Hey, I'm trying to run Apache Tomcat 6.0.26 on Mac OS X - Snow Leopard, but with no luck :(
I've downloaded Tomcat core from: http://tomcat.apache.org/download-60.cgi unarchived it at /Livrary/Tomcat directory, but when I'm trying to run it using ./bin/startup.sh command from log/catalina.out logs it seem's that it can't find servlet-api:
SEVERE: Error deploying configuration descriptor host-manager.xml
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.servlet.ServletContext.getContextPath()Ljava/lang/String;
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost$MemoryLeakTrackingListener.lifecycleEvent(StandardHost.java:561)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4462)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:546)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:637)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:563)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:498)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1277)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:321)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:785)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:519)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:581)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
During startup it logs in console CLASSPATH it's using:
Using CLASSPATH: /Library/Tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar
I've not tried to deploy my own application (*.war) it's just "clean" Tomcat.
Probably your system classpath somehow get polluted with pre-2.5 servlet API jar.
You may check it by running java javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet - it should throw NoClassDefFound. If it throws NoSuchMethodError, check your classpath (especially CLASSPATH environment variable and lib/ext subfolder of JRE installation).
EDIT: Try the following code - at least it will show the location of the offending jar:
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
System.out.println(
Test.class.getClassLoader().getResource("javax/servlet/http/HttpServlet.class"));
}
}
Are your CATALINA_BASE and CATALINA_HOME variables correct?
(they should be printed along with the CLASSPATH on startup).
I just tried exactly what you did (downloaded a fresh tomcat 6.0.26 on OS X 10.6.3), unzipped it (I downloaded the core/zip), then set all the .sh files to executable:
(in the bin folder):
chmod a+x *.sh
After that, running startup.sh worked without a hitch.
I can only think that prior CATALINA variables are conflicting?
Related
While starting up my application from within IntelliJ 14 the app server TomEE 7.0.62 gives following error message:
cannot create unique file, please set java.io.tmpdir to a writable folder or create work folder
at org.apache.openejb.assembler.DeployerEjb.<clinit>(DeployerEjb.java:109)
System:
OSX, IntelliJ 14, TomEE-Plume 7.0.62 (homebrew), Java 8 (homebrew cask)
Java version:
/usr/libexec/java_home -V
Matching Java Virtual Machines (1):
1.8.0_60, x86_64: "Java SE 8" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_60.jdk/Contents/Home
Deployment: The basic Hello World sample app from Vaadin Framework 7
Infos:
TomEE startup over Terminal with startup.sh works ok, default tomcat welcome screen is shown on localhost:8080
Tried to add JVM option to set java.io.tmpdir to a different directory with chmod 777 privileges. VM options: -Djava.io.tmpdir=<new temp dir>
Tried to export env variable with export _JAVA_OPTIONS=-Djava.io.tmpdir=<new temp dir>
With Tomcat 8 hello world app works ok
Full error log:
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:348)
at org.apache.openejb.util.Classes.forName(Classes.java:64)
at org.apache.openejb.config.rules.ValidationBase.loadClass(ValidationBase.java:151)
at org.apache.openejb.config.rules.CheckMethods.check_unusedCreateMethods(CheckMethods.java:318)
at org.apache.openejb.config.rules.CheckMethods.validate(CheckMethods.java:55)
at org.apache.openejb.config.rules.ValidationBase.validate(ValidationBase.java:50)
at org.apache.openejb.config.AppValidator.validate(AppValidator.java:101)
at org.apache.openejb.config.ValidateModules.deploy(ValidateModules.java:38)
at org.apache.openejb.config.ConfigurationFactory$Chain.deploy(ConfigurationFactory.java:403)
at org.apache.openejb.config.ConfigurationFactory.configureApplication(ConfigurationFactory.java:971)
at org.apache.openejb.config.ConfigurationFactory.getOpenEjbConfiguration(ConfigurationFactory.java:526)
at org.apache.openejb.config.ConfigurationFactory.getOpenEjbConfiguration(ConfigurationFactory.java:591)
at org.apache.openejb.assembler.classic.Assembler.getOpenEjbConfiguration(Assembler.java:459)
at org.apache.openejb.assembler.classic.Assembler.build(Assembler.java:438)
at org.apache.openejb.OpenEJB$Instance.<init>(OpenEJB.java:150)
at org.apache.openejb.OpenEJB.init(OpenEJB.java:298)
at org.apache.tomee.catalina.TomcatLoader.initialize(TomcatLoader.java:256)
at org.apache.tomee.catalina.ServerListener.install(ServerListener.java:168)
at org.apache.tomee.catalina.ServerListener.lifecycleEvent(ServerListener.java:55)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:402)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:110)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:638)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:663)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:280)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:454)
Caused by: org.apache.openejb.OpenEJBRuntimeException: cannot create unique file, please set java.io.tmpdir to a writable folder or create work folder
at org.apache.openejb.assembler.DeployerEjb.<clinit>(DeployerEjb.java:109)
... 32 more
Thank you all..
you can add openejb.system.apps=false in conf/system.properties or just export CATALINA_TMPDIR to a "new tmp dir value"
I am trying to install newrelic on a linux machine with tomcat 7. This installation does not have a catalina.sh so cannot use the newrelic installer.
I tried the manula approach of adding the newrelic.jar to the javaagent like:
CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -javaagent:/usr/share/tomcat7/newrelic/newrelic.jar"
But whenever I start the tomcat I get the following classnotfoundexception:
Unable to start New Relic agent: javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactoryConfigurationError: Provider org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl not found
javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactoryConfigurationError: Provider org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl not found
at javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory.newInstance(TransformerFactory.java:106)
at com.newrelic.agent.extension.dom.ExtensionDomParser.getTransformerFactory(ExtensionDomParser.java:360)
at com.newrelic.agent.extension.dom.ExtensionDomParser.fixNamespace(ExtensionDomParser.java:337)
at com.newrelic.agent.extension.dom.ExtensionDomParser.parseDocument(ExtensionDomParser.java:167)
at com.newrelic.agent.extension.dom.ExtensionDomParser.readFile(ExtensionDomParser.java:152)
at com.newrelic.agent.extension.ExtensionParsers$3.parse(ExtensionParsers.java:46)
at com.newrelic.agent.extension.JarExtension.<init>(JarExtension.java:59)
at com.newrelic.agent.extension.JarExtension.<init>(JarExtension.java:104)
at com.newrelic.agent.extension.ExtensionService.initializeBuiltInExtensions(ExtensionService.java:388)
at com.newrelic.agent.extension.ExtensionService.doStart(ExtensionService.java:145)
at com.newrelic.agent.service.AbstractService.start(AbstractService.java:54)
at com.newrelic.agent.service.ServiceManagerImpl.doStart(ServiceManagerImpl.java:124)
at com.newrelic.agent.service.AbstractService.start(AbstractService.java:54)
at com.newrelic.agent.Agent.premain(Agent.java:208)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:622)
at com.newrelic.bootstrap.BootstrapAgent.premain(BootstrapAgent.java:117)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:622)
at sun.instrument.InstrumentationImpl.loadClassAndStartAgent(InstrumentationImpl.java:343)
at sun.instrument.InstrumentationImpl.loadClassAndCallPremain(InstrumentationImpl.java:358)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org/apache/xalan/processor/TransformerFactoryImpl
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:270)
at javax.xml.transform.FactoryFinder.getProviderClass(FactoryFinder.java:124)
at javax.xml.transform.FactoryFinder.newInstance(FactoryFinder.java:179)
I have tried everything I could for this, but nothing works. I have even added the xalan jar manually to the tomcat lib but no luck
You need to make sure you have xalan.jar installed. If it is installed, it may be in the wrong place. You probably need it at the container level, here is a blog post that discusses this issue (tomcat5 but most of the advice should still apply).
http://doookstechstuff.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to-fix-tomcat5-on-rhel5.html
Make sure that the location where you put the xalan.jar is in the classpath and that the user account you're running tomcat under has access to it. If you have dropped it in the tomcat /lib folder make sure the perms for the .jar file match the other objects in the folder.
Let us know if this helps. If you need additional information it might be best to create a ticket with New Relic Support (http://support.newrelic.com).
i get the following error when i try to deploy a war (built with 'grails war') on a tomcat server. Unfortunately there is no other message in the logfile except this:
Nov 25, 2013 3:44:54 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean invoke
SEVERE: Exception invoking method check
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
at java.io.DataInputStream.readUTF(DataInputStream.java:661)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readUTF(DataInputStream.java:564)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.ConstantUtf8.<init>(ConstantUtf8.java:47)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.Constant.readConstant(Constant.java:125)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.ConstantPool.<init>(ConstantPool.java:60)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.ClassParser.readConstantPool(ClassParser.java:209)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.ClassParser.parse(ClassParser.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsStream(ContextConfig.java:2118)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsJar(ContextConfig.java:1994)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsUrl(ContextConfig.java:1960)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotations(ContextConfig.java:1945)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1319)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:878)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:376)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5322)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:633)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:976)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:541)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1461)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:301)
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:819)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:801)
at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.check(ManagerServlet.java:1445)
How can i get more information about this error?
Notes:
the grails app is working locally without any issues
other grails apps are working on the same server without problems (all with version 2.2.0, the new one is on 2.3)
i already tried to extend the memory heap ... no improvement
Thank you
What Tomcat version you use? If you for example run Debian Wheezy box, the version available from packages is 7.0.28. It has some serious bugs about traversing classpaths for scanning for annotations (at least that's what I noticed after reading few other questions on SO and bug reports). I think it was fixed somewhere ~ 7.0.34. I had an exactly same problem and noticed that everything runs fine on newer versions.
1- Create setenv.sh in Tomcat(8||9)/bin/setenv.sh
export CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -Xms512m"
export CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -Xmx2048m"
export CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -XX:MaxPermSize=256m"
2- chamod a+x setenv.sh
3- execute ./setenv.sh
4- ./startup.sh
Add to setenv.sh the following option in CATALINA_OPTS -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError it will print heap dump when your deploy will fall down with OOM, which you can analyze by such utilities as JVisualVM or MemoryAnalyzer. After investigation of heap dump you can make decision:
Fix an issue which produce OutOfMemory
Increase heap size (by setting -Xmx in CATALINA_OPTS) in case you can't fix an issue.
Following this instruction, I could run headless Eclipse plugin in side Eclipse IDE.
I've got some error log info, but I guess I could ignore it based on this post - Unable to find feature.xml in directory
Following the instruction in site, I could generate the jar file. After copying the org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.jar, I tried to execute the jar file
java -jar org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.v20110502.jar -application headlessHello_1.0.0.201210101430.jar
I tried
java -cp .:org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.v20110502.jar org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main -application headlessHello_1.0.0.201210101430.jar
to get error message
An error has occurred. See the log file
/Users/users/Desktop/configuration/1349897444823.log
with this log file
!SESSION Wed Oct 10 14:30:44 CDT 2012 ------------------------------------------
!ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.launcher 4 0 2012-10-10 14:30:44.843
!MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
!STACK
java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not find framework
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.getBootPath(Main.java:978)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:557)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1386)
ADDED
From this site, the issue was because I didn't setup %R2_HOME%/plugins correctly. After the setup, I still get the error.
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to acquire application service. Ensure that the org.eclipse.core.runtime bundle is resolved and started (see config.ini).
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:74)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:344)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1386)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:34)
An instance of headless Eclipse needs to include many plugins, not just your plugin. A minimal product includes:
org.eclipse.core.runtime
org.eclipse.core.variables
<your plugin(s) here>
EDIT
I generated the product, and here is the list of plugins used by my "minimal" headless Eclipse:
I output the product, and here is the list of plugins loaded:
org.eclipse.core.contenttype_3.4.100.v20100505-1235.jar
org.eclipse.core.jobs_3.5.1.R36x_v20100824.jar
org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility.auth_3.2.200.v20100517.jar
org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility.registry_3.3.0.v20100520
org.eclipse.core.runtime_3.6.0.v20100505.jar
org.eclipse.equinox.app_1.3.1.R36x_v20100803.jar
org.eclipse.equinox.common_3.6.0.v20100503.jar
org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.2.R36x_v20101222
org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.1.R36x_v20101122_1400.jar
org.eclipse.equinox.preferences_3.3.0.v20100503.jar
org.eclipse.equinox.registry_3.5.0.v20100503.jar
org.eclipse.osgi.services_3.2.100.v20100503.jar
org.eclipse.osgi.util_3.2.100.v20100503.jar
org.eclipse.osgi_3.6.2.R36x_v20110210.jar
So, might I recommend that you create a product for this Eclipse application you are building, and try that. Looking for a FAQ I found this. http://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_What_is_the_minimal_Eclipse_configuration%3F
I'm trying to track down a configuration issue in my tomcat environment. Our production servers are running a tomcat installation and reading the war from a shared NFS mount.
However, when I try the same war with a stand-alone box (with their configuration), I get the error posted below.
Whats interesting, is that if I unzip all the jars in WEB-INF/lib into WEB-INF/classes, this error goes away.
So, it seems like something is preventing the app from loading the WEB-INF/lib path, but I can't for the life of me find any tomcat settings that would cause this, because it is detecting the apps and configuration, just not the included jars.
Any ideas?
SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1387)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3786)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4342)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:627)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:553)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:488)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1149)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:578)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413) Dec 20,
2011 4:20:38 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class
org.springframework.security.web.session.HttpSessionEventPublisher
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
org.springframework.security.web.session.HttpSessionEventPublisher
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1387)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3786)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4342)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:627)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:553)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:488)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1149)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:578)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
So, I still don't have a reason for why this is happening, but I was finally able to get it working. Normally, we use 'unzip' to unpack the war into the deploy directory. I switched it to use 'jar' and everything magically works.
I have no idea why this would be. I tried every other permutation (checking our deployment folder, symlinks, permissions, ownerships, etc), and this was the only thing that made a difference, even diffing the two unpacked folders showed they were the same, with the same permissions, but one worked and one didn't
Also of note: the production deploys have been using 'unzip' for years. I really can't figure this one out, but I'm glad I can at least work on something else.
One thing to look into, the ClassNotFoundException does not always mean the listed class (in your case org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener) was not found, it could mean that class could not be loaded.
If that particular class fails to load for any reason, say it has a static block that references another class that isn't found, the class loader reports failure to load as "ClassNotFoundException".
Make sure that your WEB-INF/lib directory does not contain classes/jars that also exist in the Tomcat default libraries. This can sometimes cause the load failures if there are multiple versions. By unzipping the jars into the classes directory you may be moving classes in the path order which is why it could be working.