons
httpclient 4 found in the classpath (something like http4s://www.geoserver.org/.… I know it looks strange)

If that works, try adding this in the resources folder of the importer module:

META-INF/vfs-providers.xml

with contents:

<providers>
  <provider class-name="org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.http4.Http4FileProvider">
    <scheme name="http"/>
    <scheme name="https"/>
  </provider>
</providers>

so that the file ends up in the jar, and then cross fingers… it might be working with http/https too.