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In Liferay DXP 2023.q4.4, clustered environment fails to load additional nodes

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Brian Suh

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Issue

  • When using Liferay DXP 2023.q4.4 deployed in an environment, the initial node loads up without any issues, but any additional nodes result with the following traces:

In JBoss EAP 7.4 Update 17:

2024-10-05 02:50:56,664 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 70) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.unit."ROOT.war".undertow-deployment: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit."ROOT.war".undertow-deployment: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@7.4.17.GA-redhat-00002//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentService$1.run(UndertowDeploymentService.java:81)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
at org.jboss.threads@2.4.0.Final-redhat-00001//org.jboss.threads.ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.run(ContextClassLoaderSavingRunnable.java:35)
at org.jboss.threads@2.4.0.Final-redhat-00001//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor.safeRun(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1990)
at org.jboss.threads@2.4.0.Final-redhat-00001//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.doRunTask(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1486)
at org.jboss.threads@2.4.0.Final-redhat-00001//org.jboss.threads.EnhancedQueueExecutor$ThreadBody.run(EnhancedQueueExecutor.java:1377)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)
at org.jboss.threads@2.4.0.Final-redhat-00001//org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:513)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.32.SP1-redhat-00001//io.undertow.servlet.core.DeploymentManagerImpl.deploy(DeploymentManagerImpl.java:257)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@7.4.17.GA-redhat-00002//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentService.startContext(UndertowDeploymentService.java:96)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@7.4.17.GA-redhat-00002//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentService$1.run(UndertowDeploymentService.java:78)
... 8 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy37.contextInitialized(Unknown Source)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.32.SP1-redhat-00001//io.undertow.servlet.core.ApplicationListeners.contextInitialized(ApplicationListeners.java:187)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.32.SP1-redhat-00001//io.undertow.servlet.core.DeploymentManagerImpl$1.call(DeploymentManagerImpl.java:219)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.32.SP1-redhat-00001//io.undertow.servlet.core.DeploymentManagerImpl$1.call(DeploymentManagerImpl.java:187)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.32.SP1-redhat-00001//io.undertow.servlet.core.ServletRequestContextThreadSetupAction$1.call(ServletRequestContextThreadSetupAction.java:42)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.32.SP1-redhat-00001//io.undertow.servlet.core.ContextClassLoaderSetupAction$1.call(ContextClassLoaderSetupAction.java:43)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@7.4.17.GA-redhat-00002//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.security.SecurityContextThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(SecurityContextThreadSetupAction.java:105)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@7.4.17.GA-redhat-00002//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1555)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@7.4.17.GA-redhat-00002//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1555)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@7.4.17.GA-redhat-00002//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1555)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow@7.4.17.GA-redhat-00002//org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1555)
at io.undertow.servlet@2.2.32.SP1-redhat-00001//io.undertow.servlet.core.DeploymentManagerImpl.deploy(DeploymentManagerImpl.java:255)
... 10 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
at deployment.ROOT.war//com.liferay.shielded.container.internal.proxy.ContextClassLoaderInvocationHandler.invoke(ContextClassLoaderInvocationHandler.java:34)
at deployment.ROOT.war//com.liferay.shielded.container.internal.proxy.EventListenerInvocationHandler.invoke(EventListenerInvocationHandler.java:55)
... 22 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:369)
... 28 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.FinderCacheUtil.getResult(FinderCacheUtil.java:50)
at com.liferay.portal.service.persistence.impl.ClassNamePersistenceImpl.findAll(ClassNamePersistenceImpl.java:685)
at com.liferay.portal.service.persistence.impl.ClassNamePersistenceImpl.findAll(ClassNamePersistenceImpl.java:645)
at com.liferay.portal.service.persistence.impl.ClassNamePersistenceImpl.findAll(ClassNamePersistenceImpl.java:610)
at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.ClassNameLocalServiceImpl.checkClassNames(ClassNameLocalServiceImpl.java:56)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.AopMethodInvocationImpl.proceed(AopMethodInvocationImpl.java:41)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.transaction.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:60)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.AopMethodInvocationImpl.proceed(AopMethodInvocationImpl.java:48)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.AopInvocationHandler.invoke(AopInvocationHandler.java:40)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy107.checkClassNames(Unknown Source)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.service.ClassNameLocalServiceUtil.checkClassNames(ClassNameLocalServiceUtil.java:58)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.lambda$contextInitialized$2(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:366)
at com.liferay.portal.db.partition.DBPartitionUtil.forEachCompanyId(DBPartitionUtil.java:127)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:365)
... 28 more

2024-10-05 02:50:56,676 ERROR [org.jboss.as.controller.management-operation] (Controller Boot Thread) WFLYCTL0013: Operation ("deploy") failed - address: ([("deployment" => "ROOT.war")]) - failure description: {"WFLYCTL0080: Failed services" => {"jboss.deployment.unit.\"ROOT.war\".undertow-deployment" => "java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException"}}
2024-10-05 02:50:56,711 INFO [org.jboss.as.server] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 41) WFLYSRV0010: Deployed "ROOT.war" (runtime-name : "ROOT.war")
2024-10-05 02:50:56,712 INFO [org.jboss.as.controller] (Controller Boot Thread) WFLYCTL0183: Service status report
WFLYCTL0186: Services which failed to start: service jboss.deployment.unit."ROOT.war".undertow-deployment: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException
WFLYCTL0448: 1 additional services are down due to their dependencies being missing or failed

 

In a Tomcat bundle:

22-Mar-2024 08:34:12.808 SEVERE [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart Excepción al enviar evento inicializado de contexto a instancia de escuchador de clase [com.sun.proxy.$Proxy6]
java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy6.contextInitialized(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4460)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:4914)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:683)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:658)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:661)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:689)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1888)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:582)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:472)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1617)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:318)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:114)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:402)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:345)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:893)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:794)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1332)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1322)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:140)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:866)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:248)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:433)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:921)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:772)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:347)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:478)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
at com.liferay.shielded.container.internal.proxy.ContextClassLoaderInvocationHandler.invoke(ContextClassLoaderInvocationHandler.java:34)
at com.liferay.shielded.container.internal.proxy.EventListenerInvocationHandler.invoke(EventListenerInvocationHandler.java:55)
... 42 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:369)
... 48 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.FinderCacheUtil.getResult(FinderCacheUtil.java:50)
at com.liferay.portal.service.persistence.impl.ClassNamePersistenceImpl.findAll(ClassNamePersistenceImpl.java:685)
at com.liferay.portal.service.persistence.impl.ClassNamePersistenceImpl.findAll(ClassNamePersistenceImpl.java:645)
at com.liferay.portal.service.persistence.impl.ClassNamePersistenceImpl.findAll(ClassNamePersistenceImpl.java:610)
at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.ClassNameLocalServiceImpl.checkClassNames(ClassNameLocalServiceImpl.java:56)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.AopMethodInvocationImpl.proceed(AopMethodInvocationImpl.java:41)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.transaction.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:60)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.AopMethodInvocationImpl.proceed(AopMethodInvocationImpl.java:48)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.AopInvocationHandler.invoke(AopInvocationHandler.java:40)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy83.checkClassNames(Unknown Source)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.service.ClassNameLocalServiceUtil.checkClassNames(ClassNameLocalServiceUtil.java:58)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.lambda$contextInitialized$2(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:366)
at com.liferay.portal.db.partition.DBPartitionUtil.forEachCompanyId(DBPartitionUtil.java:127)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:365)
... 48 more

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 2023.q4.4 or lower

Resolution

  • Liferay DXP 2023.q4.4 contains a partial commit for LPS-199955. The full fix is available starting in 2024.q1.1.
  • The recommendation is to update your Liferay DXP Quarterly Release version to 2024.q1.1 or higher.
  • If you are encountering this behavior and are on 2023.q4.4 or lower, and need to stay on your current version, please raise a Liferay Support ticket referencing this article and request the additional fixes for LPS-199955. We will work towards identifying the best course of approach.

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