[Geoserver-users] problems starting Geoserver 2.0.1

Balazs_Bamer · March 8, 2010, 4:29pm

Hi All,

I have problems starting a new installation of Geoserver-2.0.1-bin
under Linux. It does not allow anything to be accessed through the
Web: browser writes network timeout. I have changed Jetty HTTP port,
and altered the geoserver data dir location, which contains the
pre-installed contents intact. GEOSERVER_HOME is not set, but I start
it like this:

geoserver@anonymised.com:/usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1$ bin/startup.sh &
GEOSERVER_HOME environment variable not found, using current
directory. If not set then running this script from other
directories will not work in the future.
[1] 26222
GEOSERVER DATA DIR is /var/lib/geoserver-2.0.1
geoserver@anonymised.com:/usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1$ 1 [main] INFO
org.mortbay.log - Logging to org.slf4j.impl.SimpleLogger@anonymised.com via
org.mortbay.log.Slf4jLog
873 [main] WARN org.mortbay.log - Deprecated configuration used for
/usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1/webapps
979 [main] INFO org.mortbay.log - jetty-6.1.8
Mar 8, 2010 5:09:30 PM
it.geosolutions.imageio.gdalframework.GDALUtilities loadGDAL
WARNING: Native library load failed.java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no
gdaljni in java.library.path
log4j:WARN File option not set for appender [geoserverlogfile].
log4j:WARN Are you using FileAppender instead of ConsoleAppender?
8799 [main] INFO /geoserver - Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
08 Mar 17:09:35 ERROR [geoserver.global] -
----------------------------------
- GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR: /var/lib/geoserver-2.0.1
----------------------------------
08 Mar 17:09:35 INFO [org.geoserver] - Loaded style 'grass'
08 Mar 17:09:35 INFO [org.geoserver] - Loaded style 'giant_polygon'
08 Mar 17:09:35 INFO [org.geoserver] - Loaded style 'polygon'
....
08 Mar 17:09:50 INFO [layer.TileLayerDispatcher] - Adding: tiger-ny
08 Mar 17:09:50 INFO [layer.TileLayerDispatcher] - Adding: tasmania
08 Mar 17:09:50 INFO [layer.TileLayerDispatcher] - Adding: spearfish
08 Mar 17:09:50 ERROR [config.XMLConfiguration] - Configuration file
cannot be read or does not exist!
08 Mar 17:09:50 INFO [config.XMLConfiguration] - Found configuration
file in /usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1/webapps/geoserver/../resources
08 Mar 17:09:50 INFO [layer.TileLayerDispatcher] - Adding layers from
/usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1/webapps/geoserver/../resources
08 Mar 17:09:50 ERROR [layer.TileLayerDispatcher] - Configuration
/usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1/webapps/geoserver/../resources contained no
layers.
08 Mar 17:09:50 INFO [config.XMLConfiguration] - Found configuration
file in /usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1/webapps/geoserver/../resources
08 Mar 17:09:50 ERROR [layer.TileLayerDispatcher] - Error reading
service information from
/usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1/webapps/geoserver/../resources: Error
parsing file /usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1/webapps/geoserver/../resources/geowebcache.xml
08 Mar 17:09:50 INFO [layer.TileLayerDispatcher] - ConfigurationLoader completed

I don't understand these last errors.
What can be the problem?
thank you in advance, best regards: Balázs Bámer

Arne_Kepp1 · March 8, 2010, 4:37pm

Those are not really errors, they just mean you don't have a geowebcache.xml file, but it's optional anyway. In 2.0.2 they will be less alarming.

Use
sudo netstat -nptl
to check what port Jetty is actually listening on.

-Arne

Balázs Bámer wrote:

Hi All,

I have problems starting a new installation of Geoserver-2.0.1-bin
under Linux. It does not allow anything to be accessed through the
Web: browser writes network timeout. I have changed Jetty HTTP port,
and altered the geoserver data dir location, which contains the
pre-installed contents intact. GEOSERVER_HOME is not set, but I start
it like this:

geoserver@anonymised.com:/usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1$ bin/startup.sh &
GEOSERVER_HOME environment variable not found, using current
directory. If not set then running this script from other
directories will not work in the future.
[1] 26222
GEOSERVER DATA DIR is /var/lib/geoserver-2.0.1
geoserver@anonymised.com:/usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1$ 1 [main] INFO
org.mortbay.log - Logging to org.slf4j.impl.SimpleLogger@anonymised.com via
org.mortbay.log.Slf4jLog
873 [main] WARN org.mortbay.log - Deprecated configuration used for
/usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1/webapps
979 [main] INFO org.mortbay.log - jetty-6.1.8
Mar 8, 2010 5:09:30 PM
it.geosolutions.imageio.gdalframework.GDALUtilities loadGDAL
WARNING: Native library load failed.java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no
gdaljni in java.library.path
log4j:WARN File option not set for appender [geoserverlogfile].
log4j:WARN Are you using FileAppender instead of ConsoleAppender?
8799 [main] INFO /geoserver - Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
08 Mar 17:09:35 ERROR [geoserver.global] -
----------------------------------
- GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR: /var/lib/geoserver-2.0.1
----------------------------------
08 Mar 17:09:35 INFO [org.geoserver] - Loaded style 'grass'
08 Mar 17:09:35 INFO [org.geoserver] - Loaded style 'giant_polygon'
08 Mar 17:09:35 INFO [org.geoserver] - Loaded style 'polygon'
....
08 Mar 17:09:50 INFO [layer.TileLayerDispatcher] - Adding: tiger-ny
08 Mar 17:09:50 INFO [layer.TileLayerDispatcher] - Adding: tasmania
08 Mar 17:09:50 INFO [layer.TileLayerDispatcher] - Adding: spearfish
08 Mar 17:09:50 ERROR [config.XMLConfiguration] - Configuration file
cannot be read or does not exist!
08 Mar 17:09:50 INFO [config.XMLConfiguration] - Found configuration
file in /usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1/webapps/geoserver/../resources
08 Mar 17:09:50 INFO [layer.TileLayerDispatcher] - Adding layers from
/usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1/webapps/geoserver/../resources
08 Mar 17:09:50 ERROR [layer.TileLayerDispatcher] - Configuration
/usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1/webapps/geoserver/../resources contained no
layers.
08 Mar 17:09:50 INFO [config.XMLConfiguration] - Found configuration
file in /usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1/webapps/geoserver/../resources
08 Mar 17:09:50 ERROR [layer.TileLayerDispatcher] - Error reading
service information from
/usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1/webapps/geoserver/../resources: Error
parsing file /usr/local/geoserver-2.0.1/webapps/geoserver/../resources/geowebcache.xml
08 Mar 17:09:50 INFO [layer.TileLayerDispatcher] - ConfigurationLoader completed

I don't understand these last errors.
What can be the problem?
thank you in advance, best regards: Balázs Bámer

Arne_Kepp1 · March 9, 2010, 11:06am

Balázs Bámer wrote:

Hi Arne,

Now it starts up. Firewall blocked it.

Best regards: Balázs Bámer

Cool, please keep everything on the public list though. Someone else will undoubtedly run into this and be happy to find your conclusion. More importantly, they will not think that "GeoServer not starting" is a common issue nobody can answer.

-Arne