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Unable to start Liferay Portal with error: Current URL / generates exception: java.lang.NullPointerException

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Issue

  • I am unable to start my Liferay Portal. The following errors are present in the log. 
2024-11-19 05:16:09.815 ERROR [main][BundleStartStopLogger:62] file:/opt/liferay/osgi/modules/activation.jar has a null symbolic name
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2024-11-19 05:16:24.874 ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-2][AutoLoginFilter:247] Current URL / generates exception: java.lang.NullPointerException
2024-11-19 05:16:24.867 ERROR [http-nio-8080-exec-1][InitFilter:53] java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException: null

Environment

  • Liferay Quarterly Release

Resolution

  • There is a .jar file without a symbolic name present in the /osgi/modules folder.
  • To resolve the error, remove the .jar file specified in the error message from /osgi/modules folder and restart the server. 
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