Can't start JBoss 5 Beta3 with a JRE

[javidjamae]

From what I understand JBoss 5 is supposed to be able to start with just a JRE and uses the Eclipse JDT library to do all its dynamic JSP compiling. However, when I try to start the default configuration on Windows using run.bat, or run.sh from Cygwin, I get the following error:

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

 JBoss Bootstrap Environment

 JBOSS_HOME: c:\jbia-src\binaries\jboss-5.0.0.Beta3

 JAVA: /cygdrive/c/jre1.5.0_07/bin/java

 JAVA_OPTS: -Dprogram.name=run.sh -server -Xms128m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Dorg.jboss.resolver.warning=true -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcI
nterval=3600000

 CLASSPATH: c:\jbia-src\binaries\jboss-5.0.0.Beta3\bin\run.jar

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

Error: no `server' JVM at `c:\jre1.5.0_07\bin\server\jvm.dll'.

From this JIRA issue (http://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBAS-4161), it seems like there should be no complaints when trying to start with a JRE since JBoss 5 Beta 2.

When you comment out the following lines (putting rem in front of the second and third lines) in the run.bat script, the server starts:

rem Add -server to the JVM options, if supported
"%JAVA%" -version 2>&1 | findstr /I hotspot > nul
if not errorlevel == 1 (set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -server)

I'm guessing that this is a bug in the script?

[dimitris]

Have you confused the scripts? The comment you are making is about run.bat (to be used under a windows terminal), but your output shows a run.sh (under cygwin) ???

[javidjamae]

No.. neither run.bat nor run.sh works from cygwin or from a command prompt..

[jaikiran]

Seems to be working fine with JBoss-4.2.x, the server boots fine. (i havent tried with JBoss 5):

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

 JBoss Bootstrap Environment

 JBOSS_HOME: D:\JBoss-4.2.2\jboss-4.2.2.GA

 JAVA: c:\jdk1.5.0_07\jre\bin\java

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

 CLASSPATH: D:\JBoss-4.2.2\jboss-4.2.2.GA\bin\run.jar

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

14:48:42,698 INFO [Server] Starting JBoss (MX MicroKernel)...
14:48:42,698 INFO [Server] Release ID: JBoss [Trinity] 4.2.2.GA (build: SVNTag=JBoss_4_2_2_GA date=200710221139)
14:48:42,698 INFO [Server] Home Dir: D:\JBoss-4.2.2\jboss-4.2.2.GA
14:48:42,698 INFO [Server] Home URL: file:/D:/JBoss-4.2.2/jboss-4.2.2.GA/
14:48:42,698 INFO [Server] Patch URL: null
14:48:42,698 INFO [Server] Server Name: jaikiran
14:48:42,698 INFO [Server] Server Home Dir: D:\JBoss-4.2.2\jboss-4.2.2.GA\server\jaikiran
14:48:42,698 INFO [Server] Server Home URL: file:/D:/JBoss-4.2.2/jboss-4.2.2.GA/server/jaikiran/
14:48:42,698 INFO [Server] Server Log Dir: D:\JBoss-4.2.2\jboss-4.2.2.GA\server\jaikiran\log
14:48:42,698 INFO [Server] Server Temp Dir: D:\JBoss-4.2.2\jboss-4.2.2.GA\server\jaikiran\tmp
14:48:42,698 INFO [Server] Root Deployment Filename: jboss-service.xml
14:48:43,120 INFO [ServerInfo] Java version: 1.5.0_07,Sun Microsystems Inc.
14:48:43,120 INFO [ServerInfo] Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 1.5.0_07-b03,Sun Microsystems Inc.
14:48:43,120 INFO [ServerInfo] OS-System: Windows 2003 5.2,x86
14:48:43,885 INFO [Server] Core system initialized

From the command prompt, run the following command and post the output here:

java -version

Also, do you have a folder named 'server' under /cygdrive/c/jre1.5.0_07/bin folder?

[jaikiran]

Tried with JBoss-5.0 Beta3. Worked fine:

D:\jboss-5.0.0.Beta3\bin>run -b 0.0.0.0
===============================================================================

 JBoss Bootstrap Environment

 JBOSS_HOME: D:\jboss-5.0.0.Beta3

 JAVA: c:\jdk1.5.0_07\jre\bin\java

 JAVA_OPTS: -Dprogram.name=run.bat -server -Xms128m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000

 CLASSPATH: D:\jboss-5.0.0.Beta3\bin\run.jar

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

15:20:30,215 INFO [ServerImpl] Starting JBoss (Microcontainer)...
15:20:30,215 INFO [ServerImpl] Release ID: JBoss [Morpheus] 5.0.0.Beta3 (build: SVNTag=JBoss_5_0_0_Beta3 date=200712210026)
15:20:30,215 INFO [ServerImpl] Home Dir: D:\jboss-5.0.0.Beta3
15:20:30,215 INFO [ServerImpl] Home URL: file:/D:/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/
15:20:30,215 INFO [ServerImpl] Library URL: file:/D:/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/lib/
15:20:30,215 INFO [ServerImpl] Patch URL: null
15:20:30,215 INFO [ServerImpl] Server Name: default
15:20:30,215 INFO [ServerImpl] Server Home Dir: D:\jboss-5.0.0.Beta3\server\default
15:20:30,215 INFO [ServerImpl] Server Home URL: file:/D:/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/server/default/
15:20:30,215 INFO [ServerImpl] Server Data Dir: D:\jboss-5.0.0.Beta3\server\default\data
15:20:30,215 INFO [ServerImpl] Server Temp Dir: D:\jboss-5.0.0.Beta3\server\default\tmp
15:20:30,215 INFO [ServerImpl] Server Config URL: file:/D:/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/server/default/conf/
15:20:30,215 INFO [ServerImpl] Server Library URL: file:/D:/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/server/default/lib/
15:20:30,215 INFO [ServerImpl] Root Deployment Filename: jboss-service.xml
15:20:30,872 INFO [ServerImpl] Starting Microcontainer, bootstrapURL=file:/D:/jboss-5.0.0.Beta3/server/default/conf/bootstrap-beans.xml
15:20:32,544 INFO [ProfileImpl] Using profile root:D:\jboss-5.0.0.Beta3\server\default
15:20:33,309 INFO [ServerInfo] Java version: 1.5.0_07,Sun Microsystems Inc.
15:20:33,325 INFO [ServerInfo] Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 1.5.0_07-b03,Sun Microsystems Inc.
15:20:33,325 INFO [ServerInfo] OS-System: Windows 2003 5.2,x86
15:20:33,450 INFO [JMXKernel] Legacy JMX core initialized

And here's the output of JAVA_HOME and java -version:

D:\>echo %JAVA_HOME%
c:\jdk1.5.0_07\jre

D:\>%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -version
java version "1.5.0_07"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_07-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_07-b03, mixed mode, sharing)

[jaikiran]

Hmmm... I am now able to reproduce this with both JBoss-4.2.2 and JBoss-5.0 Beta3. I have many installations of Java on my system. Most of them are the *JDK installations which also have a JRE*. This is how the folder structure of such installations look like:

C:
|
|--- jdk1.5.0_07
| |
| |--- bin
| | |
| | |---- <all other files>
| |
| |
| |--- jre
| | |
| | |--- bin
| | | |
| | | |--- client
| | | | |--- jvm.dll
| | | |
| | | |--- server
| | | | |
| | | | |--- jvm.dll

Setting JAVA_HOME to c:\jdk1.5.0_07\jre and running JBoss works fine. The %JAVA_HOME% and java -version output is:

C:\>echo %JAVA_HOME%
c:\jdk1.5.0_07\jre

C:\>%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -version
java version "1.5.0_07"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_07-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_07-b03, mixed mode, sharing)

Then i also have installations which are *pure JRE installations* (most of the times installed through Windows Updates, but sometimes even manual installations) whose folder structure looks like:

C:
|
|--- jre1.5.0_14
| |
| |--- bin
| | |
| | |--- client
| | | |
| | | |--- jvm.dll

No "server" under bin here.

Setting JAVA_HOME to c:\jre1.5.0_14 and running JBoss fails with an error (both in 4.2.2 and 5.0). The %JAVA_HOME% and java -version output is:

C:\>echo %JAVA_HOME%
c:\jre1.5.0_14

C:\>%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -version
java version "1.5.0_14"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_14-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_14-b03, mixed mode, sharing)

When i start JBoss, i get the same error as you:

D:\jboss-5.0.0.Beta3\bin>run -b 0.0.0.0
===============================================================================

 JBoss Bootstrap Environment

 JBOSS_HOME: D:\jboss-5.0.0.Beta3

 JAVA: c:\jre1.5.0_14\bin\java

 JAVA_OPTS: -Dprogram.name=run.bat -server -Xms128m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000

 CLASSPATH: D:\jboss-5.0.0.Beta3\bin\run.jar

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

Error: no `server' JVM at `c:\jre1.5.0_14\bin\server\jvm.dll'.
Press any key to continue . . .

The run.bat/run.sh script relies on the string "hotspot" in the java -version output to pass the -server option to the java command while booting JBoss. Looks like this may not always be true.

[jaikiran]

Maybe the run.bat/run.sh script could be changed from:

rem Add -server to the JVM options, if supported
"%JAVA%" -version 2>&1 | findstr /I hotspot > nul
if not errorlevel == 1 (set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -server)

to

rem Add -server to the JVM options, if supported
"%JAVA%" -server -version 2>&1 | findstr /I hotspot > nul
if not errorlevel == 1 (set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -server)

After changing this script, JBoss starts fine without problems. Here's the output of java -server -version for various possible combinations:

1) For those who have set JAVA_HOME to the JRE installation inside the JDK ( "server" is supported )

C:\>set JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk1.5.0_07\jre

C:\>echo %JAVA_HOME%
c:\jdk1.5.0_07\jre

C:\>%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -server -version
java version "1.5.0_07"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_07-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_07-b03, mixed mode)

2) For those who have set JAVA_HOME to a pure JRE installation ("server" not supported)

C:\>set JAVA_HOME=c:\jre1.5.0_14

C:\>echo %JAVA_HOME%
c:\jre1.5.0_14

C:\>%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -server -version
Error: no `server' JVM at `c:\jre1.5.0_14\bin\server\jvm.dll'.

The run.bat/run.sh will not set the -server option when this error occurs and moves ahead with starting JBoss.

3) For those who have set JAVA_HOME to a JDK installation ("server" is supported)

C:\>set JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk1.5.0_07

C:\>echo %JAVA_HOME%
c:\jdk1.5.0_07

C:\>%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -server -version
java version "1.5.0_07"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_07-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_07-b03, mixed mode)

Tested this change (just a possible option) in run.bat/run.sh with Sun JDK/JRE and JBoss starts up fine. Not tested with other JDKs/JREs.

[javidjamae]

Yes, that's exactly the problem, if its a pure JRE installation, it doesn't have the server directory. Do we need to open up a JIRA issue for this?

[javidjamae]

I created: http://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBAS-5206