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CloudFoundry and JDK

I'm struggling with the deployment of a spring app that needs to compile java code during runtime. My app calls the javac command when a user submits a solution to a problem, so it can later run java
I'm deploying to cloud foundry and using the java-buildpack, but unfortunately, it doesn't come with JDK, only JRE is available and that thing has no javac or java commands available.
Do you guys know a way on how to add JDK to cloud foundry, without having to write my own custom buildpack.
Thanks

I would suggest you use multi-buildpack support and use the apt-buildpack to install a JDK. It should work fine alongside the JBP. It just needs to be first in the list.
https://github.com/cloudfoundry/apt-buildpack
Example:
Create an apt.yml.
---
packages:
- openjdk-11-jdk-headless
Bundle that into your JAR, jar uf path/to/your/file.jar apt.yml. It should be added to the root of the JAR, so if you jar tf path/to/your/file.jar you should see just apt.yml and nothing prefixed to it.
Update your manifest.yml. Add the apt-buildpack first in the list.
---
applications:
- name: spring-music
memory: 1G
path: build/libs/spring-music-1.0.jar
buildpacks:
- https://github.com/cloudfoundry/apt-buildpack#v0.2.2
- java_buildpack
Then cf push. You should see the apt-buildpack run and install the JDK. It'll then be installed under ~/deps/0/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64. It does not appear to end up on the PATH either, so use a full path to javac or update the path.

Unable to install Elasticsearch on Mac Sierra (10.12.2)

When attempting to start Elasticsearch 5.1.1 via
$ elasticsearch
I get the output:
Error: Could not find or load main class -Xms2g
I've looked into:
I read it may be an error in how a class is called? But I'm not exposed to doing that. This thread doesn't help and isn't really my problem as I'm not installing a plugin.
I installed via Homebrew. Here is some output from that:
$ brew info elasticsearch
elasticsearch: stable 5.1.1, HEAD
Distributed search & analytics engine
https://www.elastic.co/products/elasticsearch
Conflicts with: elasticsearch#1.7, elasticsearch#2.4
/usr/local/Cellar/elasticsearch/5.1.1 (98 files, 35.2M) *
Built from source on 2016-12-14 at 09:23:56
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/elasticsearch.rb
==> Requirements
Required: java >= 1.8 ✔
==> Caveats
Data: /usr/local/var/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_GabbAHH/
Logs: /usr/local/var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_GabbAHH.log
Plugins: /usr/local/Cellar/elasticsearch/5.1.1/libexec/plugins/
Config: /usr/local/etc/elasticsearch/
plugin script: /usr/local/Cellar/elasticsearch/5.1.1/libexec/bin/plugin
To have launchd start elasticsearch now and restart at login:
brew services start elasticsearch
Or, if you don't want/need a background service you can just run:
elasticsearch
$ brew doctor
Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers
with debugging if you file an issue. If everything you use Homebrew for is
working fine: please don't worry and just ignore them. Thanks!
Warning: You have unlinked kegs in your Cellar
Leaving kegs unlinked can lead to build-trouble and cause brews that depend on
those kegs to fail to run properly once built. Run `brew link` on these:
mongodb
ruby
I also tried originally installing via manually extracting the .tar.gz package. I at first got some Java permission denied errors, but after running a chown to admin for myself I also got this same Error: Could not find or load main class type error.
I just updated my Java JDK to the latest: 1.8.0_112 and set my JAVA_HOME variable to that directory accordingly.
The most recent version of Elasticsearch 2 (2.4.3) works. Meanwhile, Elasticsearch v5.0.2 fails.
What can I do to have Elasticsearch properly installed on my Mac?

Watch out with this line in your .bashrc or similar:
export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=always'
That will break many shell's pipes, so many runners will fail without giving you any clue.
Distros as Ubuntu usually have this enabled by default for system users. Be careful and check that shell environment variable.
This problem was solved on my servers by just unsetting this variable.

You most likely have a problem in your .bash_profile. Usually elastic starts out of the box on a mac.

What I usually do to make upgrading and using multiple projects on my machine is using the following script:
#!/bin/bash
CURRENT_PROJECT=$(pwd)
CONFIG=$CURRENT_PROJECT/config
DATA=$CURRENT_PROJECT/data
LOGS=$CURRENT_PROJECT/logs
BASH_ES_OPTS="-Epath.conf=$CONFIG -Epath.data=$DATA -Epath.logs=$LOGS"
ELASTICSEARCH=$HOME/Development/elastic/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-5.1.1
$ELASTICSEARCH/bin/elasticsearch $BASH_ES_OPTS
Notice the options in BASH_ES_OPTS, these are the ones that changes a lot in version 5. My structure is a folder per project with this script and a few folders: config, data and logs. The config folder contains the files from the elastic distribution: elasticsearch.yml, jvm.properties and log4j2.properties.

Unable to install new relic on linux using tomcat server

I have created account on new relic and downloaded zip for new relic agent and uploaded to /etc directory in my linux machine(tomcat server).
As per documentations, I follow the following code
cd /etc/newrelic
java -jar newrelic.jar install
But I am getting following error:
Dec 31, 2013 06:14:04 +0000 NewRelic 1 INFO: Agent is using Logback
***** ( ( o)) New Relic Java Agent Installer
***** Installing version 3.2.3 ...
Could not edit start script because:
.:. Could not locate a Tomcat, Jetty, JBoss, JBoss7 or Glassfish instance in /etc
Try re-running the install command with the -s <AppServerRootDirectory> option or from <AppServerRootDirectory>/newrelic.
If that doesn't work, locate and edit the start script manually.
No need to create New Relic configuration file because:
.:. A config file already exists: /etc/newrelic/newrelic.yml
***** Install incomplete
***** Next steps:
For help completing the install, see https://newrelic.com/docs/java/new-relic-for-java
Can anyone give me solution for this?

As the log information provide that it Could not locate a Tomcat, you need to provide env var like TOMCAT_HOME and so on.
In linux, even if you have installed some software, it can not be conveniently used without adding into PATH or some other env var.
In your situation, seems you need to add TOMCAT_HOME and export it.
Make sure the tomcat is correctly installed!

I was dealing with the same error, you only need to copy the new-relic.jar file inside the root of your tomcat server and then type:
java -jar new-relic.jar install
And that's it, it worked for me. Hope it helps

I work in support at New Relic, specializing in the Java agent.
Since Tomcat installations vary between Linux environments, your best bet is to follow the manual installation instructions:
https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/java/java-agent-manual-installation
Scroll down to the Tomcat instructions, which advise you to add the -javaagent flag to your Tomcat startup script. Once you've made that change and started your Tomcat instance, you can verify that the newrelic.jar is included in the startup arguments by issuing a ps -ef | grep java command.
If you need further help, please open a support ticket at support.newrelic.com and we'll be glad to assist.

Before installing the New Relic the code will fetch the requisite environment parameters like JAVA_HOME, TOMCAT_HOME, etc ( depends on your configuration) and then install the agent on your server. Make sure all the required env variables are defined.
After you have done the above, also check the following:
a) The New Relic should be extraced/installed in your home directory ( in my case /APP)
cd /APP
Unzip newrelic-java-3.26.1.zip –d /APP
b) The Java agent should be defined in the local properties file ( I have configured it for Hybris server in Dev environment)
vim /APP/hybris/config/local.properties
Add : -javaagent:/APP/newrelic/newrelic.jar –D newrelic.environment=Development
c) In some cases, it requirs the application specific yml file along with the newrelic.yml file ( in my case hybris.yml)
Cd /APP/newrelic
mkdir extensions
chmod 755 extensions
cd /APP/newrelic/extensions
vim hybris.yml
Hybris specific configuration for the hybris.yml file ( use jmx.yml)
Add the jmx.yml data in the hybris.yml after creating the file.
d) Restart your application:
I did it using the following commands:
cd /APP/hybris/bin/platform
ant clean all
e) You should see the data in sometime. Keep monitoring the new relic logs in:
tail -f /APP/newrelic/logs/newrelic_agent.log

Before you do any of these steps, make sure that your new relic folder is in inside the folder of your server. That immediately fixed my problem.

The folder newrelic belongs to /usr/share/tomcat/. At least on Ubuntu 16.04 with Tomcat 7. Then also the install command works. Please do not forget to read and adapt the whole newrelic.yml file.

Unable to run threaded java jar file on Mac OS X 10.6.8 with Java 1.7.0.45 using pacifist

I have installed Java 1.7.0_45 on Mac OS X 10.6.8 using Pacifist [http://www.charlessoft.com/] however I am unable to run a jar file which I have downloaded. The jar file is a threaded application.
The error message I am getting is:
java -jar context.jar
2013-10-31 14:14:41.898 java[330:a07] *** NSInvocation: warning: object 0x109356390 of class 'ThreadUtilities' does not implement methodSignatureForSelector: -- trouble ahead
2013-10-31 14:14:41.900 java[330:a07] *** NSInvocation: warning: object 0x109356390 of class 'ThreadUtilities' does not implement doesNotRecognizeSelector: -- abort
Trace/BPT trap
Is there anyway I can run the jar. I have set the JAVA_HOME path properly and java -version is showing 1.7.0_45 as the version.
The same application works properly on Windows Java 1.7.0_45 and also on Linux Java 1.7.
The web search for the solution and the given keywords return very few results and none of them have any specific solution in it. I am new to mac so I am not fully able to understand the issue.
Alternatively, is there anyway I can run Java from folder in Mac like I can do in windows and Linux by just extracting the Java contents and changing the JAVA_HOME. If that is possible then I should be able to run my JAR.

I had kind of same problem while installing an application through jar file, my Java was not detected by the jar application installer,
Over here I see that one of the method is not accessible, could be a same problem. But I am not very sure of it.
make sure you have rt.jar in your JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ folder
In case you don't have then you are required to have it through the process of creation of symbolic link.
In the command below replace your_java_version with proper version matching your requirement.
sudo mkdir -p /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/<your_java_version>/Home/jre/lib
Go into the directory:
cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/<your_java_version>/Home/jre/lib/
Create symbolic link :
sudo ln -s ../../../Classes/classes.jar rt.jar
Hope this solves your problem.

I get the exact same problem with MacOS 10.6.8 and JDK 7. In order to run the jar I had to use the System JRE which is 1.6.x (In my case I wanted to install Squirrel
/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java -jar >squirrel-sql-3.6-MACOSX-install.jar

How to integrate PHP and JAVA?

I need an urgent help from you people.I got something very odd while trying to integrate php with java. First, my system specifications:
Windows XP
I have installed
XAMPP server:- xampp-win32-1.6.1-installer
This install PHP, Apache, and MySQL on my system. There versions are as follows
Apache Version :- Apache/2.2.4 (Win32)
PHP version :- 4.3.1
Sun Microsystems JDK version :- jdk1.6.0_16
I am achieving this PHP-JAVA extensoion using php-javabridge. I have downloaded javabridge.jar file from following url.
placed the downloaded javabridge.jar file on this path C:\xampp\php\ext\
Settings done in php.ini file for php-java integration are as follows.
; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside. extension_dir = "C:\xampp\php\ext\"
I also uncomment the java extension.
extension=php_java.dll
I have added following lines in Module Settings section of PHP.ini file.
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; Module Settings ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
[Java] ;This points to the directory where your Java ;classes will be stored. You can designate multiple ;paths, each path separated by a semicolon. ;It must also include the location of php_java.jar java.class.path = "C:\xampp\php\ext\JavaBridge.jar;C:\xampp\php\extensions\php_java.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_16\jre\lib;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_16;C:\prog"
;java.class.path = "C:\xampp\php\extensions\php_java.jar;C:\prog" ; This points to the bin directory of the JDK. java.home = "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_16\bin"
; This must point to the Java Virtual Machine (jvm.dll) file. java.library = "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_16\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll"
; This must point to the location of php_java.dll. java.library.path = "C:\xampp\php\ext;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_16\jre\lib"
java.java = "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_16\bin\javaw.exe"
When I start the apache server service, the program runs ok. But, if I close the browser and open it again, the program no longer runs and give me a "Fatal error: Unable to create Java Virtual Machine in C:\php\java.php ...". If I restart the apache server service, the program works again, but with the same behavior: if I close the browser window and open it again, it does not work. I checked on internet but dont get any solution but found many people facing same problem. And many of them told its a bug in PHP-JAVA bridge. So is there any solution on this problem. I ran out of options and, if anyone could help, I'll appreciate.
Thank You.

I tried the Php-JavaBridge recently, by downloading the latest version of Apache, Tomcat and using JDK8.0 and I think Php 5.4 and got it to work totally fine.
Perhaps try downloading the latest version of everything, start from scratch and install again, it may be you have some version mismatches.
I was using a Windows 64 bit computer, running Windows7.