NoClassDefFoundError while starting up jetty Server

Question

I am trying to host my webapp (spring) in jetty server. I copied my war file to the 'webapp' folder in the jetty server. I am not trying to embed the jetty server, but trying to host the app within the jetty (like tomcat).

I dint install jetty, I just downloaded the jetty7 zip and extracted to get the server.

I need to set this up in 3 linux machines. In One machine the server is starting up just fine.No issues.

But in the other two, when the Server is starting up it is showing the following error.

2013-04-24 18:52:59.540:INFO::started o.e.j.w.WebAppContext{/cpewebapp,file:/tmp/jetty-0.0.0.0-9080-cpewebapp.war-_cpewebapp-any-/webapp/},/home/manooja/jetty-hightide-7.4.0.v20110414/webapps/cpewebapp.war
2013-04-24 18:52:59.648:WARN::FAILED spring: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/web/context/support/DefaultWebEnvironment
2013-04-24 18:52:59.648:WARN::FAILED o.e.j.w.WebAppContext{/cpewebapp,file:/tmp/jetty-0.0.0.0-9080-cpewebapp.war-_cpewebapp-any-/webapp/},/home/manooja/jetty-hightide-7.4.0.v20110414/webapps/cpewebapp.war: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/web/context/support/DefaultWebEnvironment
2013-04-24 18:52:59.649:WARN::Unable to reach node goal: started
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/web/context/support/DefaultWebEnvironment
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.(HttpServletBean.java:90)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.(FrameworkServlet.java:96)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.(DispatcherServlet.java:128)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:525)
    at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:372)
    at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:325)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler$Context.createServlet(ServletContextHandler.java:606)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.newInstance(ServletHolder.java:748)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.initServlet(ServletHolder.java:426)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.doStart(ServletHolder.java:260)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:58)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:763)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.startContext(ServletContextHandler.java:245)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1158)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:587)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:436)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:58)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.bindings.StandardStarter.processBinding(StandardStarter.java:36)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.AppLifeCycle.runBindings(AppLifeCycle.java:180)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.requestAppGoal(DeploymentManager.java:482)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.addApp(DeploymentManager.java:135)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider.fileAdded(ScanningAppProvider.java:137)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider$1.fileAdded(ScanningAppProvider.java:50)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.reportAddition(Scanner.java:601)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.reportDifferences(Scanner.java:531)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:394)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.doStart(Scanner.java:329)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:58)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider.doStart(ScanningAppProvider.java:114)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:58)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.startAppProvider(DeploymentManager.java:543)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.doStart(DeploymentManager.java:218)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:58)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AggregateLifeCycle.doStart(AggregateLifeCycle.java:41)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:50)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:94)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:253)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:58)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration$1.run(XmlConfiguration.java:1220)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:1143)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:477)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.start(Main.java:623)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.parseCommandLine(Main.java:273)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.main(Main.java:81)
Caused by: 
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.context.support.DefaultWebEnvironment
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:423)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppClassLoader.loadClass(WebAppClassLoader.java:420)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppClassLoader.loadClass(WebAppClassLoader.java:373)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.(HttpServletBean.java:90)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.(FrameworkServlet.java:96)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.(DispatcherServlet.java:128)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:525)
    at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:372)
    at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:325)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler$Context.createServlet(ServletContextHandler.java:606)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.newInstance(ServletHolder.java:748)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.initServlet(ServletHolder.java:426)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.doStart(ServletHolder.java:260)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:58)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:763)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.startContext(ServletContextHandler.java:245)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1158)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:587)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:436)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:58)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.bindings.StandardStarter.processBinding(StandardStarter.java:36)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.AppLifeCycle.runBindings(AppLifeCycle.java:180)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.requestAppGoal(DeploymentManager.java:482)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.addApp(DeploymentManager.java:135)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider.fileAdded(ScanningAppProvider.java:137)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider$1.fileAdded(ScanningAppProvider.java:50)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.reportAddition(Scanner.java:601)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.reportDifferences(Scanner.java:531)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:394)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.doStart(Scanner.java:329)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:58)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider.doStart(ScanningAppProvider.java:114)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:58)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.startAppProvider(DeploymentManager.java:543)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.doStart(DeploymentManager.java:218)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:58)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AggregateLifeCycle.doStart(AggregateLifeCycle.java:41)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:50)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:94)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:253)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:58)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration$1.run(XmlConfiguration.java:1220)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:1143)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:477)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.start(Main.java:623)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.parseCommandLine(Main.java:273)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.main(Main.java:81)
2013-04-24 18:52:59.654:INFO::Deployable added: /home/manooja/jetty-hightide-7.4.0.v20110414/webapps/root
2013-04-24 18:52:59.849:INFO::started o.e.j.w.WebAppContext{/,file:/home/manooja/jetty-hightide-7.4.0.v20110414/webapps/root/},/home/manooja/jetty-hightide-7.4.0.v20110414/webapps/root
2013-04-24 18:52:59.861:INFO::Deployment monitor /home/manooja/jetty-hightide-7.4.0.v20110414/contexts at interval 1
2013-04-24 18:52:59.950:INFO::Started [email protected]:9080 STARTING

Kindly note that the default port have been changed to 9080.

I have an inkling that it might be some configuration change, as it is working fine in one machine. Could you please help me with a guidance to solve this?

java -jar start.jar --version

    Active Options: [Server, client, ext, jmx, jsp, resources, websocket]
    Version Information on 25 entries in the classpath.
    Note: order presented here is how they would appear on the classpath.
          changes to the OPTIONS=[option,option,...] command line option will be reflected here.
     0:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jetty-xml-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
     1:  3.0.0.v201112011016 | ${jetty.home}/lib/servlet-api-3.0.jar
     2:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jetty-http-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
     3:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jetty-continuation-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
     4:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jetty-server-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
     5:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jetty-security-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
     6:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jetty-servlet-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
     7:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jetty-webapp-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
     8:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jetty-deploy-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
     9:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jetty-client-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
    10:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jetty-jmx-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
    11:  2.2.0.v201303151357 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jsp/com.sun.el-2.2.0.v201303151357.jar
    12:  2.2.0.v201303151357 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jsp/javax.el-2.2.0.v201303151357.jar
    13:  1.2.0.v201105211821 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jsp/javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-1.2.0.v201105211821.jar
    14:  2.2.0.v201112011158 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jsp/javax.servlet.jsp-2.2.0.v201112011158.jar
    15:  2.2.2.v201112011158 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jsp/org.apache.jasper.glassfish-2.2.2.v201112011158.jar
    16:  1.2.0.v201112081803 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jsp/org.apache.taglibs.standard.glassfish-1.2.0.v201112081803.jar
    17: 3.8.2.v20130121-145325 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jsp/org.eclipse.jdt.core-3.8.2.v20130121.jar
    18:                (dir) | ${jetty.home}/resources
    19:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/websocket/websocket-api-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
    20:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/websocket/websocket-common-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
    21:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/websocket/websocket-server-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
    22:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/websocket/websocket-servlet-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
    23:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jetty-util-9.0.2.v20130417.jar
    24:      9.0.2.v20130417 | ${jetty.home}/lib/jetty-io-9.0.2.v20130417.jar

dir ./WEB-INF/lib/

antlr-2.7.6.jar
aopalliance-1.0.jar
bcprov-jdk15on-148.jar
c3p0-0.9.1.jar
commons-collections-3.2.1.jar
commons-dbcp-1.3.jar
commons-lang-2.6.jar
commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
commons-pool-1.5.4.jar
cpewebapp.jar
displaytag-1.2.jar
dom4j-1.6.1.jar
gson-1.6.jar
hibernate-commons-annotations-3.2.0.Final.jar
hibernate-core-3.6.4.Final.jar
hibernate-entitymanager-3.6.4.Final.jar
hibernate-jpa-2.0-api-1.0.0.Final.jar
hibernate-validator-4.2.0.Final.jar
jackson-core-asl-1.8.0.jar
jackson-mapper-asl-1.8.0.jar
javassist-3.12.0.GA.jar
json.jar
jta.jar
log4j-1.2.16.jar
servlet-2.3.jar
slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar
slf4j-log4j12-1.6.1.jar
spring-aop-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-asm-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-beans-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-context-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-context-support-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-core-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-expression-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-jdbc-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-ldap-core-1.3.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-ldap-core-tiger-1.3.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-orm-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-oxm-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-security-config-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-security-core-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-security-ldap-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-security-web-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-tx-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-web-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
spring-webmvc-3.1.0.M1.jar
spring-web-servlet-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar
sqlite-jdbc-3.7.2.jar
velocity-1.6.2.jar
velocity-tools-view-2.0.jar

Answer 1

As Stevie pointed out in the comments, the issue was an additional Jar file which got into the war.

I removed the Jar, in my case spring-webmvc-3.1.0.M1.jar, from WEB-INF/lib and restarted jetty.It started up fine.

This went unnoticed as it dint show up during compile/build time (got the jar ordered in eclipse), nor did it showed up in the first machine i deployed.

Many thanks for the help.