kie workbench deploy war not working (tomcat)

Question

I have downloaded the kie workbench and extracted kie-drools-wb-distribution-wars-6.2.0.Final-tomcat7.war. I've never used tomcat before, but I wanted to use the workbench and there didn't appear to be an option for the workbench to simply spin itself up. Consequently, I installed tomcat 8. After doing this I accessed the tomcat manager and deployed the war. (I had to increase the memory limit on acceptable file sizes)

I now have /kie-drools-wb-distribution-wars-6.2.0.Final-tomcat7 listed as an application, but it won't start. When I try to start it I get the following:

FAIL - Application at context path /kie-drools-wb-distribution-wars-6.2.0.Final-tomcat7 could not be started
FAIL - Encountered exception org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/kie-drools-wb-distribution-wars-6.2.0.Final-tomcat7]]

This is the catalina log file:

01-Apr-2015 18:51:54.136 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig Parse error in context.xml for /kie-drools-wb-distribution-wars-6.2.0.Final-tomcat7
 org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; systemId: file:/opt/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/kie-drools-wb-distribution-wars-6.2.0.Final-tomcat7/META-INF/context.xml; lineNumber: 17; columnNumber: 81; Error at (17, 81) : bitronix.tm.integration.tomcat55.BTMLifecycleListener
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:1914)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:1946)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1187)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:509)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(AbstractXMLDocumentParser.java:182)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1343)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2786)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:606)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:510)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:848)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:777)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:141)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1213)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:649)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1457)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig(ContextConfig.java:541)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.contextConfig(ContextConfig.java:500)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.init(ContextConfig.java:731)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:316)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:402)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:110)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:139)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:725)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:701)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:717)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:940)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1738)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    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.ClassNotFoundException: bitronix.tm.integration.tomcat55.BTMLifecycleListener
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.ObjectCreateRule.begin(ObjectCreateRule.java:116)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1184)
    ... 31 more

01-Apr-2015 18:51:54.138 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processContextConfig Occurred at line 17 column 81
01-Apr-2015 18:51:55.349 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart Marking this application unavailable due to previous error(s)
01-Apr-2015 18:51:55.362 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal Error getConfigured
01-Apr-2015 18:51:55.383 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal Context [/kie-drools-wb-distribution-wars-6.2.0.Final-tomcat7] startup failed due to previous errors
01-Apr-2015 18:51:55.412 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR Deployment of web application archive /opt/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/kie-drools-wb-distribution-wars-6.2.0.Final-tomcat7.war has finished in 1,348 ms
01-Apr-2015 18:51:55.414 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory /opt/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/manager
01-Apr-2015 18:51:55.675 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory /opt/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/manager has finished in 260 ms
01-Apr-2015 18:51:55.675 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory /opt/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/examples
01-Apr-2015 18:51:56.046 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory /opt/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/examples has finished in 371 ms
01-Apr-2015 18:51:56.047 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory /opt/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/ROOT
01-Apr-2015 18:51:56.067 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory /opt/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/ROOT has finished in 21 ms
01-Apr-2015 18:51:56.068 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory /opt/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/docs
01-Apr-2015 18:51:56.080 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory /opt/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/docs has finished in 11 ms
01-Apr-2015 18:51:56.082 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory /opt/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/host-manager
01-Apr-2015 18:51:56.101 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory /opt/apache-tomcat-8.0.21/webapps/host-manager has finished in 20 ms
01-Apr-2015 18:51:56.107 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.start Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-8080"]
01-Apr-2015 18:51:56.127 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.start Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-nio-8009"]
01-Apr-2015 18:51:56.132 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start Server startup in 2193 ms
01-Apr-2015 18:52:51.433 WARNING [http-nio-8080-exec-4] org.apache.catalina.deploy.NamingResourcesImpl.cleanUp Failed to retrieve JNDI naming context for container [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/kie-drools-wb-distribution-wars-6.2.0.Final-tomcat7]] so no cleanup was performed for that container
 javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name [comp/env] is not bound in this Context. Unable to find [comp].
    at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:818)
    at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:166)
    at org.apache.catalina.deploy.NamingResourcesImpl.cleanUp(NamingResourcesImpl.java:993)
    at org.apache.catalina.deploy.NamingResourcesImpl.stopInternal(NamingResourcesImpl.java:975)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.stop(LifecycleBase.java:232)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stopInternal(StandardContext.java:5403)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.stop(LifecycleBase.java:232)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:141)
    at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.start(ManagerServlet.java:1293)
    at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.start(HTMLManagerServlet.java:673)
    at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doPost(HTMLManagerServlet.java:221)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:648)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:291)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.catalina.filters.CsrfPreventionFilter.doFilter(CsrfPreventionFilter.java:213)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.catalina.filters.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:108)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:219)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:106)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:614)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:142)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:79)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:610)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:88)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:518)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1091)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:668)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11NioProtocol.java:223)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1517)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1474)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

I looks like there is some sort of parse error in context.xml. However, since this is an unmodified of code downloaded directly from drools, I don't understand what could be wrong with it.

Answer 1

After your .war file gets exploded by tomcat you wil need to cd into /kie-drools-wb-distribution-wars-6.2.0.Final-tomcat7 directory. There is a README.txt file in there which provides further installation notes:

1. Install bitronix transaction manager into your tomcat

2. Create configuration files inside TOMCAT_HOME/conf

   • btm-config.properties

3. Define system properties for btm.root, bitronix config file, JBoss logging provider and others.

4. Configure JEE security for kie-wb on tomcat (with default realm backed by tomcat-users.xml)

(list elements were copy pasted from README.txt) Follow the instructions in there and it should work. I think the error you are getting is related with step 1 and bitronix transaction manager.

hope that helps