Nexus Archetype Plugin doesn't work with Nexus 1.3.4

[Stevo Slavic]

Hello Nexus users,

Nexus Archetype Plugin doesn't seem to work with Nexus 1.3.4, with plugin jar in place, server doesn't seem to start. In server log there are multiple "Nexus Started" lines but its not accessible. Without the plugin jar server starts well. Is there some known issue and/or workaround for this?

Regards,
Stevo.

[Tamás Cservenák]

Hi Stevo,

The plugin is branched, the trunk is meant for nexus 1.4 compatibility:

http://svn.sonatype.org/nexus-plugins/trunk/nexus-archetype-plugin/

And this branch is for Nexus 1.3:

http://svn.sonatype.org/nexus-plugins/branches/nexus-archetype-plugin-nx3/

Which one did you build? Why not upgrade to latest stable (with bugfixes) Nexus 1.3.6?

Pozdrav,

~t~

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Stevo Slavić <sslavic@...> wrote:

Hello Nexus users,

Nexus Archetype Plugin doesn't seem to work with Nexus 1.3.4, with plugin jar in place, server doesn't seem to start. In server log there are multiple "Nexus Started" lines but its not accessible. Without the plugin jar server starts well. Is there some known issue and/or workaround for this?

Regards,
Stevo.

[Stevo Slavic]

Didn't build it, downloaded binary one from the link in "warning" note. Admins busy, pending upgrade to 1.3.6.

Regards,
Stevo.

2009/10/2 Tamás Cservenák <tamas@...>

Hi Stevo,

The plugin is branched, the trunk is meant for nexus 1.4 compatibility:

http://svn.sonatype.org/nexus-plugins/trunk/nexus-archetype-plugin/

And this branch is for Nexus 1.3:

http://svn.sonatype.org/nexus-plugins/branches/nexus-archetype-plugin-nx3/

Which one did you build? Why not upgrade to latest stable (with bugfixes) Nexus 1.3.6?

Pozdrav,

~t~

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Stevo Slavić <sslavic@...> wrote:

Hello Nexus users,

Nexus Archetype Plugin doesn't seem to work with Nexus 1.3.4, with plugin jar in place, server doesn't seem to start. In server log there are multiple "Nexus Started" lines but its not accessible. Without the plugin jar server starts well. Is there some known issue and/or workaround for this?

Regards,
Stevo.

[Tamás Cservenák]

Stevo,

I tried with older nexuses like 1.3.3 (my private instance is 1.3.6 and it uses the archetype plugin), all was fine, it worked. And yes, the download link you have is to download the Nexus 1.3.x compatible plugin.

But regarding to your multiple "started" lines, it looks like you have some other problems (not plugin related) in your Nexus....  if you see multiple "Started" lines, it may be because of the fact that wrapper is starting/stopping or simply intervening due to some reason. How do you run Nexus? As service? Which OS?

Pozdrav,

~t~

2009/10/2 Stevo Slavić <sslavic@...>

Didn't build it, downloaded binary one from the link in "warning" note. Admins busy, pending upgrade to 1.3.6.

Regards,
Stevo.

2009/10/2 Tamás Cservenák <tamas@...>

Hi Stevo,

The plugin is branched, the trunk is meant for nexus 1.4 compatibility:

http://svn.sonatype.org/nexus-plugins/trunk/nexus-archetype-plugin/

And this branch is for Nexus 1.3:

http://svn.sonatype.org/nexus-plugins/branches/nexus-archetype-plugin-nx3/

Which one did you build? Why not upgrade to latest stable (with bugfixes) Nexus 1.3.6?

Pozdrav,

~t~

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Stevo Slavić <sslavic@...> wrote:

Hello Nexus users,

Nexus Archetype Plugin doesn't seem to work with Nexus 1.3.4, with plugin jar in place, server doesn't seem to start. In server log there are multiple "Nexus Started" lines but its not accessible. Without the plugin jar server starts well. Is there some known issue and/or workaround for this?

Regards,
Stevo.

[Stevo Slavic]

Tamás,

With Nexus archetype plugin jar in place startup get's into a initialization loop, and at the end of every such initialization cycle log ends with following two lines:

2009-10-02 12:37:16 INFO  [er_start_runner] - o.s.p.c.e.PlexusEhC~:default  - Creating and configuring EHCache manager with classpath:/ehcache.xml, using disk store '/srv/nexus-webapp-1.3.4/runtime/tmp/ehcache'
2009-10-02 12:37:18 INFO  [er_start_runner] - o.s.n.Nexus:default           -


I guess that access rights are not set well (nexus is in a "jail") so ehcache can not access configured disk store (will check that). Even if it is so, IMO Nexus startup shouldn't go into a loop, should halt instead on first error. In startup log without archetype plugin, there are no ehcache log entries, so I guess that only archetype plugin uses ehcache service and that's why startup without archetype plugin is successful.

Regards,
Stevo.

2009/10/2 Tamás Cservenák <tamas@...>

Stevo,

I tried with older nexuses like 1.3.3 (my private instance is 1.3.6 and it uses the archetype plugin), all was fine, it worked. And yes, the download link you have is to download the Nexus 1.3.x compatible plugin.

But regarding to your multiple "started" lines, it looks like you have some other problems (not plugin related) in your Nexus....  if you see multiple "Started" lines, it may be because of the fact that wrapper is starting/stopping or simply intervening due to some reason. How do you run Nexus? As service? Which OS?

Pozdrav,

~t~

2009/10/2 Stevo Slavić <sslavic@...>

Didn't build it, downloaded binary one from the link in "warning" note. Admins busy, pending upgrade to 1.3.6.

Regards,
Stevo.

2009/10/2 Tamás Cservenák <tamas@...>

Hi Stevo,

The plugin is branched, the trunk is meant for nexus 1.4 compatibility:

http://svn.sonatype.org/nexus-plugins/trunk/nexus-archetype-plugin/

And this branch is for Nexus 1.3:

http://svn.sonatype.org/nexus-plugins/branches/nexus-archetype-plugin-nx3/

Which one did you build? Why not upgrade to latest stable (with bugfixes) Nexus 1.3.6?

Pozdrav,

~t~

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Stevo Slavić <sslavic@...> wrote:

Hello Nexus users,

Nexus Archetype Plugin doesn't seem to work with Nexus 1.3.4, with plugin jar in place, server doesn't seem to start. In server log there are multiple "Nexus Started" lines but its not accessible. Without the plugin jar server starts well. Is there some known issue and/or workaround for this?

Regards,
Stevo.

[Stevo Slavic]

It seems directory ehcache is trying to access is accessible for read/write by user which starts nexus, so that is not the problem.

Since Nexus wouldn't start with archetype plugin, it was stopped, plugin jar removed, and started again without it. Now previously accessible archetype-catalog.xml seems to be corrupt, it appears in repository group listing, but when trying to open/view it, error gets displayed instead stating that archetype-catalog.xml couldn't be found in repository. Lots of

2009-10-05 08:56:31 ERROR [er_start_runner] - o.s.n.p.e.EventInsp~:Reposit~ - Could not maintain indexing contexts!

appear in nexus log...

Regards,
Stevo.

2009/10/3 Stevo Slavić <sslavic@...>

Tamás,

With Nexus archetype plugin jar in place startup get's into a initialization loop, and at the end of every such initialization cycle log ends with following two lines:

2009-10-02 12:37:16 INFO  [er_start_runner] - o.s.p.c.e.PlexusEhC~:default  - Creating and configuring EHCache manager with classpath:/ehcache.xml, using disk store '/srv/nexus-webapp-1.3.4/runtime/tmp/ehcache'
2009-10-02 12:37:18 INFO  [er_start_runner] - o.s.n.Nexus:default           -


I guess that access rights are not set well (nexus is in a "jail") so ehcache can not access configured disk store (will check that). Even if it is so, IMO Nexus startup shouldn't go into a loop, should halt instead on first error. In startup log without archetype plugin, there are no ehcache log entries, so I guess that only archetype plugin uses ehcache service and that's why startup without archetype plugin is successful.

Regards,
Stevo.

2009/10/2 Tamás Cservenák <tamas@...>

Stevo,

I tried with older nexuses like 1.3.3 (my private instance is 1.3.6 and it uses the archetype plugin), all was fine, it worked. And yes, the download link you have is to download the Nexus 1.3.x compatible plugin.

But regarding to your multiple "started" lines, it looks like you have some other problems (not plugin related) in your Nexus....  if you see multiple "Started" lines, it may be because of the fact that wrapper is starting/stopping or simply intervening due to some reason. How do you run Nexus? As service? Which OS?

Pozdrav,

~t~

2009/10/2 Stevo Slavić <sslavic@...>

Didn't build it, downloaded binary one from the link in "warning" note. Admins busy, pending upgrade to 1.3.6.

Regards,
Stevo.

2009/10/2 Tamás Cservenák <tamas@...>

Hi Stevo,

The plugin is branched, the trunk is meant for nexus 1.4 compatibility:

http://svn.sonatype.org/nexus-plugins/trunk/nexus-archetype-plugin/

And this branch is for Nexus 1.3:

http://svn.sonatype.org/nexus-plugins/branches/nexus-archetype-plugin-nx3/

Which one did you build? Why not upgrade to latest stable (with bugfixes) Nexus 1.3.6?

Pozdrav,

~t~

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Stevo Slavić <sslavic@...> wrote:

Hello Nexus users,

Nexus Archetype Plugin doesn't seem to work with Nexus 1.3.4, with plugin jar in place, server doesn't seem to start. In server log there are multiple "Nexus Started" lines but its not accessible. Without the plugin jar server starts well. Is there some known issue and/or workaround for this?

Regards,
Stevo.