Glassfish Admin Console throws java.lang.IllegalStateException when creating JDBC Pool

Question

A week ago I downloaded Glassfish 4.1. Did a zip install. Attempted to use Admin Console to create a JDBC Connection Pool. Received this error message:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: getOutputStream() has already been called for this response

Lots of references to that error. Lots of people declared it "Asked & Answered". But I can't find a single reference anywhere to that problem, let alone a solution.

But if anyone believes it's been answered, please be sure to add a link to the solution to this problem: New installation. Did nothing but open the console and try to create a new JDBC Connection Pool.

Resource Type: javax.sql.DataSource.  
Vendor: MySql. 

I've stored mysql-connector-java-5.1.35.jar in \glassfish4\glassfish\lib

Here's the closest thing to a solution I found. But it was for GF v3.

I finally have tracked down the actual problem in my domain.xml: -Dorg.glassfish.web.rfc2109_cookie_names_enforced=false was missing in the domain.xml created by asupgrade. I just added it to the domain.xml jvm-options and GF v3 now works as expected. Added:
<jvm-options>-Dorg.glassfish.web.rfc2109_cookie_names_enforced=false</jvm-options>

Tried that. Didn't work. (I pasted the GF log entry to show the recommended line is added to the domain.xml GF used on startup.)

I tried digging out domain.xml from my old v3 server and using it in the new v4. That didn't work.

Other questions involving my Exception message all related to getting it with a deployed app -- mostly servlets. But this is a clean server. No apps have been installed.

I found a lot of links to people working on this Exception as a GF bug. Most are awhile ago. None gave a workaround or even said they'd ever solved it.

Can anyone offer a solution?
Or let me know if this is just a bug Oracle decided not to fix?
Or know of where I can find help? This is killing me.

In case it helps here is the GF log for a clean start up (with the jvm insert in the domain.xml.) It also shows the stack trace for the failed attempt to create a JDBC Connection Pool.

NOTE: I pulled out all [INFO] log entries. And the [WARNING] entries that are left all seem related to Grizzly.

[2015-10-09T12:21:24.598-1000] [] [INFO] [NCLS-GFLAUNCHER-00005] [javax.enterprise.launcher] [tid: _ThreadID=1 _ThreadName=main] [timeMillis: 1444429284598] [levelValue: 800] [[
  JVM invocation command line:
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_05\bin\java.exe
-cp
C:/glassfish4/glassfish/modules/glassfish.jar
-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions
-XX:NewRatio=2
-XX:MaxPermSize=192m
-Xmx512m
-javaagent:C:/glassfish4/glassfish/lib/monitor/flashlight-agent.jar
-client
-Djavax.xml.accessExternalSchema=all
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=C:\glassfish4\glassfish\domains\domain1/config/cacerts.jks
-Djdk.corba.allowOutputStreamSubclass=true
-Dfelix.fileinstall.dir=C:\glassfish4\glassfish/modules/autostart/
-Dorg.glassfish.additionalOSGiBundlesToStart=org.apache.felix.shell,org.apache.felix.gogo.runtime,org.apache.felix.gogo.shell,org.apache.felix.gogo.command,org.apache.felix.shell.remote,org.apache.felix.fileinstall
-Dcom.sun.aas.installRoot=C:\glassfish4\glassfish
-Dfelix.fileinstall.poll=5000
-Djava.endorsed.dirs=C:\glassfish4\glassfish/modules/endorsed;C:\glassfish4\glassfish/lib/endorsed
-Djava.security.policy=C:\glassfish4\glassfish\domains\domain1/config/server.policy
-Dosgi.shell.telnet.maxconn=1
-Dfelix.fileinstall.bundles.startTransient=true
-Dcom.sun.enterprise.config.config_environment_factory_class=com.sun.enterprise.config.serverbeans.AppserverConfigEnvironmentFactory
-Dfelix.fileinstall.log.level=2
-Dorg.glassfish.web.rfc2109_cookie_names_enforced=false
-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=C:\glassfish4\glassfish\domains\domain1/config/keystore.jks
-Djava.security.auth.login.config=C:\glassfish4\glassfish\domains\domain1/config/login.conf
-Dfelix.fileinstall.disableConfigSave=false
-Dfelix.fileinstall.bundles.new.start=true
-Dcom.sun.aas.instanceRoot=C:\glassfish4\glassfish\domains\domain1
-Dosgi.shell.telnet.port=6666
-Dgosh.args=--nointeractive
-Dcom.sun.enterprise.security.httpsOutboundKeyAlias=s1as
-Dosgi.shell.telnet.ip=127.0.0.1
-DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true
-Djava.awt.headless=true
-Dcom.ctc.wstx.returnNullForDefaultNamespace=true
-Djava.ext.dirs=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_05/lib/ext;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_05/jre/lib/ext;C:\glassfish4\glassfish\domains\domain1/lib/ext
-Djdbc.drivers=org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver
-Djava.library.path=C:/glassfish4/glassfish/lib;C:/ProgramData/Oracle/Java/javapath;C:/Windows/Sun/Java/bin;C:/Windows/System32;C:/Windows;C:/glassfish4/glassfish/ C:/Program Files/Dell/Dell Data Protection/Drivers/TSS/bin;C:/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Intuit/QBPOSSDKRuntime;C:/Program Files (x86)/QuickTime/QTSystem;D:/Bulletproof/bpMySql/bin;C:/glassfish4/glassfish
com.sun.enterprise.glassfish.bootstrap.ASMain
-upgrade
false
-domaindir
C:/glassfish4/glassfish/domains/domain1
-read-stdin
true
-asadmin-args
--host,,,localhost,,,--port,,,4848,,,--secure=false,,,--terse=false,,,--echo=false,,,--interactive=true,,,start-domain,,,--verbose=false,,,--watchdog=false,,,--debug=false,,,--domaindir,,,C:\glassfish4\glassfish\domains,,,domain1
-domainname
domain1
-instancename
server
-type
DAS
-verbose
false
-asadmin-classpath
C:/glassfish4/glassfish/lib/client/appserver-cli.jar
-debug
false
-asadmin-classname
com.sun.enterprise.admin.cli.AdminMain]]

 [2015-10-09T12:21:27.864-1000] [glassfish 4.1] [WARNING] [] [org.glassfish.grizzly.config.Utils] [tid: _ThreadID=17 _ThreadName=RunLevelControllerThread-1444429287050] [timeMillis: 1444429287864] [levelValue: 900] [[
  Instance could not be initialized. Class=interface org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.AddOn, name=http-listener-1, realClassName=org.glassfish.grizzly.http2.Http2AddOn]]

[2015-10-09T12:21:27.962-1000] [glassfish 4.1] [WARNING] [] [org.glassfish.grizzly.config.Utils] [tid: _ThreadID=17 _ThreadName=RunLevelControllerThread-1444429287050] [timeMillis: 1444429287962] [levelValue: 900] [[
  Instance could not be initialized. Class=interface org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.AddOn, name=http-listener-2, realClassName=org.glassfish.grizzly.http2.Http2AddOn]]

[2015-10-09T12:21:27.970-1000] [glassfish 4.1] [WARNING] [] [org.glassfish.grizzly.config.Utils] [tid: _ThreadID=17 _ThreadName=RunLevelControllerThread-1444429287050] [timeMillis: 1444429287970] [levelValue: 900] [[
  Instance could not be initialized. Class=interface org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.AddOn, name=admin-listener, realClassName=org.glassfish.grizzly.http2.Http2AddOn]]

[2015-10-09T12:21:31.120-1000] [glassfish 4.1] [WARNING] [] [org.glassfish.grizzly.config.Utils] [tid: _ThreadID=75 _ThreadName=pool-13-thread-1] [timeMillis: 1444429291120] [levelValue: 900] [[
  Instance could not be initialized. Class=interface org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.AddOn, name=http-listener-1, realClassName=org.glassfish.grizzly.http2.Http2AddOn]]

[2015-10-09T12:21:31.135-1000] [glassfish 4.1] [WARNING] [] [org.glassfish.grizzly.config.Utils] [tid: _ThreadID=75 _ThreadName=pool-13-thread-1] [timeMillis: 1444429291135] [levelValue: 900] [[
  Instance could not be initialized. Class=interface org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.AddOn, name=http-listener-2, realClassName=org.glassfish.grizzly.http2.Http2AddOn]]

[2015-10-09T12:21:37.895-1000] [glassfish 4.1] [WARNING] [] [javax.enterprise.system.container.web.com.sun.web.security] [tid: _ThreadID=48 _ThreadName=admin-listener(4)] [timeMillis: 1444429297895] [levelValue: 900] [[
  Context path from ServletContext:  differs from path from bundle: /]]

 [2015-10-09T12:22:46.963-1000] [glassfish 4.1] [WARNING] [] [javax.enterprise.web] [tid: _ThreadID=48 _ThreadName=admin-listener(4)] [timeMillis: 1444429366963] [levelValue: 900] [[
  StandardWrapperValve[FacesServlet]: Servlet.service() for servlet FacesServlet threw exception
java.lang.IllegalStateException: getOutputStream() has already been called for this response
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.Response.getWriter(Response.java:777)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.ResponseFacade.getWriter(ResponseFacade.java:224)
    at com.sun.faces.context.ExternalContextImpl.getResponseOutputWriter(ExternalContextImpl.java:851)
    at com.sun.faces.context.PartialViewContextImpl.createPartialResponseWriter(PartialViewContextImpl.java:504)
    at com.sun.faces.context.PartialViewContextImpl.access$300(PartialViewContextImpl.java:79)
    at com.sun.faces.context.PartialViewContextImpl$DelayedInitPartialResponseWriter.getWrapped(PartialViewContextImpl.java:642)
    at javax.faces.context.PartialResponseWriter.startDocument(PartialResponseWriter.java:120)
    at com.sun.faces.context.AjaxExceptionHandlerImpl.handlePartialResponseError(AjaxExceptionHandlerImpl.java:202)
    at com.sun.faces.context.AjaxExceptionHandlerImpl.handle(AjaxExceptionHandlerImpl.java:127)
    at javax.faces.context.ExceptionHandlerWrapper.handle(ExceptionHandlerWrapper.java:100)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:119)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:219)
    at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:659)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.service(StandardWrapper.java:1682)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:344)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:214)
    at com.sun.webui.jsf.util.UploadFilter.doFilter(UploadFilter.java:233)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:256)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:214)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:316)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:160)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:734)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doChainInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:678)
    at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebPipeline.invoke(WebPipeline.java:97)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:174)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.doService(CoyoteAdapter.java:416)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:283)
    at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper$HttpHandlerCallable.call(ContainerMapper.java:459)
    at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:167)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpHandler.runService(HttpHandler.java:206)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpHandler.doHandle(HttpHandler.java:180)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpServerFilter.handleRead(HttpServerFilter.java:235)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.ExecutorResolver$9.execute(ExecutorResolver.java:119)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.executeFilter(DefaultFilterChain.java:283)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.executeChainPart(DefaultFilterChain.java:200)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.execute(DefaultFilterChain.java:132)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.process(DefaultFilterChain.java:111)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.ProcessorExecutor.execute(ProcessorExecutor.java:77)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.nio.transport.TCPNIOTransport.fireIOEvent(TCPNIOTransport.java:536)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.AbstractIOStrategy.fireIOEvent(AbstractIOStrategy.java:112)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy.run0(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:117)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy.access$100(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:56)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy$WorkerThreadRunnable.run(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:137)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:591)
    at org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:571)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
]]

Answer 1

According to the following JIRA tickets:

• Cannot Create JDBC Resource or Connection Pool in Admin Console
• Cannot create JDBC Connection Pool

this is still an unresolved issue. Even though we can expect such things since Oracle abandoned a commercial support for Glassfish, it is still horrible that such basic functionality does not work.

However, if you are really desperate, there is a very nasty workaround. Glassfish arrives with a predefined JDBC pool DerbyPool that you probably won't need, unless you are dealing with Java DB. Feel free to edit it by changing Datasource classname to com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource and adjusting additional properties to point on MySQL Server instance. Prior to doing this hack, make sure that you put MySQL connector to the Glassfish's lib folder.

UPDATE

Just noticed that there is a Glassfish version that has been patched, it is called Payara and available for download here. According to the documentation, it is a GlassFish 4.1 clone, patched and further developed by the community.

Answer 2

I`ve just rolled back to the 4.1.0 from 4.1.1 - works fine. Realy insane bug of GlassFish :(

Answer 3

Have the same problem, and this will surely make me choose an other application servers, why not tomee, jboss, wildfly, ...

Anyway here is an other workarround, just paste this peace of xml into domain.xml (between the others connection pool)

<jdbc-connection-pool connection-validation-method="auto-commit" datasource-classname="com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource" wrap-jdbc-objects="false" res-type="javax.sql.DataSource" name="mysql_dbuser_rootPool">
      <property name="URL" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/ANYDB?zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull"></property>
      <property name="driverClass" value="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"></property>
      <property name="Password" value="THEPASS"></property>
      <property name="portNumber" value="3306"></property>
      <property name="databaseName" value="ANYDB"></property>
      <property name="User" value="THEUSER"></property>
      <property name="serverName" value="localhost"></property>
    </jdbc-connection-pool>

Hope that help