Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows

[ehawkes]

Hi,

I'm installing tomcat in kind of a strange way (I'll explain why in
a postscript), and I'm having trouble getting the service to start
and stop consistently.  

I'd appreciate any advice on how to get this working, or a better
procedure that meets the constraints under which I must work.  



Here is how I'm doing it.  

1) Reboot.  


2) Install tomcat to the default location.  It shows up in the
services panel as a manual service, not running.  

C:\>apache-tomcat-5.5.26.exe /S

At this point, I can start the service using the windows services
panel.  However, when I try to stop it the same way, I get this dialog:

Could not stop the Apache tomcat Service on Local Computer.
Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control
request in a timely fashion.

There is no event in the Windows Event Viewer (under System or
anywhere else) matching this error.

The end of jakarta_service_20080310.log looks like this:

[2008-03-10 15:06:07] [info] Starting service...
[2008-03-10 15:06:09] [info] Service started in 1298 ms.
[2008-03-10 15:06:12] [info] Stopping service...

Despite the error, the service appears to be stopped, and I can
start it again from the services panel.


3) Copy msvcr71.dll (7.10.3052.4) from C:\WINDOWS\system32 to
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\bin


4) I previously extracted some of the .bat files
startup.bat
shutdown.bat
catalina.bat
setclasspath.bat
from a zipped copy of tomcat 5.5.26 and saved them away.  
Copy those four .bat files into
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\bin


Note: steps 3 and 4 do not help the problems described in step 2.


5) Stop the service (an unnecessary step) and delete the service.  

C:\>"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe" //SS//Tomcat5

C:\>"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe" //DS//Tomcat5


6) Reinstall the service with the options I want.  

C:\>"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe" //IS//Tomcat5
--DisplayName="Apache Tomcat 5.5"
--Install="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe"
--Description="Apache Tomcat 5.5.26 Server - http://tomcat.apache.org/"
--Jvm=auto --Startup auto
--StartMode=jvm --StopMode=jvm
--StartClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StartParams=start
--StopClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StopParams=stop
--JvmOptions=-Xrs;-Xms256m;-Xmx512m;-Djava.awt.headless=true
--LogPath="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\logs
--StdOutput="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\logs\stdout.log"
--StdError="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\logs\stderr.log"


The problem is that after this sequence of steps is finished,
the service is present in the services control panel, and appears
to have all the options I want, but it is not started.  
I cannot start the service.  

If I try to start it from the services panel, I get this error:

Windows could not start the Apache Tomcat 5.5 on Local Computer.  
for more information, review the System Event Log.  

The System Event Log has this event, ID = 7024

The Apache Tomcat 5.5 service terminated with service-specific error 0
(0x0).
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

The tomcat logs are basically empty - nothing of use.




Why am I doing this strange procedure?  
--------------------------------------
We can't count on unzip utilities being available on the customers'
servers since we have to support very old versionsof windows
(e.g. Windows 2000), so I need to use the Windows installer.  

My management is against installing our own unzip utility, and they
also require silent installation.

I plan to wrap all these calls in a C++ executable and call it
from our installer.  That way, when customers install our product,
Tomcat is installed and configured along with it.  We cannot ask
our customers to configure tomcat themselves.

I devised this procedure from following this list and from
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/windows-service-howto.html

We have done something roughly similar for Tomcat 4.1.x in the
past, but we are upgrading to tomcat 5.5.26 now, and the installer
command line options that used to work no longer do.  



Settings and Configuration
--------------------------
I am using Tomcat 5.5.26, downloaded from tomcat.apache.org,
and I am running on Windows XP SP2.  I am using JDK 1.5.0_12.
My environment has:

CATALINA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12


C:\>set
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
ANT_HOME=c:\ant
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\echawkes\Application Data
CATALINA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5
CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
CLIENTNAME=Console
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=EHAWKES-9439
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET\FrameworkSDK\include\
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12
LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\Lib\
LOGONSERVER=\\SVL0DC04
MMCommonAppDataRoot=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Avaya M
odular Messaging
MM_MSXML_APARTMENT=1
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\Program Files\Avaya Modular Messaging\Common;C:\Program
Files\Avaya Modu
lar Messaging\Common;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avaya Modular
Messaging;C:\Pe
rl\bin\;C:\Perl\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\
Wbem;C:\
bin;c:\ant;c:\ant\bin;C:\Program Files\Perforce;C:\Program
Files\SonicWallES;"C:
\Program Files\MailFrontier";C:\Program Files\ATI
Technologies\ATI.ACE\;C:\Progr
am Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\;C:\Program
Files\QuickTime\QTSystem
\
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0403
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
QTJAVA=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\echawkes\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\echawkes\LOCALS~1\Temp
UMCommon=C:\Program Files\Avaya Modular Messaging\Common
USERDNSDOMAIN=SV.US.SONICWALL.COM
USERDOMAIN=SV
USERNAME=echawkes
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\echawkes
VS90COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
9.0\Common7\Tools\
VSCOMNTOOLS="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET\Common7\Tools\"
windir=C:\WINDOWS
__COMPAT_LAYER=EnableNXShowUI



Thanks,

Eric

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[ehawkes]

Hi,

I tried something simpler: a plain unzip install.  It still
doesn't work, and my web searches haven't been fruitful.

This is so simple, I have either missed something quite obvious,
or I have really screwed up my dev environment.  

I've been working on this for quite a long time.  Any help
would be appreciated.



1) I uninstalled tomcat, cleaned my registry, and rebooted.

2) I extracted tomcat (from .tar.gz) into
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5

3) I copied msvcr71.dll to
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\bin
It's also in my c:\windows\system32 directory, which is in
my path environment variable.

4) I executed this from a DOS prompt:

C:\>"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe" //IS//Tomcat5 --Jvm=auto --Startup auto
--StartMode=jvm --StopMode=jvm
--StartClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StartParams=start
--StopClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StopParams=stop


Same problem.  The service shows up in the Windows Services panel as
Tomcat5, and it is Automatic, but it is not started.  The status
field is blank.  


I can't start the tomcat service from the windows services panel.  
When I try, I get this error dialog:

Windows could not start the Tomcat5 on Local Computer.  
For more information, review the System Event Log.....

The Windows Event Log (System) has an error of Event=7024
with this description:  

The Tomcat5 service terminated with service-specific error 0 (0x0).
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
 


I can't start the service this way, either:

C:\Program Files\SonicWallES>net start Tomcat5
The Tomcat5 service is starting.
The Tomcat5 service could not be started.

A service specific error occurred: 0.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3547.


C:\Program Files\SonicWallES>NET HELPMSG 3547

A service specific error occurred: ***.

EXPLANATION

A service-specific error occurred.

ACTION

Refer to the Help or documentation for that service to determine the
problem.



The logs directory is completely empty, probably because I didn't
set those parameters this time.
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\logs


One note: I _thought_ I had this working, but I'm not sure.  
I just upgraded to Visual Studio 2008 (which has new DLLs for
msvcr, etc.), and I'm wondering if that could be related.


Thanks,

Eric



-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Hawkes
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 3:25 PM
To: 'Tomcat Users List'
Cc: Eric Hawkes
Subject: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows

Hi,

I'm installing tomcat in kind of a strange way (I'll explain why in
a postscript), and I'm having trouble getting the service to start
and stop consistently.  

I'd appreciate any advice on how to get this working, or a better
procedure that meets the constraints under which I must work.  



Here is how I'm doing it.  

1) Reboot.  


2) Install tomcat to the default location.  It shows up in the
services panel as a manual service, not running.  

C:\>apache-tomcat-5.5.26.exe /S

At this point, I can start the service using the windows services
panel.  However, when I try to stop it the same way, I get this dialog:

Could not stop the Apache tomcat Service on Local Computer.
Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control
request in a timely fashion.

There is no event in the Windows Event Viewer (under System or
anywhere else) matching this error.

The end of jakarta_service_20080310.log looks like this:

[2008-03-10 15:06:07] [info] Starting service...
[2008-03-10 15:06:09] [info] Service started in 1298 ms.
[2008-03-10 15:06:12] [info] Stopping service...

Despite the error, the service appears to be stopped, and I can
start it again from the services panel.


3) Copy msvcr71.dll (7.10.3052.4) from C:\WINDOWS\system32 to
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\bin


4) I previously extracted some of the .bat files
startup.bat
shutdown.bat
catalina.bat
setclasspath.bat
from a zipped copy of tomcat 5.5.26 and saved them away.  
Copy those four .bat files into
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\bin


Note: steps 3 and 4 do not help the problems described in step 2.


5) Stop the service (an unnecessary step) and delete the service.  

C:\>"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe" //SS//Tomcat5

C:\>"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe" //DS//Tomcat5


6) Reinstall the service with the options I want.  

C:\>"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe" //IS//Tomcat5
--DisplayName="Apache Tomcat 5.5"
--Install="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe"
--Description="Apache Tomcat 5.5.26 Server - http://tomcat.apache.org/"
--Jvm=auto --Startup auto
--StartMode=jvm --StopMode=jvm
--StartClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StartParams=start
--StopClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StopParams=stop
--JvmOptions=-Xrs;-Xms256m;-Xmx512m;-Djava.awt.headless=true
--LogPath="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\logs
--StdOutput="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\logs\stdout.log"
--StdError="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\logs\stderr.log"


The problem is that after this sequence of steps is finished,
the service is present in the services control panel, and appears
to have all the options I want, but it is not started.  
I cannot start the service.  

If I try to start it from the services panel, I get this error:

Windows could not start the Apache Tomcat 5.5 on Local Computer.  
for more information, review the System Event Log.  

The System Event Log has this event, ID = 7024

The Apache Tomcat 5.5 service terminated with service-specific error 0
(0x0).
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

The tomcat logs are basically empty - nothing of use.




Why am I doing this strange procedure?  
--------------------------------------
We can't count on unzip utilities being available on the customers'
servers since we have to support very old versionsof windows
(e.g. Windows 2000), so I need to use the Windows installer.  

My management is against installing our own unzip utility, and they
also require silent installation.

I plan to wrap all these calls in a C++ executable and call it
from our installer.  That way, when customers install our product,
Tomcat is installed and configured along with it.  We cannot ask
our customers to configure tomcat themselves.

I devised this procedure from following this list and from
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/windows-service-howto.html

We have done something roughly similar for Tomcat 4.1.x in the
past, but we are upgrading to tomcat 5.5.26 now, and the installer
command line options that used to work no longer do.  



Settings and Configuration
--------------------------
I am using Tomcat 5.5.26, downloaded from tomcat.apache.org,
and I am running on Windows XP SP2.  I am using JDK 1.5.0_12.
My environment has:

CATALINA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12


C:\>set
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
ANT_HOME=c:\ant
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\echawkes\Application Data
CATALINA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5
CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
CLIENTNAME=Console
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=EHAWKES-9439
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET\FrameworkSDK\include\
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12
LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\Lib\
LOGONSERVER=\\SVL0DC04
MMCommonAppDataRoot=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Avaya M
odular Messaging
MM_MSXML_APARTMENT=1
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\Program Files\Avaya Modular Messaging\Common;C:\Program
Files\Avaya Modu
lar Messaging\Common;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avaya Modular
Messaging;C:\Pe
rl\bin\;C:\Perl\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\
Wbem;C:\
bin;c:\ant;c:\ant\bin;C:\Program Files\Perforce;C:\Program
Files\SonicWallES;"C:
\Program Files\MailFrontier";C:\Program Files\ATI
Technologies\ATI.ACE\;C:\Progr
am Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\;C:\Program
Files\QuickTime\QTSystem
\
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0403
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
QTJAVA=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\echawkes\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\echawkes\LOCALS~1\Temp
UMCommon=C:\Program Files\Avaya Modular Messaging\Common
USERDNSDOMAIN=SV.US.SONICWALL.COM
USERDOMAIN=SV
USERNAME=echawkes
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\echawkes
VS90COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
9.0\Common7\Tools\
VSCOMNTOOLS="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET\Common7\Tools\"
windir=C:\WINDOWS
__COMPAT_LAYER=EnableNXShowUI



Thanks,

Eric

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[Caldarale, Charles R]

> From: Eric Hawkes [mailto:ehawkes@...]
> Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows
>
> I tried something simpler: a plain unzip install.  It still
> doesn't work, and my web searches haven't been fruitful.

What happens if you enter the parameters via the tomcat5w.exe GUI?  (I
realize that doesn't fit your delivery requirements, but I suggest this
just to see if you can get the service working at all.)  You should
probably go through a deinstall and reinstall of the .zip just to clean
things up, then run the service.bat script to set up the service.

 - Chuck


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[ehawkes]

Hi,

Thank you for the debugging tip.  

Running service.bat worked:

C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\bin>service.bat
install
Installing the service 'Tomcat5' ...
Using CATALINA_HOME:    C:\Program Files\Apache Software
Foundation\Tomcat 5.5
Using CATALINA_BASE:    C:\Program Files\Apache Software
Foundation\Tomcat 5.5
Using JAVA_HOME:        C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12
Using JVM:              auto
The service 'Tomcat5' has been installed.

I can start and stop the service from the windows control panel
and I can hit the default tomcat page on http://localhost:8080/ 

Does this suggest a cause to my earlier problems?  

(I'll try the GUI next.)

Thanks,

Eric
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:Chuck.Caldarale@...]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 7:19 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows

> From: Eric Hawkes [mailto:ehawkes@...]
> Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows
>
> I tried something simpler: a plain unzip install.  It still
> doesn't work, and my web searches haven't been fruitful.

What happens if you enter the parameters via the tomcat5w.exe GUI?  (I
realize that doesn't fit your delivery requirements, but I suggest this
just to see if you can get the service working at all.)  You should
probably go through a deinstall and reinstall of the .zip just to clean
things up, then run the service.bat script to set up the service.

 - Chuck


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[Caldarale, Charles R]

> From: Eric Hawkes [mailto:ehawkes@...]
> Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows
>
> Does this suggest a cause to my earlier problems?  

Probably means you don't have the parameters quite right for the
tomcat5.exe program.  Look at what the service.bat script generates, and
look here for the tomcat5.exe doc:
http://commons.apache.org/daemon/procrun.html

I haven't used the procrun-based .exe directly very much, mostly just
the GUI.

 - Chuck


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[ehawkes]

Hi,

The GUI has proved useful for debugging, but didn't solve the problem.  
It appears to read/write the registry, so settings made from the command

line are picked up in the GUI tool, and vice versa.  


Our Java setup is slightly non-standard.  I'm not sure how non-standard:

perhaps somebody can tell me if this situation is rare.  We install the
JRE, and then we copy the server jvm.dll (taken from an SDK install) to
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\server\jvm.dll

We do not delete the client jvm DLL, nor do we change the
registry settings for Java.  We simply point tomcat to the
server jvm.dll.  

The jvm may be related to my problems.  

When I use the standard tomcat install
service.bat install
the client VM is the default,
and the tomcat service behaves nicely.  

When I proceed from that point (with a working service), and use
tomcat5w.exe to change the JVM path to point to the server VM DLL,
behavior is inconsistent.  Sometimes I can start and stop the
tomcat service, and sometimes I can't.  When I change it back to
client (by checking the "Use default" check box), it starts working
again.

However, installing using tomcat5.exe but without setting the
Jvm parameter has not helped: I still cannot start the service
after installing like this:

C:\>"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe" //IS//Tomcat5
--DisplayName="Apache Tomcat 5.5"
--Install="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe"
--Startup=auto --StartMode=jvm --StopMode=jvm
--StartClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StartParams=start
--StopClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StopParams=stop

Using --Jvm=auto doesn't help either.  

So, client vm or not, I still cannot install from the
command line using tomcat5.exe.  


> From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:Chuck.Caldarale@...]
> Look at what the service.bat script generates

I found something interesting in service.bat

rem Set the server jvm from JAVA_HOME
set PR_JVM=%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll
if exist "%PR_JVM%" goto foundJvm
rem Set the client jvm from JAVA_HOME
set PR_JVM=%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll
if exist "%PR_JVM%" goto foundJvm
rem Check for JRockit JVM: Bugzilla 39674
set PR_JVM=%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\jrockit\jvm.dll
if exist "%PR_JVM%" goto foundJvm
set PR_JVM=auto

My JAVA_HOME is  C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12
and my jvm DLL files are in
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\server
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\client

In other words, service.bat is looking in
%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll
for a DLL that is actually located one level up in
%JAVA_HOME%\bin\server\jvm.dll

which is why service.bat echoes
Using JVM:              auto
and is probably why this method of installing the service works
when nothing else does.  

Note: tomcat5w shows the correct path to the client jvm.dll
when I install this way.

When I change the installation to use the server vm, things
stop working again.  


Thanks,

Eric



-----Original Message-----
From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:Chuck.Caldarale@...]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 7:33 PM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows

> From: Eric Hawkes [mailto:ehawkes@...]
> Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows
>
> Does this suggest a cause to my earlier problems?  

Probably means you don't have the parameters quite right for the
tomcat5.exe program.  Look at what the service.bat script generates, and
look here for the tomcat5.exe doc:
http://commons.apache.org/daemon/procrun.html

I haven't used the procrun-based .exe directly very much, mostly just
the GUI.

 - Chuck


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Eric Hawkes wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The GUI has proved useful for debugging, but didn't solve the problem.  
> It appears to read/write the registry, so settings made from the command
>
> line are picked up in the GUI tool, and vice versa.  
>
>
> Our Java setup is slightly non-standard.  I'm not sure how non-standard:
>
> perhaps somebody can tell me if this situation is rare.  We install the
> JRE, and then we copy the server jvm.dll (taken from an SDK install) to
> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\server\jvm.dll

Rare.

> We do not delete the client jvm DLL, nor do we change the
> registry settings for Java.  We simply point tomcat to the
> server jvm.dll.  

Why? Not an attempt to "use the server jvm", surely?
(Traditionally done using a switch, e.g. "java -server <etc...>".)

> The jvm may be related to my problems.  

Maybe...

> When I use the standard tomcat install
> service.bat install
> the client VM is the default,
> and the tomcat service behaves nicely.  
>
> When I proceed from that point (with a working service), and use
> tomcat5w.exe to change the JVM path to point to the server VM DLL,
> behavior is inconsistent.  

Surprise!

> Sometimes I can start and stop the tomcat service, and sometimes I can't.

A logger says what?

> When I change it back to client (by checking the "Use default" check box),
 > it starts working again.

>
> However, installing using tomcat5.exe but without setting the
> Jvm parameter has not helped: I still cannot start the service
> after installing like this:
>
> C:\>"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
> 5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe" //IS//Tomcat5
> --DisplayName="Apache Tomcat 5.5"
> --Install="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
> 5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe"
> --Startup=auto --StartMode=jvm --StopMode=jvm
> --StartClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StartParams=start
> --StopClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StopParams=stop
>
> Using --Jvm=auto doesn't help either.  
>
> So, client vm or not, I still cannot install from the
> command line using tomcat5.exe.  

Can I have a quick refresher, are you trying to install the windows
service, or start the windows service?

I assume the end result is that you want to run the server VM or make
some other customisations to the environment?


p

>> From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:Chuck.Caldarale@...]
>> Look at what the service.bat script generates
>
> I found something interesting in service.bat
>
> rem Set the server jvm from JAVA_HOME
> set PR_JVM=%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll
> if exist "%PR_JVM%" goto foundJvm
> rem Set the client jvm from JAVA_HOME
> set PR_JVM=%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll
> if exist "%PR_JVM%" goto foundJvm
> rem Check for JRockit JVM: Bugzilla 39674
> set PR_JVM=%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\jrockit\jvm.dll
> if exist "%PR_JVM%" goto foundJvm
> set PR_JVM=auto
>
> My JAVA_HOME is  C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12
> and my jvm DLL files are in
> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\server
> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\client
>
> In other words, service.bat is looking in
> %JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll
> for a DLL that is actually located one level up in
> %JAVA_HOME%\bin\server\jvm.dll
>
> which is why service.bat echoes
> Using JVM:              auto
> and is probably why this method of installing the service works
> when nothing else does.  
>
> Note: tomcat5w shows the correct path to the client jvm.dll
> when I install this way.
>
> When I change the installation to use the server vm, things
> stop working again.  
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:Chuck.Caldarale@...]
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 7:33 PM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows
>
>> From: Eric Hawkes [mailto:ehawkes@...]
>> Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows
>>
>> Does this suggest a cause to my earlier problems?  
>
> Probably means you don't have the parameters quite right for the
> tomcat5.exe program.  Look at what the service.bat script generates, and
> look here for the tomcat5.exe doc:
> http://commons.apache.org/daemon/procrun.html
>
> I haven't used the procrun-based .exe directly very much, mostly just
> the GUI.
>
>  - Chuck
>
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[Caldarale, Charles R]

> From: Eric Hawkes [mailto:ehawkes@...]
> Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows
>
> We install the JRE, and then we copy the server jvm.dll
> (taken from an SDK install) to
> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\server\jvm.dll

Does the server jvm.dll you're copying come from the exact same build
and platform (32- vs 64-bit) as the JRE?

You would think that would be sufficient, but if you do a detailed
comparison of the files in a public JRE against those in a JDK's private
JRE you'll see lots of differences, including the contents of various
*.jar files.  (For example, rt.jar from the JDK is 4 MB larger than the
one in the JRE.)  I don't know why the two sets of jars should be
different, but they are, and it may be pertinent.

Can you launch the server mode with "java -server -version"?  (Note that
the -server option here applies only to the launcher, it's not done that
way when running as a service.)

What happens when you set JAVA_OPTS=-server and start Tomcat with
startup.bat?

> We simply point tomcat to the server jvm.dll.  

Verify it's done properly by changing it in the GUI and see the effect
it has on the registry settings for Tomcat.

> My JAVA_HOME is  C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12

You should set JAVA_HOME only for a JDK.  The non-service scripts expect
JRE_HOME for a JRE-only setup, but the service.bat script ignores that
(possibly because a Windows JRE doesn't include the server mode or more
likely because someone forgot to update this script when the JRE_HOME
check was added to the other scripts).

 - Chuck


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[ehawkes]

Hi,

Thank you for the comments.  


I have two overall goals at this point:

1) I must be able to install tomcat 5.5.26 programmatically and silently

   as a service using tomcat5.exe

2) I must be able to start and stop the tomcat service programmatically,
i.e.
       net start tomcat5
       net stop tomcat5
   as well as from the microsoft windows serices panel.  
 

I've attempted to simplify my problem again by using a very standard
install and environment.  I uninstalled java and tomcat, cleaned my
registry, and rebooted.  

I then installed JDK1.5.0_12 using the GUI installer.  
This installed both the JDK and the JRE in the default locations
C:\Program Files\Java

I then unzipped tomcat 5.5.26 into
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5
and copied msvcr71.dll from c:\windows\system32 to
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\bin


I attempted to install the service this way.  It installed,
but it cannot be started from the windows services panel.  

C:\>"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe" //IS//Tomcat5
--DisplayName="Apache Tomcat 5.5"
--Install="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe"
--Description="Apache Tomcat 5.5.26 Server - http://tomcat.apache.org/"
--Jvm=auto --Startup=auto
--StartMode=jvm --StopMode=jvm
--StartClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StartParams=start
--StopClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StopParams=stop
--JvmOptions=-Xrs;-Xms256m;-Xmx512m;-Djava.awt.headless=true
--LogPath="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\logs
--StdOutput="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\logs\stdout.log"
--StdError="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
5.5\logs\stderr.log"
--LogLevel=Debug


Errors
------
Pretty much the same errors I've had all along.  I must be closing in.

If I try to start tomcat from the services panel, I get this error:

Windows could not start the Apache Tomcat 5.5 on Local Computer.  
for more information, review the System Event Log.  

The System Event Log has this event, ID = 7024

The Apache Tomcat 5.5 service terminated with service-specific error 0
(0x0).
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.


tomcat5w
--------
Running tomcat5w.exe shows the settings are as I intended them to be
according to my command line options.  I notice that the startup and
shutdown tabs have empty working path and method fields.  

The JVM in use is the default (client) DLL.

The Java Classpath field in the Java tab is also empty.
The Logon tab shows the Local System account selected, and the
service is not allowed to interact with the desktop.  


Logging
-------

> A logger says what?

An excellent question.  Now that I have set my log level to debug, the
jakarta_service log says this:

[2008-03-11 14:32:16] [1334 prunsrv.c] [debug] Procrun log initialized
[2008-03-11 14:32:16] [info] Procrun (2.0.3.0) started
[2008-03-11 14:32:16] [532  prunsrv.c] [debug] Installing service...
[2008-03-11 14:32:16] [info] Service Tomcat5 name Apache Tomcat 5.5
[2008-03-11 14:32:16] [584  prunsrv.c] [debug] Setting service
description Apache Tomcat 5.5.26 Server - http://tomcat.apache.org/
[2008-03-11 14:32:16] [info] Service Tomcat5 installed
[2008-03-11 14:32:16] [info] Procrun finished.
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [1334 prunsrv.c] [debug] Procrun log initialized
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [info] Procrun (2.0.3.0) started
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [info] Running Service...
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [1158 prunsrv.c] [debug] Inside ServiceMain...
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [info] Starting service...
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[0] -Xrs
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[1] -Xms256m
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[2] -Xmx512m
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[3]
-Djava.awt.headless=true
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[4]
-Djava.class.path=
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[5] vfprintf
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [443  javajni.c] [error] FindClass
org/apache/catalina/startup/BootStrap failed
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [997  prunsrv.c] [error] Failed loading main
org/apache/catalina/startup/BootStrap class
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [1260 prunsrv.c] [error] ServiceStart returned 3
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [info] Run service finished.
[2008-03-11 14:32:37] [info] Procrun finished.

Perhaps the cause of the problem is now evident to an experienced user?
I did some web searching on the bootstrap failure message, but I didn't
find the answer.  


Questions
---------
Should I be setting my classpath to include Bootstrap.jar,
or have C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\bin
in my PATH?  


Environment
-----------
I'm running on Windows XP SP2, x86 hardware.  I have the correct
version of Java for my hardware and OS.  I got Java from Sun's
download site, and tomcat from Apache's download site.  

C:\Program Files\SonicWallES>set
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
ANT_HOME=c:\ant
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\echawkes\Application Data
CATALINA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5
CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
CLIENTNAME=Console
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=EHAWKES-9439
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\echawkes
HOMESHARE=\\whistler\users\echawkes
INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET\FrameworkSDK\include\
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12
LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\Lib\
LOGONSERVER=\\SVL0DC03
MMCommonAppDataRoot=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Avaya M
odular Messaging
MM_MSXML_APARTMENT=1
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\Program Files\Avaya Modular Messaging\Common;C:\Program
Files\Avaya Modular Messaging\Common;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avaya
Modular
Messaging;C:\Perl\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System3
2\Wbem;C:\bin;c:\ant;c:\ant\bin;C:\Program Files\Perforce;C:\Program
Files\SonicWallES;"C:\Program Files\MailFrontier";C:\Program Files\ATI
Technologies\ATI.ACE\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\90\Tools\binn\;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0403
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
QTJAVA=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\echawkes\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\echawkes\LOCALS~1\Temp
UMCommon=C:\Program Files\Avaya Modular Messaging\Common
USERDNSDOMAIN=SV.US.SONICWALL.COM
USERDOMAIN=SV
USERNAME=echawkes
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\echawkes
VS90COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
9.0\Common7\Tools\
VSCOMNTOOLS="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET\Common7\Tools\"
windir=C:\WINDOWS
__COMPAT_LAYER=EnableNXShowUI



Thanks,

Eric


-----Original Message-----
From: Pid [mailto:p@...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:11 AM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: Re: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows

Eric Hawkes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The GUI has proved useful for debugging, but didn't solve the problem.

> It appears to read/write the registry, so settings made from the
command
>
> line are picked up in the GUI tool, and vice versa.  
>
>
> Our Java setup is slightly non-standard.  I'm not sure how
non-standard:
>
> perhaps somebody can tell me if this situation is rare.  We install
the
> JRE, and then we copy the server jvm.dll (taken from an SDK install)
to
> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\server\jvm.dll

Rare.

> We do not delete the client jvm DLL, nor do we change the
> registry settings for Java.  We simply point tomcat to the
> server jvm.dll.  

Why? Not an attempt to "use the server jvm", surely?
(Traditionally done using a switch, e.g. "java -server <etc...>".)

> The jvm may be related to my problems.  

Maybe...

> When I use the standard tomcat install
> service.bat install
> the client VM is the default,
> and the tomcat service behaves nicely.  
>
> When I proceed from that point (with a working service), and use
> tomcat5w.exe to change the JVM path to point to the server VM DLL,
> behavior is inconsistent.  

Surprise!

> Sometimes I can start and stop the tomcat service, and sometimes I
can't.

A logger says what?

> When I change it back to client (by checking the "Use default" check
box),
 > it starts working again.

>
> However, installing using tomcat5.exe but without setting the
> Jvm parameter has not helped: I still cannot start the service
> after installing like this:
>
> C:\>"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
> 5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe" //IS//Tomcat5
> --DisplayName="Apache Tomcat 5.5"
> --Install="C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat
> 5.5\bin\tomcat5.exe"
> --Startup=auto --StartMode=jvm --StopMode=jvm
> --StartClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StartParams=start

> --StopClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.BootStrap --StopParams=stop
>
> Using --Jvm=auto doesn't help either.  
>
> So, client vm or not, I still cannot install from the
> command line using tomcat5.exe.  


Can I have a quick refresher, are you trying to install the windows
service, or start the windows service?

I assume the end result is that you want to run the server VM or make
some other customisations to the environment?


p

>> From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:Chuck.Caldarale@...]
>> Look at what the service.bat script generates
>
> I found something interesting in service.bat
>
> rem Set the server jvm from JAVA_HOME
> set PR_JVM=%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll
> if exist "%PR_JVM%" goto foundJvm
> rem Set the client jvm from JAVA_HOME
> set PR_JVM=%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll
> if exist "%PR_JVM%" goto foundJvm
> rem Check for JRockit JVM: Bugzilla 39674
> set PR_JVM=%JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\jrockit\jvm.dll
> if exist "%PR_JVM%" goto foundJvm
> set PR_JVM=auto
>
> My JAVA_HOME is  C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12
> and my jvm DLL files are in
> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\server
> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\client
>
> In other words, service.bat is looking in
> %JAVA_HOME%\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll
> for a DLL that is actually located one level up in
> %JAVA_HOME%\bin\server\jvm.dll
>
> which is why service.bat echoes
> Using JVM:              auto
> and is probably why this method of installing the service works
> when nothing else does.  
>
> Note: tomcat5w shows the correct path to the client jvm.dll
> when I install this way.
>
> When I change the installation to use the server vm, things
> stop working again.  
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:Chuck.Caldarale@...]
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 7:33 PM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows
>
>> From: Eric Hawkes [mailto:ehawkes@...]
>> Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows
>>
>> Does this suggest a cause to my earlier problems?  
>
> Probably means you don't have the parameters quite right for the
> tomcat5.exe program.  Look at what the service.bat script generates,

and

> look here for the tomcat5.exe doc:
> http://commons.apache.org/daemon/procrun.html
>
> I haven't used the procrun-based .exe directly very much, mostly just
> the GUI.
>
>  - Chuck
>
>
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> From: Eric Hawkes [mailto:ehawkes@...]
> Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows
>
> The Java Classpath field in the Java tab is also empty.

Which is the cause of the current problem.  It should be this:
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\bin\bootstrap.jar

I would recommend installing Tomcat (and the JVM) in directory paths
without spaces; Microsoft made a real blunder when putting spaces in
frequently used directory names, and Apache isn't helping.

> The Logon tab shows the Local System account selected

Make sure the Local System account has access rights to all necessary
files; it normally does, but...

> [2008-03-11 14:32:37] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[1] -Xms256m
> [2008-03-11 14:32:37] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[2] -Xmx512m

Set -Xms and -Xmx to the same value; doing otherwise can make the heap
act like a yoyo.

> [2008-03-11 14:32:37] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[4]
> -Djava.class.path=

There's the bad one.

> Should I be setting my classpath to include Bootstrap.jar,

Yes, but not the CLASSPATH variable.

> or have C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 5.5\bin
> in my PATH?  

No, the PATH is irrelevant for services (as is CLASSPATH).

> CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\lib\ext\QTJava.zip

<soapbox>
The CLASSPATH environment variable is an abomination, and should have
been gotten rid of long ago.  It's incredibly annoying that QuickTime
installation keeps trying to use it when there is a well documented
means of providing JRE extensions, and Apple should be using that.  I'd
strongly suggest deleting the variable from your environment; it will
mess you up, sooner or later.
</soapbox>

 - Chuck


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Charles Caldarale wrote:
> I would recommend installing Tomcat (and the JVM) in directory paths
> without spaces; Microsoft made a real blunder when putting spaces in
> frequently used directory names, and Apache isn't helping.
I agree.  MS could have done something as dirt simple as c:\Software
which is exactly what I do for my JVM, NetBeans, and Tomcat installs.

--David

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[ehawkes]

Hi,

I tried the things you suggested, and they helped, but I'm afraid
I'm still having problems.  Tomcat does install as a service, but
cannot be started.  stderr.log shows a
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina
Further explanation below.  

I found a couple of other odd things, also explained below.


I installed the service from a DOS cmd window, like this:

C:\tomcat\bin\tomcat5.exe //IS//Tomcat5 \
--DisplayName="Apache Tomcat 5.5" --Install=C:\tomcat\bin\tomcat5.exe \
--Jvm=auto --Startup=auto --StartMode=jvm --StopMode=jvm \
--StartClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap --StartParams=start \
--StopClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap --StopParams=stop \
--LogPath=C:\tomcat\logs --LogLevel=Debug \
--StdOutput=C:\tomcat\logs\stdout.log
--StdError=C:\tomcat\logs\stderr.log \
--Classpath=C:\tomcat\bin\bootstrap.jar

Running tomcat5w verifies that the parameters have been set as I
intended.
One note: the Java tab has the "Use default" check box checked, and
the JVM path says:
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\client\jvm.dll
I kind of expected that tomcat5 would use the JDK preferentially.


Attempting to start the service from the windows services panel
causes this error dialog:

The Apache Tomcat 5.5 service on Local Computer started and then
stopped.
Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for
example,
the Performance Logs and Alerts service.

The jakarta_service log says:

[2008-03-12 16:21:47] [1334 prunsrv.c] [debug] Procrun log initialized
[2008-03-12 16:21:47] [info] Procrun (2.0.3.0) started
[2008-03-12 16:21:47] [532  prunsrv.c] [debug] Installing service...
[2008-03-12 16:21:47] [info] Service Tomcat5 name Apache Tomcat 5.5
[2008-03-12 16:21:47] [info] Service Tomcat5 installed
[2008-03-12 16:21:47] [info] Procrun finished.
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [1334 prunsrv.c] [debug] Procrun log initialized
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [info] Procrun (2.0.3.0) started
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [info] Running Service...
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [1158 prunsrv.c] [debug] Inside ServiceMain...
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [info] Starting service...
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[0]
-Djava.class.path=C:\tomcat\bin\bootstrap.jar
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[1] vfprintf
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [471  javajni.c] [debug] argv[0] = start
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [508  javajni.c] [debug] Java Worker thread
finished
[2008-03-12 16:22:09] [1007 prunsrv.c] [debug] Java started
org/apache/catalina/startup/Bootstrap
[2008-03-12 16:22:09] [info] Service started in 1140 ms.
[2008-03-12 16:22:09] [1250 prunsrv.c] [debug] Waiting worker to
finish...
[2008-03-12 16:22:09] [1255 prunsrv.c] [debug] Worker finished.
[2008-03-12 16:22:09] [info] Run service finished.
[2008-03-12 16:22:09] [info] Procrun finished.

The stderr log says:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:222)
        at
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:410)

I used WinRAR to look inside bootstrap.jar, and in fact, there is no
org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina class.  These files are present
in org.apache.catalina.startup
Bootstrap.class
catalina.properties
CatalinaProperties.class
ClassLoaderFactory.class
Tool.class

I did some web searching on the exception, but did not find anything
very helpful.  



> I would recommend installing Tomcat (and the JVM) in directory paths
> without spaces;

Okay: I have installed tomcat (via unzipping it) into c:\tomcat
I also copied msvcr71.dll from C:\WINDOWS\system32 to c:\tomcat\bin
CATALINA_HOME=C:\tomcat


> The CLASSPATH environment variable is an abomination

Okay: I have removed it completely.  


> You should set JAVA_HOME only for a JDK.

Thanks.  I now have the JDK installed, and I changed JAVA_HOME
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12


> Can you launch the server mode with "java -server -version"?

I found a surprise:

C:\tomcat>java -server -version
Error: no `server' JVM at `C:\Program
Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\server\jvm.dll'.

That's true, but I was expecting java -version to look for the JDK, not
the JRE
because I installed the JDK and I have
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12

C:\tomcat>which java
C:\WINDOWS\system32/java.exe

C:\tomcat>C:\WINDOWS\system32\java -version
java version "1.5.0_12"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_12-b04)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_12-b04, mixed mode, sharing)

Another surprise.  I didn't know java was copied to the
C:\WINDOWS\system32 directory.  This is early in my PATH,
so I guess it isn't too strange.  


Using the following parameters in my install command:
--Jvm="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll"
--JvmOptions=-server

gave me a slightly different error:

[2008-03-12 16:13:14] [1334 prunsrv.c] [debug] Procrun log initialized
[2008-03-12 16:13:14] [info] Procrun (2.0.3.0) started
[2008-03-12 16:13:14] [532  prunsrv.c] [debug] Installing service...
[2008-03-12 16:13:14] [info] Service Tomcat5 name Apache Tomcat 5.5
[2008-03-12 16:13:14] [info] Service Tomcat5 installed
[2008-03-12 16:13:14] [info] Procrun finished.
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [1334 prunsrv.c] [debug] Procrun log initialized
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [info] Procrun (2.0.3.0) started
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [info] Running Service...
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [1158 prunsrv.c] [debug] Inside ServiceMain...
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [info] Starting service...
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[0] -server
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[1]
-Djava.class.path=C:\tomcat\bin\bootstrap.jar
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[2] vfprintf
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [395  javajni.c] [error] CreateJavaVM Failed
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [992  prunsrv.c] [error] Failed initializing java
C:\tomcat\bin\bootstrap.jar
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [1260 prunsrv.c] [error] ServiceStart returned 2
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [info] Run service finished.
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [info] Procrun finished.



Environment
-----------
I'm running on Windows XP SP2, x86 hardware.  I have the correct
version of Java for my hardware and OS.  I got JDK 1.5.0_12 from
Sun's download site, and tomcat 5.5.26 from Apache's download site.  

C:\tomcat>set
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
ANT_HOME=c:\ant
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\echawkes\Application Data
CATALINA_HOME=C:\tomcat
CLIENTNAME=Console
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=EHAWKES-9439
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\echawkes
HOMESHARE=\\whistler\users
INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET\FrameworkSDK\include\
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12
LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\Lib\
LOGONSERVER=\\SVL0DC04
MMCommonAppDataRoot=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Avaya M
odular Messaging
MM_MSXML_APARTMENT=1
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\Program Files\Avaya Modular Messaging\Common;C:\Program
Files\Avaya Modu
lar Messaging\Common;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avaya Modular
Messaging;C:\Pe
rl\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\bin;c
:\ant;c:
\ant\bin;C:\Program Files\Perforce;C:\Program
Files\SonicWallES;"C:\Program File
s\MailFrontier";C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\;C:\Program
Files\Micr
osoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0403
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
QTJAVA=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
SESSIONNAME=RDP-Tcp#2
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\echawkes\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\echawkes\LOCALS~1\Temp
UMCommon=C:\Program Files\Avaya Modular Messaging\Common
USERDNSDOMAIN=SV.US.SONICWALL.COM
USERDOMAIN=SV
USERNAME=echawkes
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\echawkes
VS90COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
9.0\Common7\Tools\
VSCOMNTOOLS="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET\Common7\Tools\"
windir=C:\WINDOWS


Thanks,

Eric


-----Original Message-----
From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:Chuck.Caldarale@...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 7:10 AM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows

> From: Eric Hawkes [mailto:ehawkes@...]
> Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows
>
> We install the JRE, and then we copy the server jvm.dll
> (taken from an SDK install) to
> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\server\jvm.dll

Does the server jvm.dll you're copying come from the exact same build
and platform (32- vs 64-bit) as the JRE?

You would think that would be sufficient, but if you do a detailed
comparison of the files in a public JRE against those in a JDK's private
JRE you'll see lots of differences, including the contents of various
*.jar files.  (For example, rt.jar from the JDK is 4 MB larger than the
one in the JRE.)  I don't know why the two sets of jars should be
different, but they are, and it may be pertinent.

Can you launch the server mode with "java -server -version"?  (Note that
the -server option here applies only to the launcher, it's not done that
way when running as a service.)

What happens when you set JAVA_OPTS=-server and start Tomcat with
startup.bat?

> We simply point tomcat to the server jvm.dll.  

Verify it's done properly by changing it in the GUI and see the effect
it has on the registry settings for Tomcat.

> My JAVA_HOME is  C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12

You should set JAVA_HOME only for a JDK.  The non-service scripts expect
JRE_HOME for a JRE-only setup, but the service.bat script ignores that
(possibly because a Windows JRE doesn't include the server mode or more
likely because someone forgot to update this script when the JRE_HOME
check was added to the other scripts).

 - Chuck


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[ehawkes]

Hi,

This looks solved.  I noticed that when I use
service.bat install
it adds the following java options:

-Dcatalina.base=C:\tomcat
-Dcatalina.home=C:\tomcat
-Djava.endorsed.dirs=C:\tomcat\common\endorsed
-Djava.io.tmpdir=C:\tomcat\temp
-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager
-Djava.util.logging.config.file=C:\tomcat\conf\logging.properties

When I add them to my command line install, the service can be started
and stopped from the command line as well as from the windows services
panel.  (The service does needs to be started after it is installed -
it doesn't start by itself, but that's perfectly fine.)  

I futher found that I could specify -Dserver in the JvmOptions and use
--Jvm="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll"
and it still installs, starts, and stops as I hoped and prayed it would.


I learned quite a bit from this exchange, so I'll proceed from here.  

Thanks for all the help,

Eric



-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Hawkes
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:30 PM
To: 'Tomcat Users List'
Cc: Eric Hawkes
Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows

Hi,

I tried the things you suggested, and they helped, but I'm afraid
I'm still having problems.  Tomcat does install as a service, but
cannot be started.  stderr.log shows a
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina
Further explanation below.  

I found a couple of other odd things, also explained below.


I installed the service from a DOS cmd window, like this:

C:\tomcat\bin\tomcat5.exe //IS//Tomcat5 \
--DisplayName="Apache Tomcat 5.5" --Install=C:\tomcat\bin\tomcat5.exe \
--Jvm=auto --Startup=auto --StartMode=jvm --StopMode=jvm \
--StartClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap --StartParams=start \
--StopClass=org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap --StopParams=stop \
--LogPath=C:\tomcat\logs --LogLevel=Debug \
--StdOutput=C:\tomcat\logs\stdout.log
--StdError=C:\tomcat\logs\stderr.log \
--Classpath=C:\tomcat\bin\bootstrap.jar

Running tomcat5w verifies that the parameters have been set as I
intended.
One note: the Java tab has the "Use default" check box checked, and
the JVM path says:
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\client\jvm.dll
I kind of expected that tomcat5 would use the JDK preferentially.


Attempting to start the service from the windows services panel
causes this error dialog:

The Apache Tomcat 5.5 service on Local Computer started and then
stopped.
Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for
example,
the Performance Logs and Alerts service.

The jakarta_service log says:

[2008-03-12 16:21:47] [1334 prunsrv.c] [debug] Procrun log initialized
[2008-03-12 16:21:47] [info] Procrun (2.0.3.0) started
[2008-03-12 16:21:47] [532  prunsrv.c] [debug] Installing service...
[2008-03-12 16:21:47] [info] Service Tomcat5 name Apache Tomcat 5.5
[2008-03-12 16:21:47] [info] Service Tomcat5 installed
[2008-03-12 16:21:47] [info] Procrun finished.
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [1334 prunsrv.c] [debug] Procrun log initialized
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [info] Procrun (2.0.3.0) started
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [info] Running Service...
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [1158 prunsrv.c] [debug] Inside ServiceMain...
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [info] Starting service...
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[0]
-Djava.class.path=C:\tomcat\bin\bootstrap.jar
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[1] vfprintf
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [471  javajni.c] [debug] argv[0] = start
[2008-03-12 16:22:08] [508  javajni.c] [debug] Java Worker thread
finished
[2008-03-12 16:22:09] [1007 prunsrv.c] [debug] Java started
org/apache/catalina/startup/Bootstrap
[2008-03-12 16:22:09] [info] Service started in 1140 ms.
[2008-03-12 16:22:09] [1250 prunsrv.c] [debug] Waiting worker to
finish...
[2008-03-12 16:22:09] [1255 prunsrv.c] [debug] Worker finished.
[2008-03-12 16:22:09] [info] Run service finished.
[2008-03-12 16:22:09] [info] Procrun finished.

The stderr log says:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:222)
        at
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:410)

I used WinRAR to look inside bootstrap.jar, and in fact, there is no
org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina class.  These files are present
in org.apache.catalina.startup
Bootstrap.class
catalina.properties
CatalinaProperties.class
ClassLoaderFactory.class
Tool.class

I did some web searching on the exception, but did not find anything
very helpful.  



> I would recommend installing Tomcat (and the JVM) in directory paths
> without spaces;

Okay: I have installed tomcat (via unzipping it) into c:\tomcat
I also copied msvcr71.dll from C:\WINDOWS\system32 to c:\tomcat\bin
CATALINA_HOME=C:\tomcat


> The CLASSPATH environment variable is an abomination

Okay: I have removed it completely.  


> You should set JAVA_HOME only for a JDK.

Thanks.  I now have the JDK installed, and I changed JAVA_HOME
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12


> Can you launch the server mode with "java -server -version"?

I found a surprise:

C:\tomcat>java -server -version
Error: no `server' JVM at `C:\Program
Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\server\jvm.dll'.

That's true, but I was expecting java -version to look for the JDK, not
the JRE
because I installed the JDK and I have
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12

C:\tomcat>which java
C:\WINDOWS\system32/java.exe

C:\tomcat>C:\WINDOWS\system32\java -version
java version "1.5.0_12"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_12-b04)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_12-b04, mixed mode, sharing)

Another surprise.  I didn't know java was copied to the
C:\WINDOWS\system32 directory.  This is early in my PATH,
so I guess it isn't too strange.  


Using the following parameters in my install command:
--Jvm="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll"
--JvmOptions=-server

gave me a slightly different error:

[2008-03-12 16:13:14] [1334 prunsrv.c] [debug] Procrun log initialized
[2008-03-12 16:13:14] [info] Procrun (2.0.3.0) started
[2008-03-12 16:13:14] [532  prunsrv.c] [debug] Installing service...
[2008-03-12 16:13:14] [info] Service Tomcat5 name Apache Tomcat 5.5
[2008-03-12 16:13:14] [info] Service Tomcat5 installed
[2008-03-12 16:13:14] [info] Procrun finished.
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [1334 prunsrv.c] [debug] Procrun log initialized
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [info] Procrun (2.0.3.0) started
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [info] Running Service...
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [1158 prunsrv.c] [debug] Inside ServiceMain...
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [info] Starting service...
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[0] -server
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[1]
-Djava.class.path=C:\tomcat\bin\bootstrap.jar
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [385  javajni.c] [debug] Jvm Option[2] vfprintf
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [395  javajni.c] [error] CreateJavaVM Failed
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [992  prunsrv.c] [error] Failed initializing java
C:\tomcat\bin\bootstrap.jar
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [1260 prunsrv.c] [error] ServiceStart returned 2
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [info] Run service finished.
[2008-03-12 16:13:21] [info] Procrun finished.



Environment
-----------
I'm running on Windows XP SP2, x86 hardware.  I have the correct
version of Java for my hardware and OS.  I got JDK 1.5.0_12 from
Sun's download site, and tomcat 5.5.26 from Apache's download site.  

C:\tomcat>set
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
ANT_HOME=c:\ant
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\echawkes\Application Data
CATALINA_HOME=C:\tomcat
CLIENTNAME=Console
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=EHAWKES-9439
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\echawkes
HOMESHARE=\\whistler\users
INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET\FrameworkSDK\include\
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12
LIB=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\FrameworkSDK\Lib\
LOGONSERVER=\\SVL0DC04
MMCommonAppDataRoot=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Avaya M
odular Messaging
MM_MSXML_APARTMENT=1
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\Program Files\Avaya Modular Messaging\Common;C:\Program
Files\Avaya Modu
lar Messaging\Common;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avaya Modular
Messaging;C:\Pe
rl\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\bin;c
:\ant;c:
\ant\bin;C:\Program Files\Perforce;C:\Program
Files\SonicWallES;"C:\Program File
s\MailFrontier";C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\;C:\Program
Files\Micr
osoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0403
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
QTJAVA=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
SESSIONNAME=RDP-Tcp#2
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\echawkes\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\echawkes\LOCALS~1\Temp
UMCommon=C:\Program Files\Avaya Modular Messaging\Common
USERDNSDOMAIN=SV.US.SONICWALL.COM
USERDOMAIN=SV
USERNAME=echawkes
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\echawkes
VS90COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
9.0\Common7\Tools\
VSCOMNTOOLS="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET\Common7\Tools\"
windir=C:\WINDOWS


Thanks,

Eric


-----Original Message-----
From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:Chuck.Caldarale@...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 7:10 AM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows

> From: Eric Hawkes [mailto:ehawkes@...]
> Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows
>
> We install the JRE, and then we copy the server jvm.dll
> (taken from an SDK install) to
> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\server\jvm.dll

Does the server jvm.dll you're copying come from the exact same build
and platform (32- vs 64-bit) as the JRE?

You would think that would be sufficient, but if you do a detailed
comparison of the files in a public JRE against those in a JDK's private
JRE you'll see lots of differences, including the contents of various
*.jar files.  (For example, rt.jar from the JDK is 4 MB larger than the
one in the JRE.)  I don't know why the two sets of jars should be
different, but they are, and it may be pertinent.

Can you launch the server mode with "java -server -version"?  (Note that
the -server option here applies only to the launcher, it's not done that
way when running as a service.)

What happens when you set JAVA_OPTS=-server and start Tomcat with
startup.bat?

> We simply point tomcat to the server jvm.dll.  

Verify it's done properly by changing it in the GUI and see the effect
it has on the registry settings for Tomcat.

> My JAVA_HOME is  C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12

You should set JAVA_HOME only for a JDK.  The non-service scripts expect
JRE_HOME for a JRE-only setup, but the service.bat script ignores that
(possibly because a Windows JRE doesn't include the server mode or more
likely because someone forgot to update this script when the JRE_HOME
check was added to the other scripts).

 - Chuck


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[Caldarale, Charles R]

> From: Eric Hawkes [mailto:ehawkes@...]
> Subject: RE: Can't start tomcat 5.5.26 service on windows
>
> One note: the Java tab has the "Use default" check box checked, and
> the JVM path says:
> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\client\jvm.dll
> I kind of expected that tomcat5 would use the JDK preferentially.

The "Use default" means to use whatever the Windows registry points to,
which is normally the public JRE.  A Sun JDK installation does not
change this.

> The stderr log says:
> java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina

That's in server/lib/catalina.jar; you apparently have discovered your
missing parameters.

> I now have the JDK installed, and I changed JAVA_HOME
> JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12

Note that environment variables are only meaningful to the programs or
scripts that actually look for them; the service itself doesn't use it,
nor does the tomcat5.exe service program.  The service.bat script does
use it, as do the startup.bat and shutdown.bat scripts.

> That's true, but I was expecting java -version to look for
> the JDK, not the JRE because I installed the JDK and I have
> JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12

JAVA_HOME is not used by the java.exe launcher, which is placed into
C:\WINDOWS\system32 by the installation of a public JRE (included with a
JDK).  If you want "java" to use the launcher in the JDK, you'll need to
put the JDK bin directory in your PATH, prior to the entry for system32.

> Using the following parameters in my install command:
> --Jvm="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_12\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll"
> --JvmOptions=-server

Take out the -server; that's only used by the standard launcher
(java.exe), not by the service launcher.  The prior line is the
important one.

> C:\tomcat>set
> CATALINA_HOME=C:\tomcat

The above variable need not be set globally; the standard service.bat
and startup.bat scripts set it locally, which is all that's needed.
It's not used at all by the actual service.

 - Chuck


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