Jboss Failed to instantiate class "org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.PeriodicRotatingFileHandle

Question

When I tried jbosseap6.3 install as service. I got below error. Anyone have any idea on the below error. Any one shed light means it is very helpful for me.

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Failed to instantiate class "org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.PeriodicRotatingFileHandler" for handler "FILE"
    at org.jboss.logmanager.config.AbstractPropertyConfiguration$ConstructAction.validate(AbstractPropertyConfiguration.java:119)
    at org.jboss.logmanager.config.LogContextConfigurationImpl.doPrepare(LogContextConfigurationImpl.java:338)
    at org.jboss.logmanager.config.LogContextConfigurationImpl.prepare(LogContextConfigurationImpl.java:291)
    at org.jboss.logmanager.config.LogContextConfigurationImpl.commit(LogContextConfigurationImpl.java:300)
    at org.jboss.logmanager.PropertyConfigurator.configure(PropertyConfigurator.java:542)
    at org.jboss.logmanager.PropertyConfigurator.configure(PropertyConfigurator.java:97)
    at org.jboss.as.logging.logmanager.ConfigurationPersistence.configure(ConfigurationPersistence.java:149)
    at org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager.readConfiguration(LogManager.java:300)
    at org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager.readConfiguration(LogManager.java:262)
    at java.util.logging.LogManager$3.run(LogManager.java:399)
    at java.util.logging.LogManager$3.run(LogManager.java:396)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.util.logging.LogManager.readPrimordialConfiguration(LogManager.java:396)
    at java.util.logging.LogManager.access$800(LogManager.java:145)
    at java.util.logging.LogManager$2.run(LogManager.java:345)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.util.logging.LogManager.ensureLogManagerInitialized(LogManager.java:338)
    at java.util.logging.LogManager.getLogManager(LogManager.java:378)
    at org.jboss.modules.Main.main(Main.java:443)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:408)
    at org.jboss.logmanager.config.AbstractPropertyConfiguration$ConstructAction.validate(AbstractPropertyConfiguration.java:117)
    ... 18 more
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\jboss-eap-6.3\standalone\log\server.log (The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:213)
    at org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.FileHandler.setFile(FileHandler.java:154)
    at org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.PeriodicRotatingFileHandler.setFile(PeriodicRotatingFileHandler.java:105)
    at org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.FileHandler.setFileName(FileHandler.java:192)
    at org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.FileHandler.<init>(FileHandler.java:122)
    at org.jboss.logmanager.handlers.PeriodicRotatingFileHandler.<init>(PeriodicRotatingFileHandler.java:73)
    ... 23 more
Shutdown JBossEAP6.3.0 service [2015-05-29 09:58:27]

Answer 1

Right click the installation directory of Jboss EA (mine is C:\program files\EAP6.1, then Properties, Security tab. Given everyone permissions on this folder (all users you can see just give full control). This should then be able to create logs etc files within the required folder. This is just a workaround though only works for local installs.

Answer 2

Try to start jBoss server as administrator by pressing right mouse key, it will permit jboss to create all folders and files .

Answer 3

I had the same issue, it worked after running it on root, maybe you are running it without the proper rights.