Exceptions while starting JBoss on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)

[berliita]

I tried to run JBoss on a Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn). The run was unsuccessful: error messages were printed on the screen. Here's part of the output that was printed on the screen by the startup script. Starting with the instruction i typed at the command line, and stopping just after the first error encountered, i've included all the intervening output. There were more errors down the output; i'd be happy to provide a longer excerpt.

$ sudo ./run.sh =========================================================================

 JBoss Bootstrap Environment

 JBOSS_HOME: /usr/local/jboss-4.0.5.GA

 JAVA: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/java

 JAVA_OPTS: -Dprogram.name=run.sh -server -Xms128m -Xmx512m -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000

 CLASSPATH: /usr/local/jboss-4.0.5.GA/bin/run.jar:/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/lib/tools.jar

=========================================================================

08:54:48,394 INFO [Server] Starting JBoss (MX MicroKernel)...
08:54:48,395 INFO [Server] Release ID: JBoss [Zion] 4.0.5.GA (build: CVSTag=Branch_4_0 date=200610162339)
08:54:48,397 INFO [Server] Home Dir: /usr/local/jboss-4.0.5.GA
08:54:48,397 INFO [Server] Home URL: file:/usr/local/jboss-4.0.5.GA/
08:54:48,398 INFO [Server] Patch URL: null
08:54:48,423 INFO [Server] Server Name: default
08:54:48,423 INFO [Server] Server Home Dir: /usr/local/jboss-4.0.5.GA/server/default
08:54:48,423 INFO [Server] Server Home URL: file:/usr/local/jboss-4.0.5.GA/server/default/
08:54:48,424 INFO [Server] Server Log Dir: /usr/local/jboss-4.0.5.GA/server/default/log
08:54:48,424 INFO [Server] Server Temp Dir: /usr/local/jboss-4.0.5.GA/server/default/tmp
08:54:48,424 INFO [Server] Root Deployment Filename: jboss-service.xml
08:54:49,136 INFO [ServerInfo] Java version: 1.6.0,Sun Microsystems Inc.
08:54:49,136 INFO [ServerInfo] Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 1.6.0-b105,Sun Microsystems Inc.
08:54:49,136 INFO [ServerInfo] OS-System: Linux 2.6.20-16-generic,i386
08:54:50,130 INFO [Server] Core system initialized
08:54:59,098 INFO [WebService] Using RMI server codebase: http://ubuntu:8083/
08:54:59,142 INFO [Log4jService$URLWatchTimerTask] Configuring from URL: resource:log4j.xml
08:55:04,089 INFO [SocketServerInvoker] Invoker started for locator: InvokerLocator [socket://127.0.1.1:3873/]
08:55:13,554 INFO [ServiceEndpointManager] WebServices: jbossws-1.0.3.SP1 (date=200609291417)
08:55:14,890 INFO [SnmpAgentService] SNMP agent going active
08:55:15,673 INFO [InterceptorChainFactory] interceptor chain is:
class org.jboss.cache.interceptors.CallInterceptor
class org.jboss.cache.interceptors.PessimisticLockInterceptor
class org.jboss.cache.interceptors.UnlockInterceptor
class org.jboss.cache.interceptors.ReplicationInterceptor
class org.jboss.cache.interceptors.TxInterceptor
class org.jboss.cache.interceptors.CacheMgmtInterceptor
08:55:16,088 ERROR [JChannel] exception: java.lang.Exception: exception caused by UDP.start(): java.net.SocketException: bad argument for IP_MULTICAST_IF: address not bound to any interface
08:55:16,091 WARN [ServiceController] Problem starting service jboss.cache:service=TomcatClusteringCache
ChannelException: java.lang.Exception: exception caused by UDP.start(): java.net.SocketException: bad argument for IP_MULTICAST_IF: address not bound to any interface
 at org.jgroups.JChannel.connect(JChannel.java:328)
 at org.jboss.cache.TreeCache.startService(TreeCache.java:1424)
 at org.jboss.cache.aop.PojoCache.startService(PojoCache.java:94)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:289)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:245)
 at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:978)
 at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:417)
 at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor9.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
 at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
 at $Proxy4.start(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.start(SARDeployer.java:302)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:1025)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:819)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:782)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
 at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
 at $Proxy8.deploy(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:421)
 at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:634)
 at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:263)
 at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner.startService(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:336)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:289)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:245)
 at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:978)
 at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:417)
 at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor9.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
 at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
 at $Proxy4.start(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.start(SARDeployer.java:302)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:1025)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:819)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:782)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:766)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
 at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
 at $Proxy5.deploy(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:482)
 at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:362)
 at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:200)
 at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:490)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
08:55:16,603 INFO [DefaultPartition] Initializing

[peterj]

Here are the usual suspects:

1) Try using JDK 1.5 instead of 1.6. 1.6 is not officially supported on AS 4.0.5.

2) Double-check your /etc/hosts files that the entries are correct. If you are not sure, post yours.

3) Check your firewall. My understanding is that Ubuntu is desktop-oriented, not server-oriented, and thus you need to do more configuration work to use it as a server.

4) How did you install? Unzipping the binary zip download, or running the installer JAR? If the latter, try reinstalling but not selecting clustering (use a 'default' configuration rather than an 'all' configuration).

[berliita]

Hi PeterJ,

Thank you for answering my posting.

I'll respond to each of the points you raised in order.

1. I did try using JDK 1.5 . The installation process didn't fare better with this version than it did with JDK 1.6 .

2. There's only one hosts file in my "/etc" directory. I'm not sure whether it's correct. I'll be thankful to you, if you help me figure this out. Following are the contents of this file.

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 ubuntu

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

3. I don't know how to check my firewall or what to check it for. I'll take this measure as a last resort, if neither of the following steps you suggested succeeds: fixing the hosts file and reinstalling JBoss with a different configuration.

4. I installed JBoss by running the "jems-installer-1.2.0.GA" jar. You've suggested i should reinstall. Do i need to uninstall the existing installation before reinstalling, or do i simply run the installer, and it will overwrite the existing installation?

[transvaal]

export this variable before you start jboss:

JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true

[peterj]

trasnvall's suggestion is right-on, IPv6 tends to cause all sorts of weird issues.

You /etc/hosts file should have two entries for the localhost line, something like:

127.0.0.1 localhost;locahost.domainname

I will double-check my /etc/hosts when I get to work to verify this entry.

You do not have to uninstall your current installation, just install to a different directory.

[berliita]

transvaal, that was a stroke of genius! I've followed your suggestion, and the startup proceeded smoothly. No exception whatsoever. Thanks so much.

Could you please tell how you came by this solution, and what exactly is the problem, that your solution fixes?

P.S.
PeterJ, thank you, too, for you helpful comments. :)