[Geoserver-users] Boundless Opengeo Suite: Geoserver fails to launch due to Java heap size

ach22 · June 12, 2014, 1:50pm

When I go to start Boundless OpenGeo Suite 3.1 from the OpenGeo Suite
Dashboard, Geoserver will launch if I point it to the default geoserver
data_dir, but when I point it to mine, which I have used successfully for >
8 months, javaw.exe fills all remaining memory on the machine and Geoserver
fails to launch. I am having some trouble interpreting the logs to find the
cause of this issue; does anybody know how I might go about finding and
fixing the problem? Does the log point to anything in my data_dir that
might potentially cause this error?

I am new to this community, so if there is any way that I can improve this
submission, please let me know and I'd be happy to fix it.

Steps taken:

    Restarted Machine
    Uninstalled/Reinstalled OpenGeo Suite
    Pointed Geoserver to the default data_dir
    Increased default heap size for my Java environment: javaw.exe consumes
ALL RAM on machine regardless of heap size.

Machine:

    Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
    AMD Opteron 280 2.41GHz
    3.83 GB RAM

Startup Log (first block):
- GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR: e:\path_to_install\data_dir

2014-06-11 16:13:58,423 WARN [referencing.factory] - Axis elements found in
a wkt definition, the force longitude first axis order hint might not be
respected: PROJCS["WGS84 / Simple Mercator", GEOGCS["WGS 84",
DATUM["WGS_1984", SPHEROID["WGS_1984", 6378137.0, 298.257223563]],
PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0.0], UNIT["degree", 0.017453292519943295]],
PROJECTION["Mercator_1SP_Google"], PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin", 0.0],
PARAMETER["central_meridian", 0.0], PARAMETER["scale_factor", 1.0],
PARAMETER["false_easting", 0.0], PARAMETER["false_northing", 0.0], UNIT["m",
1.0], AXIS["x", EAST], AXIS["y", NORTH], AUTHORITY["EPSG","54004"]]

2014-06-11 16:14:02,033 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
'layergroups'

2014-06-11 16:14:02,595 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
'styles'

2014-06-11 16:14:04,282 WARN [org.geoserver] - Error connecting to
'Taxlots'. Disabling.

2014-06-11 16:14:04,876 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
'styles'

2014-06-11 16:14:07,439 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
'layergroups'

2014-06-11 16:14:07,439 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
'styles'

2014-06-11 16:14:07,501 ERROR [geotools.jdbc] - There's code using JDBC
based datastore and not disposing them. This may lead to temporary loss of
database connections. Please make sure all data access code calls
DataStore.dispose() before freeing all references to it

2014-06-11 16:14:08,829 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
'styles'

2014-06-11 16:14:09,454 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
'styles'

2014-06-11 16:15:04,873 WARN [support.DisposableBeanAdapter] - Invocation of
destroy method failed on bean with name 'geoServerLoader':
java.lang.NullPointerException

2014-06-11 16:15:04,873 ERROR [context.ContextLoader] - Context
initialization failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean
with name 'gwcFacade' defined in URL
[jar:file:/E:/path_to_install/OpenGeo%20Suite/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gwc-2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar!/applicationContext.xml]:
Cannot resolve reference to bean 'gwcStorageBroker' while setting
constructor argument; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean
with name 'gwcStorageBroker' defined in URL
[jar:file:/E:/path_to_install/OpenGeo%20Suite/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gwc-2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar!/geowebcache-core-context.xml]:
Cannot resolve reference to bean 'gwcMetaStore' while setting constructor
argument; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean
with name 'gwcMetaStore' defined in URL
[jar:file:/E:/path_to_install/OpenGeo%20Suite/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gwc-2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar!/geowebcache-core-context.xml]:
Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate
bean class [org.geowebcache.storage.metastore.jdbc.JDBCMetaBackend]:
Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:
Java heap space

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jive · June 12, 2014, 2:39pm

I recommend contacting boundless support for issues with that package.

This is the general geoserver users mailing list, which while helpful, generally does not get into details of the product specific packaging associated with OpenGeo Suite (or GeoServer Enterprise, or others …).

However it looks like this question has been answered for you on stack exchange:
http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/101757/boundless-opengeo-suite-geoserver-fails-to-launch-due-to-java-heap-size

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Jody Garnett

On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:50 PM, ach22 <achaley22@anonymised.com> wrote:

When I go to start Boundless OpenGeo Suite 3.1 from the OpenGeo Suite
Dashboard, Geoserver will launch if I point it to the default geoserver
data_dir, but when I point it to mine, which I have used successfully for >
8 months, javaw.exe fills all remaining memory on the machine and Geoserver
fails to launch. I am having some trouble interpreting the logs to find the
cause of this issue; does anybody know how I might go about finding and
fixing the problem? Does the log point to anything in my data_dir that
might potentially cause this error?

I am new to this community, so if there is any way that I can improve this
submission, please let me know and I’d be happy to fix it.

Steps taken:

Restarted Machine
Uninstalled/Reinstalled OpenGeo Suite
Pointed Geoserver to the default data_dir
Increased default heap size for my Java environment: javaw.exe consumes
ALL RAM on machine regardless of heap size.

Machine:

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
AMD Opteron 280 2.41GHz
3.83 GB RAM

Startup Log (first block):

GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR: e:\path_to_install\data_dir

2014-06-11 16:13:58,423 WARN [referencing.factory] - Axis elements found in
a wkt definition, the force longitude first axis order hint might not be
respected: PROJCS[“WGS84 / Simple Mercator”, GEOGCS[“WGS 84”,
DATUM[“WGS_1984”, SPHEROID[“WGS_1984”, 6378137.0, 298.257223563]],
PRIMEM[“Greenwich”, 0.0], UNIT[“degree”, 0.017453292519943295]],
PROJECTION[“Mercator_1SP_Google”], PARAMETER[“latitude_of_origin”, 0.0],
PARAMETER[“central_meridian”, 0.0], PARAMETER[“scale_factor”, 1.0],
PARAMETER[“false_easting”, 0.0], PARAMETER[“false_northing”, 0.0], UNIT[“m”,
1.0], AXIS[“x”, EAST], AXIS[“y”, NORTH], AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“54004”]]

2014-06-11 16:14:02,033 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
‘layergroups’

2014-06-11 16:14:02,595 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
‘styles’

2014-06-11 16:14:04,282 WARN [org.geoserver] - Error connecting to
‘Taxlots’. Disabling.

2014-06-11 16:14:04,876 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
‘styles’

2014-06-11 16:14:07,439 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
‘layergroups’

2014-06-11 16:14:07,439 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
‘styles’

2014-06-11 16:14:07,501 ERROR [geotools.jdbc] - There’s code using JDBC
based datastore and not disposing them. This may lead to temporary loss of
database connections. Please make sure all data access code calls
DataStore.dispose() before freeing all references to it

2014-06-11 16:14:08,829 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
‘styles’

2014-06-11 16:14:09,454 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
‘styles’

2014-06-11 16:15:04,873 WARN [support.DisposableBeanAdapter] - Invocation of
destroy method failed on bean with name ‘geoServerLoader’:
java.lang.NullPointerException

2014-06-11 16:15:04,873 ERROR [context.ContextLoader] - Context
initialization failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean
with name ‘gwcFacade’ defined in URL
[jar:file:/E:/path_to_install/OpenGeo%20Suite/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gwc-2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar!/applicationContext.xml]:
Cannot resolve reference to bean ‘gwcStorageBroker’ while setting
constructor argument; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean
with name ‘gwcStorageBroker’ defined in URL
[jar:file:/E:/path_to_install/OpenGeo%20Suite/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gwc-2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar!/geowebcache-core-context.xml]:
Cannot resolve reference to bean ‘gwcMetaStore’ while setting constructor
argument; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean
with name ‘gwcMetaStore’ defined in URL
[jar:file:/E:/path_to_install/OpenGeo%20Suite/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gwc-2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar!/geowebcache-core-context.xml]:
Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate
bean class [org.geowebcache.storage.metastore.jdbc.JDBCMetaBackend]:
Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:
Java heap space

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jive · June 12, 2014, 2:44pm

Apparently stack exchange was not that helpful, focused on increasing heap space rather then hunting down memory leak.

The stack trace is showing a failure creating “gwcMetaStore” so your memory leak must be occurring with GeoWebCache and something called JDBCMetaBackend. You may wish to try asking on the GeoWebCache mailing list for hints.

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Jody Garnett

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:39 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett@anonymised.com> wrote:

I recommend contacting boundless support for issues with that package.

This is the general geoserver users mailing list, which while helpful, generally does not get into details of the product specific packaging associated with OpenGeo Suite (or GeoServer Enterprise, or others …).

However it looks like this question has been answered for you on stack exchange:
http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/101757/boundless-opengeo-suite-geoserver-fails-to-launch-due-to-java-heap-size

Jody Garnett

On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:50 PM, ach22 <achaley22@anonymised.com> wrote:

When I go to start Boundless OpenGeo Suite 3.1 from the OpenGeo Suite
Dashboard, Geoserver will launch if I point it to the default geoserver
data_dir, but when I point it to mine, which I have used successfully for >
8 months, javaw.exe fills all remaining memory on the machine and Geoserver
fails to launch. I am having some trouble interpreting the logs to find the
cause of this issue; does anybody know how I might go about finding and
fixing the problem? Does the log point to anything in my data_dir that
might potentially cause this error?

I am new to this community, so if there is any way that I can improve this
submission, please let me know and I’d be happy to fix it.

Steps taken:

Restarted Machine
Uninstalled/Reinstalled OpenGeo Suite
Pointed Geoserver to the default data_dir
Increased default heap size for my Java environment: javaw.exe consumes
ALL RAM on machine regardless of heap size.

Machine:

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
AMD Opteron 280 2.41GHz
3.83 GB RAM

Startup Log (first block):

GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR: e:\path_to_install\data_dir

2014-06-11 16:13:58,423 WARN [referencing.factory] - Axis elements found in
a wkt definition, the force longitude first axis order hint might not be
respected: PROJCS[“WGS84 / Simple Mercator”, GEOGCS[“WGS 84”,
DATUM[“WGS_1984”, SPHEROID[“WGS_1984”, 6378137.0, 298.257223563]],
PRIMEM[“Greenwich”, 0.0], UNIT[“degree”, 0.017453292519943295]],
PROJECTION[“Mercator_1SP_Google”], PARAMETER[“latitude_of_origin”, 0.0],
PARAMETER[“central_meridian”, 0.0], PARAMETER[“scale_factor”, 1.0],
PARAMETER[“false_easting”, 0.0], PARAMETER[“false_northing”, 0.0], UNIT[“m”,
1.0], AXIS[“x”, EAST], AXIS[“y”, NORTH], AUTHORITY[“EPSG”,“54004”]]

2014-06-11 16:14:02,033 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
‘layergroups’

2014-06-11 16:14:02,595 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
‘styles’

2014-06-11 16:14:04,282 WARN [org.geoserver] - Error connecting to
‘Taxlots’. Disabling.

2014-06-11 16:14:04,876 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
‘styles’

2014-06-11 16:14:07,439 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
‘layergroups’

2014-06-11 16:14:07,439 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
‘styles’

2014-06-11 16:14:07,501 ERROR [geotools.jdbc] - There’s code using JDBC
based datastore and not disposing them. This may lead to temporary loss of
database connections. Please make sure all data access code calls
DataStore.dispose() before freeing all references to it

2014-06-11 16:14:08,829 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
‘styles’

2014-06-11 16:14:09,454 WARN [org.geoserver] - Ignoring store directory
‘styles’

2014-06-11 16:15:04,873 WARN [support.DisposableBeanAdapter] - Invocation of
destroy method failed on bean with name ‘geoServerLoader’:
java.lang.NullPointerException

2014-06-11 16:15:04,873 ERROR [context.ContextLoader] - Context
initialization failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean
with name ‘gwcFacade’ defined in URL
[jar:file:/E:/path_to_install/OpenGeo%20Suite/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gwc-2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar!/applicationContext.xml]:
Cannot resolve reference to bean ‘gwcStorageBroker’ while setting
constructor argument; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean
with name ‘gwcStorageBroker’ defined in URL
[jar:file:/E:/path_to_install/OpenGeo%20Suite/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gwc-2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar!/geowebcache-core-context.xml]:
Cannot resolve reference to bean ‘gwcMetaStore’ while setting constructor
argument; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean
with name ‘gwcMetaStore’ defined in URL
[jar:file:/E:/path_to_install/OpenGeo%20Suite/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gwc-2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar!/geowebcache-core-context.xml]:
Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate
bean class [org.geowebcache.storage.metastore.jdbc.JDBCMetaBackend]:
Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:
Java heap space

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ach22 · June 12, 2014, 8:46pm

I was able to resolve the issue.

The memory error was occurring while the gwcMetaStore was being created, as
Jody pointed out. The (wimpy) server would run out of memory while these
classes were being created because the cache had gotten too large.

Steps to fix:

    Since the services wouldn't initialize, I could not use the geowebcache
REST API to truncate the cache.
    Backed up data_dir to local machine for safety.
    Reinstalled OpenGeo Suite
    Replaced the gwc/ and gwc_layers/ directories in data_dir/ with those
from the fresh install
    Pointed the new install back to data_dir/
    To prevent this from happening again, I enabled disk quota on
geowebcache and set an appropriate max size

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