JBPM 6.1 Final with Jboss Wildfly - failed to start .WeldStartService

Question

I tried running the JBoss server(Wildfly 8.1.0 Final) rolled out with jbpm 6.1 and could not get it running the jbpm-console.war, it has been very annoying, as the installation goes smoothly without any issues and no changes were made to any configurations, so I guess it should deploy normally.

This is the issue I am running into

2015-01-21 11:33:45,252 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-7) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.unit."jbpm-console.war".WeldStartService: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit."jbpm-console.war".WeldStartService: Failed to start service
        at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1904) [jboss-msc-1.2.2.Final.jar:1.2.2.Final]
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_25]
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_25]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_25]
    Caused by: org.jboss.weld.exceptions.DeploymentException: Exception List with 1 exceptions:
    Exception 0 :
    org.jboss.weld.exceptions.WeldException: WELD-000049: Unable to invoke public void org.kie.workbench.backend.AppSetup.assertPlayground() on org.kie.workbench.backend.AppSetup@35604eeb
        at org.jboss.weld.injection.producer.DefaultLifecycleCallbackInvoker.invokeMethods(DefaultLifecycleCallbackInvoker.java:91)
        at org.jboss.weld.injection.producer.DefaultLifecycleCallbackInvoker.postConstruct(DefaultLifecycleCallbackInvoker.java:72)
        at org.jboss.weld.injection.producer.BasicInjectionTarget.postConstruct(BasicInjectionTarget.java:95)
        at org.jboss.weld.injection.producer.BeanInjectionTarget.postConstruct(BeanInjectionTarget.java:63)
        at org.jboss.weld.bean.ManagedBean.create(ManagedBean.java:162)
        at org.jboss.weld.context.AbstractContext.get(AbstractContext.java:96)
        at org.jboss.weld.bean.proxy.ContextBeanInstance.getInstance(ContextBeanInstance.java:98)
        at org.jboss.weld.bean.proxy.ProxyMethodHandler.invoke(ProxyMethodHandler.java:78)
        at org.kie.workbench.backend.AppSetup$Proxy$_$$_WeldClientProxy.toString(Unknown Source)
        at org.uberfire.commons.services.cdi.StartupBeanExtension.runPostConstruct(StartupBeanExtension.java:83)
        at org.uberfire.commons.services.cdi.StartupBeanExtension.afterDeploymentValidation(StartupBeanExtension.java:67)
        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:483)
        at org.jboss.weld.injection.MethodInjectionPoint.invokeOnInstanceWithSpecialValue(MethodInjectionPoint.java:93)
        at org.jboss.weld.event.ObserverMethodImpl.sendEvent(ObserverMethodImpl.java:266)
        at org.jboss.weld.event.ExtensionObserverMethodImpl.sendEvent(ExtensionObserverMethodImpl.java:125)
        at org.jboss.weld.event.ObserverMethodImpl.sendEvent(ObserverMethodImpl.java:253)
        at org.jboss.weld.event.ObserverMethodImpl.notify(ObserverMethodImpl.java:232)
        at org.jboss.weld.event.ObserverNotifier.notifyObserver(ObserverNotifier.java:169)
        at org.jboss.weld.event.ObserverNotifier.notifyObservers(ObserverNotifier.java:128)
        at org.jboss.weld.event.ObserverNotifier.fireEvent(ObserverNotifier.java:102)
        at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.events.AbstractContainerEvent.fire(AbstractContainerEvent.java:63)
        at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.events.AbstractDeploymentContainerEvent.fire(AbstractDeploymentContainerEvent.java:35)
        at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.events.AfterDeploymentValidationImpl.fire(AfterDeploymentValidationImpl.java:28)
        at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.WeldStartup.validateBeans(WeldStartup.java:396)
        at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.WeldBootstrap.validateBeans(WeldBootstrap.java:85)
        at org.jboss.as.weld.WeldStartService.start(WeldStartService.java:93)
        at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1948)
        at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1881)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
    Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        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:483)
        at org.jboss.weld.injection.producer.DefaultLifecycleCallbackInvoker.invokeMethods(DefaultLifecycleCallbackInvoker.java:89)
        ... 33 more
    Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.uberfire.backend.server.organizationalunit.OrganizationalUnitServiceImpl.addRepository(OrganizationalUnitServiceImpl.java:153)
        at org.uberfire.backend.server.organizationalunit.OrganizationalUnitServiceImpl$Proxy$_$$_WeldClientProxy.addRepository(Unknown Source)
        at org.jbpm.console.ng.bd.backend.server.AdministrationServiceImpl.bootstrapRepository(AdministrationServiceImpl.java:157)
        at org.jbpm.console.ng.bd.backend.server.AdministrationServiceImpl$Proxy$_$$_WeldClientProxy.bootstrapRepository(Unknown Source)
        at org.kie.workbench.backend.AppSetup.assertPlayground(AppSetup.java:104)
        ... 38 more

        at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.events.AbstractDeploymentContainerEvent.fire(AbstractDeploymentContainerEvent.java:37)
        at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.events.AfterDeploymentValidationImpl.fire(AfterDeploymentValidationImpl.java:28)
        at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.WeldStartup.validateBeans(WeldStartup.java:396)
        at org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.WeldBootstrap.validateBeans(WeldBootstrap.java:85)
        at org.jboss.as.weld.WeldStartService.start(WeldStartService.java:93)
        at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1948) [jboss-msc-1.2.2.Final.jar:1.2.2.Final]
        at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1881) [jboss-msc-1.2.2.Final.jar:1.2.2.Final]
        ... 3 more

finally at the very end

JBAS014777: Services which failed to start:service jboss.deployment.unit."jbpm-console.war".WeldStartService

The server won't start no matter what.

There have been many instances of this issue reported here and here but non of these issues have proper solutions. Any ideas on how to fix this issue ?

My environment is :

• Windows 8
• Java 1.8
• Eclipse Luna
• Jboss Wildfly 8.1 Final
• Using the default H2 database

Answer 1

The error that you are experiencing is because you are trying to start wildfly without being connected to the internet or with an intermittent connection. Remember that jBPM is a community project so you guys can help with the documentation to make it better.
Try by removing the .niogit (hidden) directory that is created inside your wildfly/bin/ directory and try to start it again.
If you want to start without the demo repository, because you are offline or you cannot get online, you can do that by setting a flag that is well described in the documentation. Section: 3.6.1. Playgrounds

-Dorg.kie.demo=false