start script problem

[Norman Dignard]

Can someone tell me why my start script is not starting tomcat on bootup? It starts fine by root or init3 calling the script but not on a full system bootup. I downgraded tomcat 5.5 to 5.0.28 due to compatibility problems with our app. This is on a HPUX 11.31 IA64 system.

Below are the contents and file settings:
root@nesaweb/homeroot #ps -ef |grep tomcat
root@nesaweb/homeroot #ps -ef |grep java
root 3458 3049 1 14:36:40 ttyp1 0:00 grep java



ll /etc/rc.config.d/tomcat
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 519 Jul 3 14:05 tomcat

In /etc/rc.config.d/tomcat
# Tomcat Servlet Container configuration file

# Set TOMCAT_START to 1 to have the Tomcat servlet-container started
# by the init process.
TOMCAT_START=1

# Set TOMCAT_HOME to the location of the Tomcat servlet-container.
# Default is /opt/hpws/tomcat
TOMCAT_HOME=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28

# Set JAVA_HOME to the location of the java installation.
# It is required by Tomcat.
# Default is /opt/java1.5
# Set it to /opt/java1.4 when using the compatibility package to run Tomcat
# with JDK 1.4
JAVA_HOME=/opt/java1.4

ll /sbin/init.d/tomcat
-r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 2642 Jul 3 14:08 tomcat

ll ../rc2.d/K180tomcat
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root sys 19 Jun 13 11:42 ../rc2.d/K180tomcat -> /sbin/init.d/tomcat


ll ../rc3.d/S890tomcat
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root sys 19 Jun 13 11:43 S890tomcat -> /sbin/init.d/tomcat

In /sbin/init.d/tomcat
#!/sbin/sh
# set -x
#
# @(#) $Revision: 82.1 $
#
# NOTE: This script is not configurable! Any changes made to this
# script will be overwritten when you upgrade to the next
# release of HP-UX.
#
# WARNING: Changing this script in any way may lead to a system that
# is unbootable. Do not modify this script.

#
# The Tomcat script is for used for starting up the Tomcat servlet
# container by default at boot-up time.
# Configurable options are:
# JAVA_HOME
# TOMCAT_HOME
# TOMCAT_START
# These options can be supplied in /etc/rc.config.d/tomcat file.
#

# Allowed exit values:
# 0 = success; causes "OK" to show up in checklist.
# 1 = failure; causes "FAIL" to show up in checklist.
# 2 = skip; causes "N/A" to show up in the checklist.
# Use this value if execution of this script is overridden
# by the use of a control variable, or if this script is not
# appropriate to execute for some other reason.
# 3 = reboot; causes the system to be rebooted after execution.
# 4 = background; causes "BG" to show up in the checklist.
# Use this value if this script starts a process in background mode.

# Input and output:
# stdin is redirected from /dev/null
#
# stdout and stderr are redirected to the /etc/rc.log file
# during checklist mode, or to the console in raw mode.

export PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin

# Assume "excluded"
rval=2

# source the system configuration variables
if [ -f /etc/rc.config.d/tomcat ] ; then
. /etc/rc.config.d/tomcat
else
echo "ERROR: /etc/rc.config.d/tomcat defaults file MISSING"
fi

export JAVA_HOME TOMCAT_HOME

# run Tomcat with nohup
export JAVA_WRAPPER=nohup

case $1 in
'start_msg')
echo "Starting Tomcat-based Servlet Engine"
;;

'stop_msg')
echo "Stopping Tomcat-based Servlet Engine."
;;

'start')
# Check to see if Tomcat needs to be run...
if [ $TOMCAT_START -ne 1 ]; then
if [ $rval -ne 0 ]; then
rval=2
fi
else
# Execute the commands to start your subsystem
$TOMCAT_HOME/bin/startup.sh 1>/dev/null 2>&1

if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "ERROR: Could not start Tomcat."
else
rval=0
echo "Tomcat Started."
fi
fi
;;

'stop')
# Check to see if Tomcat needs to be shutdown...
if [ $TOMCAT_START -ne 1 ]; then
if [ $rval -ne 0 ]; then
rval=2
fi
else
# Execute the commands to stop Tomcat
$TOMCAT_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh 1>/dev/null 2>&1
rval=0
fi
;;

*)
echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|start_msg|stop_msg}"
rval=1
;;
esac

exit $rval

[Ninad_1]

Have you checked the /etc/rc.log file for any errors during startup/system bootup ?

Regards,
Ninad

[Norman Dignard]

Yes I checked the rc.log file and all it states is "tomcat started".

[OldSchool]

what is the contents of $TOMCAT_HOME/bin/startup.sh?

[Norman Dignard]

Haven't changed the tomcat startup.sh script
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 971 Jun 21 11:55 startup.sh

startup.sh has the following:
#!/bin/sh
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Start Script for the CATALINA Server
#
# $Id: startup.sh,v 1.3 2002/08/04 18:19:43 patrickl Exp $
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

# resolve links - $0 may be a softlink
PRG="$0"

while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
if expr "$link" : '.*/.*' > /dev/null; then
PRG="$link"
else
PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`/"$link"
fi
done

PRGDIR=`dirname "$PRG"`
EXECUTABLE=catalina.sh
DISPLAY=:0; export DISPLAY
JAVA_HOME=/opt/java1.4; export JAVA_HOME
CATALINA_HOME=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28;export CATALINA_HOME
SHLIB_PATH=/opt/arweb/WEB-INF/lib; export SHLIB_PATH

# Check that target executable exists
if [ ! -x "$PRGDIR"/"$EXECUTABLE" ]; then
echo "Cannot find $PRGDIR/$EXECUTABLE"
echo "This file is needed to run this program"
exit 1
fi

exec "$PRGDIR"/"$EXECUTABLE" start "$@"

[Geoff Wild]

My Tomcat looks like this:

root@sha1 [ /sbin/init.d ]
# cat hpws_tomcat
#!/sbin/sh
#
# @(#) $Revision: 82.1 $
#
# NOTE: This script is not configurable! Any changes made to this
# script will be overwritten when you upgrade to the next
# release of HP-UX.
#
# WARNING: Changing this script in any way may lead to a system that
# is unbootable. Do not modify this script.

#
# The Tomcat script is for used for starting up the Tomcat servlet
# container by default at boot-up time.
# Configurable options are:
# JAVA_HOME
# HPWS_TOMCAT_HOME
# HPWS_TOMCAT_START
# These options can be supplied in /etc/rc.config.d/hpws_tomcatconf file.
#

# Allowed exit values:
# 0 = success; causes "OK" to show up in checklist.
# 1 = failure; causes "FAIL" to show up in checklist.
# 2 = skip; causes "N/A" to show up in the checklist.
# Use this value if execution of this script is overridden
# by the use of a control variable, or if this script is not
# appropriate to execute for some other reason.
# 3 = reboot; causes the system to be rebooted after execution.
# 4 = background; causes "BG" to show up in the checklist.
# Use this value if this script starts a process in background mode.

# Input and output:
# stdin is redirected from /dev/null
#
# stdout and stderr are redirected to the /etc/rc.log file
# during checklist mode, or to the console in raw mode.

export PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin

# Assume "excluded"
rval=2

# source the system configuration variables
if [ -f /etc/rc.config ] ; then
. /etc/rc.config
else
echo "ERROR: /etc/rc.config defaults file MISSING"
fi

export JAVA_HOME HPWS_TOMCAT_HOME

# run Tomcat with nohup
export JAVA_WRAPPER=nohup

case $1 in
'start_msg')
echo "Starting HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine"
;;

'stop_msg')
echo "Stopping HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine."
;;

'start')
# Check to see if Tomcat needs to be run...
if [ $HPWS_TOMCAT_START -ne 1 ]; then
if [ $rval -ne 0 ]; then
rval=2
fi
else
# Execute the commands to start your subsystem
$HPWS_TOMCAT_HOME/bin/startup.sh 1>/dev/null 2>&1

if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "ERROR: Could not start Tomcat."
else
rval=0
echo "Tomcat Started."
fi
fi
;;

'stop')
# Check to see if Tomcat needs to be shutdown...
if [ $HPWS_TOMCAT_START -ne 1 ]; then
if [ $rval -ne 0 ]; then
rval=2
fi
else
# Execute the commands to stop Tomcat
$HPWS_TOMCAT_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh 1>/dev/null 2>&1
rval=0
fi
;;

*)
echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|start_msg|stop_msg}"
rval=1
;;
esac

exit $rval

# ll /sbin/*/*tom*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 2609 Oct 7 2005 /sbin/init.d/hpws_tomcat
lrwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 24 Apr 18 10:25 /sbin/rc2.d/K177hpws_tomcat -> /sbin/init.d/hpws_tomcat
lrwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 24 Apr 18 10:25 /sbin/rc3.d/S823hpws_tomcat -> /sbin/init.d/hpws_tomcat



Rgds...Geoff

[Ralph Grothe]

Hi Norman,

I don't know if the excerpt of the init script you provided is complete, nor whether I have missed something.
But what boggles me is that you first have this assignment

# Assume "excluded"
rval=2

and then a little further down, without rval being reassigned, in the start) match of the case block you have this conditional

if [ $rval -ne 0 ]; then
rval=2
fi
else
# Execute the commands to start your subsystem
$TOMCAT_HOME/bin/startup.sh 1>/dev/null 2>&1


Could look like you have a premature exit here.

[Norman Dignard]

As for the init script, all I did was take HP's init script from their default install of tomcat and striped out the HP and HPWS_ references. 0ther then that its as out-of-the-box as it gets.

I also tried using a basic script as seen below which also starts tomcat fine as root or doing an init 3 but again it does not start on bootup. I went back to using HP's tomcat init script to try and figure it out.

#!/sbin/sh

case $1 in
'start_msg')
echo "Starting Tomcat-based Servlet Engine"
;;

'stop_msg')
echo "Stopping Tomcat-based Servlet Engine"
;;

'start')
# Execute the commands to start your subsystem
if [ -f /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/startup.sh ]; then
/usr/bin/su - root -c "/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/startup.sh" 1>/dev/null 2>&1
else
echo "Tomcat Start script not found"
fi
;;

'stop')
# Execute the commands to stop Tomcat

if [ -f /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/shutdown.sh ]; then
/usr/bin/su - root -c "/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/shutdown.sh 1>/dev/null 2>&1"
else
echo "Tomcat Stop script not found"
fi
;;

*)
echo "usage: 'basename $0 {start|stop}"
;;

esac

[Geoff Wild]

Change:

if [ -f /etc/rc.config.d/tomcat ] ; then
. /etc/rc.config.d/tomcat
else
echo "ERROR: /etc/rc.config.d/tomcat defaults file MISSING"
fi


To:

if [ -f /etc/rc.config ] ; then
. /etc/rc.config
else
echo "ERROR: /etc/rc.config defaults file MISSING"
fi



Rgds...Geoff

[Norman Dignard]

Changing /etc/rc.config.d/tomcat to /etc/rc.config did not make a difference.
Tomcat still does not start on bootup as java process created by tomcat is not there.

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

I recommend to send the output of the start commands not to /dev/null but to logfiles, like
...
$TOMCAT_HOME/bin/startup.sh >/tmp/tomcat.startout 2>/tmp/tomcat.starterr
...

mfG Peter

[Geoff Wild]

I agree with Peter - try to get some more log info.

This is starting to sound like tomcat needs something else running prior to starting - hence it works fine after you login and start manuall....maybe make it the last thing that starts?

Rgds...Geoff

[Norman Dignard]

tomcat is the last thing to start before CDE.
As for redirecting stnd err & out, DId that and nothing reported in the log files.

[Geoff Wild]

Okay - this is starting to tick me off....time to get down and dirty...

Let us start checking logic in the script...

Cahnge

$TOMCAT_HOME/bin/startup.sh 1>/dev/null 2>&1

To

$TOMCAT_HOME/bin/nosuchfile.sh 1>/dev/null 2>&1


Does it FAIL now on startup?

If it does, then the logic is ok and the issue maybe the actual startup.sh script - if it doesn't then the logic in the /sbin/init.d script is messed up somewhere.


Rgds...Geoff

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

you can also try it the other way round:
Call the startscript at the shell level and look for the logfile after this.
If they contain something, your startup anchor may not be correct.

mfG Peter

[Norman Dignard]

Hi Guru's - Someones tick'd. Well join the crowd. I've been trying to solve this for 2 weeks.

I changed the tomcat init script to point to a no-exixtant file and tomcat startup fails with the msg "can't find file".

I added
in /sbin/init.d/tomcat
set -x > /tmp/tom.log 2>&1
and in start section:
$TOMCAT_HOME/bin/startup.sh 1>/tmp/tom.out 2>/tmp/tom.err
(nothing gets reported in tom.out and tom.err has the same on bootup to cmd line start. See below)

in /opt/jakata-tomcat-5.0.28.bin/startup.sh
set -x > /tmp/tomstart.log 2>&1
exec "$PRGDIR"/"$EXECUTABLE" start "$@" 1>/tmp/tomstart1.log 2>&1

(tomstart1 has the same on bootup to cmd line start. See below)

in /opt/jakata-tomcat-5.0.28.bin/catalina.sh
set -x > /tmp/catstart.log 2>&1

and in run section
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap "$@" start 1>/tmp/catrun.log 2>&1

(nothbing logged both catrun and catstart in both cmdline and bootup start)


Running >tomcat start gives to the console

+ export PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin
+ rval=2
+ [ -f /etc/rc.config.d/tomcat ]
+ . /etc/rc.config.d/tomcat
+ TOMCAT_START=1
+ TOMCAT_HOME=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28
+ JAVA_HOME=/opt/java1.4
+ export JAVA_HOME TOMCAT_HOME
+ export JAVA_WRAPPER=nohup
+ [ 1 -ne 1 ]
+ /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/startup.sh
+ 1> /tmp/tom.out 2> /tmp/tom.err
+ [ 0 -ne 0 ]
+ rval=0
+ echo Tomcat Started.
Tomcat Started.
+ exit 0


# tom.err logs:
+ PRG=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/startup.sh
+ [ -h /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/startup.sh ]
+ + dirname /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/startup.sh
PRGDIR=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin
+ EXECUTABLE=catalina.sh
+ DISPLAY=:0
+ export DISPLAY
+ JAVA_HOME=/opt/java1.4
+ export JAVA_HOME
+ CATALINA_HOME=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28
+ export CATALINA_HOME
+ SHLIB_PATH=/opt/arweb/WEB-INF/lib
+ export SHLIB_PATH
+ [ ! -x /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/catalina.sh ]
+ exec /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/catalina.sh start
+ 1> /tmp/tomstart1.log 2>& 1


# tomstart1.log logs:
+ cygwin=false
+ os400=false
+ uname
+ PRG=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/catalina.sh
+ [ -h /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/catalina.sh ]
+ + dirname /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/catalina.sh
PRGDIR=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin
+ [ -z /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28 ]
+ [ -r /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/setenv.sh ]
+ false
+ false
+ [ -r /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/setclasspath.sh ]
+ BASEDIR=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28
+ . /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/setclasspath.sh
+ [ -z /opt/java1.4 ]
+ false
+ [ ! -x /opt/java1.4/bin/java -o ! -x /opt/java1.4/bin/jdb -o ! -x /opt/java1.4/bin/javac ]
+ [ -z /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28 ]
+ [ ! -x /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/setclasspath.sh ]
+ JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/common/endorsed
+ CLASSPATH=/opt/java1.4/lib/tools.jar
+ JIKESPATH=
+ uname -s
+ [ HP-UX = Darwin ]
+ _RUNJAVA=/opt/java1.4/bin/java
+ [ false = false ]
+ _RUNJDB=/opt/java1.4/bin/jdb
+ _RUNJAVAC=/opt/java1.4/bin/javac
+ [ -n ]
+ CLASSPATH=/opt/java1.4/lib/tools.jar:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/jakarta-tom
cat-5.0.28/bin/commons-logging-api.jar
+ [ -z ]
+ CATALINA_BASE=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28
+ [ -z ]
+ CATALINA_TMPDIR=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/temp
+ false
+ echo Using CATALINA_BASE: /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28
Using CATALINA_BASE: /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28
+ echo Using CATALINA_HOME: /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28
Using CATALINA_HOME: /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28
+ echo Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/temp
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/temp
+ echo Using JAVA_HOME: /opt/java1.4
Using JAVA_HOME: /opt/java1.4
+ [ start = jpda ]
+ [ start = debug ]
+ [ start = run ]
+ [ start = start ]
+ shift
+ touch /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/logs/catalina.out
+ [ = -security ]
+ [ ! -z ]
+ /opt/java1.4/bin/java -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/common/endorsed -classpath /
opt/java1.4/lib/tools.jar:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bin/bootstrap.jar:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/bi
n/commons-logging-api.jar -Dcatalina.base=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28 -Dcatalina.home=/opt/jakarta-to
mcat-5.0.28 -Djava.io.tmpdir=/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/temp org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap s
tart
+ 1>> /opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/logs/catalina.out 2>& 1

# Nothing recorded in catalina.log on bootup
# On cmd line startup catalina.out records:
Jul 6, 2007 9:24:59 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
Jul 6, 2007 9:25:00 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 6225 ms
Jul 6, 2007 9:25:00 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Jul 6, 2007 9:25:00 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.0.28
Jul 6, 2007 9:25:01 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start
INFO: XML validation disabled
Jul 6, 2007 9:25:01 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost getDeployer
INFO: Create Host deployer for direct deployment ( non-jmx )
Jul 6, 2007 9:25:01 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostDeployer install
INFO: Processing Context configuration file URL file:/opt/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28/
conf/Catalina/localhost/admin.xml
Jul 6, 2007 9:25:06 AM org.apache.struts.util.PropertyMessageResources
INFO: Initializing, config='org.apache.struts.util.LocalStrings', returnNull=tru
e
Jul 6, 2007 9:25:06 AM org.apache.struts.util.PropertyMessageResources
INFO: Initializing, config='org.apache.struts.action.ActionResources', returnNul
l=true

# Also tomcat's localhostxxx.txt log records the following but nothing on a reboot.

2007-07-06 09:25:14 StandardContext[/balancer]org.apache.webapp.balancer.Balance
rFilter: init(): ruleChain: [org.apache.webapp.balancer.RuleChain: [org.apache.w
ebapp.balancer.rules.URLStringMatchRule: Target string: News / Redirect URL: htt
p://www.cnn.com], [org.apache.webapp.balancer.rules.RequestParameterRule: Target
param name: paramName / Target param value: paramValue / Redirect URL: http://w
ww.yahoo.com], [org.apache.webapp.balancer.rules.AcceptEverythingRule: Redirect
URL: http://jakarta.apache.org]]
2007-07-06 09:25:24 StandardContext[/jsp-examples]ContextListener: contextInitia
lized()
2007-07-06 09:25:24 StandardContext[/jsp-examples]SessionListener: contextInitia
lized()
2007-07-06 09:25:25 StandardContext[/servlets-examples]ContextListener: contextI
nitialized()
2007-07-06 09:25:25 StandardContext[/servlets-examples]SessionListener: contextI
nitialized()

[Gaston Martin]

I'm facing the same problem...

One thing you can try is to set the logging properties to ALL, in order to see all messages in the Log.