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Could not create resource instance in Tomcat, when trying to configure Application name in dynamic Manner using JNDI

I am using Tomcat 9 and trying to configure the name of application in dynamic manner using JNDI as shown in the below link.
https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/jndi-resources-howto.html
I did the below changes
Web.xml of Application
<resource-env-ref>
<resource-env-ref-name>moduleName</resource-env-ref-name>
<resource-env-ref-type>java.lang.String</resource-env-ref-type>
</resource-env-ref>
Tomcat Server
Context.xml
<ResourceLink auth="Container" global="Application_moduleName" name="moduleName" type="java.lang.String"/>
Server.xml
<GlobalNamingResources>
<Resource auth="Container" name="moduleName" override="false" type="java.lang.String" value="my-application"/>
</GlobalNamingResources>
Got the below Exception during application startup:
Mar 03, 2022 9:50:03 PM org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener createMBeans
SEVERE: Exception processing global JNDI Resources
javax.naming.NamingException: Could not create resource instance
at org.apache.naming.factory.FactoryBase.getObjectInstance(FactoryBase.java:98)
at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getObjectInstance(NamingManager.java:321)
at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:864)
at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:158)
at org.apache.naming.NamingContextBindingsEnumeration.nextElementInternal(NamingContextBindingsEnumeration.java:115)
at org.apache.naming.NamingContextBindingsEnumeration.next(NamingContextBindingsEnumeration.java:69)
at org.apache.naming.NamingContextBindingsEnumeration.next(NamingContextBindingsEnumeration.java:32)
at org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener.createMBeans(GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener.java:133)
at org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener.createMBeans(GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.mbeans.GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener.lifecycleEvent(GlobalResourcesLifecycleListener.java:82)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:123)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:423)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:366)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:920)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:772)
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:498)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:345)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:476)
Can anyone tell me what I am missing here.
Is there any other better way to pass application name in dynamic manner without using JNDI?
Thanks
Manzoor

Tomcat 9 JDK 14 "java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/ws/WebServiceRef"

I have a java web app that has been working normally with Netbeans 12 and Tomcat 9. However, I recently updated my JDK from 1.8.0 to 14.0.2 and now I get this error every time I try to run the project:
27-Jul-2020 23:29:47.565 SEVERE [http-nio-8080-exec-6] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart Exception starting filter [Tomcat WebSocket (JSR356) Filter]
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/ws/WebServiceRef
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.populateAnnotationsCache(DefaultInstanceManager.java:303)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:142)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:135)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:111)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:4481)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5121)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:740)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:716)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:703)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:620)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:491)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1644)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:300)
at java.management/com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:809)
at java.management/com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:801)
at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.check(ManagerServlet.java:1479)
at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.deploy(ManagerServlet.java:900)
at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.doGet(ManagerServlet.java:334)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:634)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:199)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:592)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.RequestFilterValve.process(RequestFilterValve.java:319)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteAddrValve.invoke(RemoteAddrValve.java:88)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:140)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:80)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:625)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:87)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:498)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:796)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1372)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1130)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:630)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:832)
I've added javax.xml.ws to my pom file with no luck:
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.xml.ws</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxws-api</artifactId>
<version>2.3.1</version>
</dependency>
I have also tried without success:
Using the jakarta version instead of javax in my pom
Adding the jaxws-api jar to Tomcat's lib folder
Switching to JDK 9, 10, 11, 13
Switching to Tomcat 8.5, 10
I can even import/reference the WebServiceRef class in my code without a compile error, so I know it's there. Why am I getting this error/how do I fix it?
I can post more details if needed.
EDIT:
I believe the error is in starting Tomcat and not in running my project. My project is able to build without error - it's only when it's being deployed that I get the error. I've downloaded the source for Tomcat and can indeed see the use of the WebServiceRef class. My thought is that since javax.xml.ws is no longer included in JDK 9+, Tomcat's code is throwing an error. I just don't know how to add the library for Tomcat to use - adding it to the lib folder didn't work.

I was finally able to resolve this by adding the following JARs to Tomcat's lib folder (JAX WS API and all its dependencies):
jaxws-api-2.3.1
jaxb-api-2.3.1
javax.xml.soap-api-1.4.0
javax.annotation-api-1.3.2
java.activation-api-1.2.0

the program works in windows server 2008 r2 but does not work in windows server 2012 r2

(Please note: if not appropriate to post here, grateful if the administrator help to remove it. Thanks)
Background: there is an application that deployed on tomcat 8 in windows server 2008 r2. Currently the server is running and the application runs properly. The team leader told us the application is written by a programmer who already resigned the company two years ago. The program does not have any code changes after the programmer's resignation.
For some reasons, we have to change (upgrade) windows server 2008 r2 to windows server 2012 r2.
The application requires java 1.7 and tomcat 8 to run, so we installed those software in windows server 2012 r2.
We copy the war file from windows server 2008 r2 and paste in windows server 2012 r2. After copy and paste the war file, we deploy the war file in tomcat web application manager (the same action in windows server 2008 r2).
Once we deploy the war file, we try to start the application. However, when we click the "Start" button, we wait for a while and the tomcat message displays "FAIL - Application at context path/path-name could not be started".
We checked the software version, and they are same as in windows server 2008 r2.
We get confused about the message because the war file works in the windows server 2008 r2.
We check the localhost.2017-07-13.log file and we notice there are some exception. We would like post the content of the log here.
13-Jul-2017 15:00:42.464 INFO [http-nio-8080-exec-8]
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext.log Initializing Spring root
WebApplicationContext
13-Jul-2017 15:00:43.214 SEVERE [http-nio-8080-exec-8]
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart Exception sending
context initialized event to listener instance of class
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean
with name 'dataSource' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-
INF/applicationContext.xml]: Error setting property values; nested exception
is org.springframework.beans.PropertyBatchUpdateException; nested
PropertyAccessExceptions (1) are:
PropertyAccessException 1:
org.springframework.beans.MethodInvocationException: Property
'driverClassName' threw exception; nested exception is
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not load JDBC driver class
[net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.app
lyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1279)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.pop
ulateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1010)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doC
reateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:472)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.r
un(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.cre
ateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(Abstra
ctBeanFactory.java:264)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingle
ton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(Abstract
BeanFactory.java:261)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBe
anFactory.java:185)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBe
anFactory.java:164)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstanti
ateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:429)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactory
Initialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:728)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractA
pplicationContext.java:380)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(Contex
tLoader.java:244)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextL
oader.java:187)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(Context
LoaderListener.java:49)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4729
)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5167
)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
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:945)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:466)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1556)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:300)
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.check(ManagerServlet.java:1460)
at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.upload(HTMLManagerServlet.java:289)
at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doPost(HTMLManagerServlet.java:210)
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:617)
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.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1521)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1478)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.PropertyBatchUpdateException; nested
PropertyAccessExceptions (1) are:
PropertyAccessException 1:
org.springframework.beans.MethodInvocationException: Property
'driverClassName' threw exception; nested exception is
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not load JDBC driver class
[net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver]
at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPro
pertyAccessor.java:104)
at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPro
pertyAccessor.java:59)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.app
lyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1276)
... 64 more
We don't understand is why the program works in windows server 2008 r2 but it does not work in windows server 2012 r2?
Currently we are still finding the source code of the program but from the log file, it mentioned about [/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml] and [net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver], we guess when we get the source code, we need to find the xml file and the driver, is it correct?
Grateful for your advice please. Thank you.
Edit
We just find the source code and we open the applicationContext.xml and there is a bean for net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver. Not sure why it does not work in windows server 2012 r2.
Here is code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
xmlns:jee="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-2.5.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.5.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee
http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee/spring-jee-2.5.xsd">
<bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor" />
<bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
<property name="driverClassName" value="net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver" />
<property name="url" value="jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://{host}:1433;DatabaseName=myDB" />
<property name="username" value="user" />
<property name="password" value="Password" />
</bean>
</beans>

You say (emphasis mine)
The application requires java 1.7 and tomcat 8 to run, so we installed
those software in windows server 2012 r2.
We copy the war file from windows server 2008 r2 and paste in windows
server 2012 r2. After copy and paste the war file, we deploy the war
file in tomcat web application manager (the same action in windows
server 2008 r2).
The error message says
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not load JDBC driver class
[net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver]
Means: You did not sufficiently reproduce the original implementation. As you might miss more than just this driver (it could just be the first to fail) I'm suggesting a full diff over both directories. Figure out what's deployed in both installations.
Hint: Tomcat has a global classpath in its lib directory, this contains code that every webapp can use.

Not able to run Spring MVC Web application after deploying on OpenShift Tomcat?

I like to know how to configure my spring mvc configuration xml file to get connected to openshift postgresql 9.2 database. I already made changes on tomcat configuration file of path .openshift/config directory.
Just want to know how can I make connection to the openshift postgresql 9.2 from my spring mvc application deployed on openshift tomcat gear.
Everytime i deploy war on openshift tomcat i get error:
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP
org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:672)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:357)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:334)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238)
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:264)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1201)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:986)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:933)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:851)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:953)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:844)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:620)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:829)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
root cause
java.util.NoSuchElementException
java.util.ArrayList$Itr.next(ArrayList.java:834)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.getJspAttribute(Validator.java:1385)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.checkXmlAttributes(Validator.java:1262)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.visit(Validator.java:876)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1538)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2377)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2429)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator$ValidateVisitor.visit(Validator.java:895)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$CustomTag.accept(Node.java:1538)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2377)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2429)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2435)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:474)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2377)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Validator.validateExDirectives(Validator.java:1841)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:217)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:373)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:353)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:340)
org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:657)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:357)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:334)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238)
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:264)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1201)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:986)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:933)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:851)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:953)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:844)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:620)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:829)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
What would be the reason for this?? whenever i run this war locally with local DB connection it run fine, but couldn't get what happens when i deploy on openshift tomcat?
In .openshift/config server.xml i have code under GlobalNamingResources tag is:
<Resource name="jdbc/postgresqldb" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource"
username="${env.OPENSHIFT_POSTGRESQL_DB_USERNAME}" password="${env.OPENSHIFT_POSTGRESQL_DB_PASSWORD}"
url="jdbc:postgresql://${env.OPENSHIFT_POSTGRESQL_DB_HOST}:${env.OPENSHIFT_POSTGRESQL_DB_PORT}/${env.OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME}"
driverClassName="org.postgresql.Driver" initialSize="5" maxWait="5000"
maxActive="120" maxIdle="5" validationQuery="select 1"
poolPreparedStatements="true">
</Resource>
and in .openshift/config context.xml under Context xml is:
<ResourceLink name="jdbc/postgresqldb" global="jdbc/postgresqldb" type="javax.sql.DataSource"/>
and in my spring mvc servlet-context.xml is:
<beans:bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean">
<beans:property name="jndiName" value="java:comp/env/jdbc/postgresqldb"/>
</beans:bean>

Check your JSP file for missing or wrong attributes values inside the html tags.
Spring MVC checks for well-formed html tags. If you missed fill any attributes or those attributes have wrong values, it won't run and will give you an error message related to JasperException.
I recommend using the spring tag namespace when using forms:
<%# taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form" %>
<form:input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Login" maxlength="10" size="10" path="" name="login"/>
Eclipse in this case is very helpful because if something is wrong it will tell you.

Error in Tomcat during Startup: DB name not found

While staring the Tomcat, I am getting the following error:
SEVERE: Exception looking up UserDatabase under key UserDatabase
javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name UserDatabase is not bound in this Context
at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:770)
at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:153)
at org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm.start(UserDatabaseRealm.java:253)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1049)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:463)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:525)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:754)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:595)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
Jul 6, 2012 4:32:25 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
SEVERE: Catalina.start:
LifecycleException: No UserDatabase component found under key UserDatabase
at org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm.start(UserDatabaseRealm.java:261)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1049)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:463)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:525)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:754)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:595)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
I used the same dB configuration before in Server.xml and Tomcat was working fine, but since last 2 days when I change the server and install a new copy, it's throwing this error.
The GlobalNamingResources defined in server.xml are as follows:
<GlobalNamingResources>
<Resource name="jdbc/abcdOracle" auth="Container"
type="javax.sql.DataSource"
maxActive="100" initialSize="5" maxWait="2000"
username="xxxxxx" password="xxxxxx"
driverClassName="oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver"
url="jdbc:oracle:thin:#xxxxxx.xxxxxx.net:1523:ABCDE"
validationQuery="select sysdate from dual"
validationInterval="30000"
testWhileIdle="true" testOnBorrow="true" testOnReturn="false"
removeAbandoned="true" logAbandoned="true"
removeAbandonedTimeout="60" />
</GlobalNamingResources>
Anyone have any hint how to solve this issue.
Thanks.

I've got this issue caused by XML syntax errors in my tomcat-users.xml. Though these erros are totally obvious, they took some time to be found out and fixed:
1. Invalid double quotes
Wrong: <role rolename=”manager-script”/>
Right: <role rolename="manager-script"/>
2. Missing close double quotes
Wrong: <user username="tomcat" password="tomcat" roles="manager-gui,manager-script/>
Right: <user username="tomcat" password="tomcat" roles="manager-gui,manager-script"/>
3. Missing close slash
Wrong: <role rolename="admin">
Right: <role rolename="admin"/>
4. Missing space between the attributes
Wrong: <user username="tomcat" password="tomcat"roles="manager-gui,manager-script"/>
Right: <user username="tomcat" password="tomcat" roles="manager-gui,manager-script"/>

You have removed the tomcat-users.xml from $CATALINA_BASE/conf which is registered in JNDI as UserDatabase by default.

I think you have removed below code from server.xml
<Resource name="UserDatabase" auth="Container"
type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"
description="User database that can be updated and saved"
factory="org.apache.catalina.users.MemoryUserDatabaseFactory"
pathname="conf/tomcat-users.xml" />
replace it

Error in /var/log/tomcat6/catalina.out:
GRAVE: Catalina.start:
LifecycleException: No UserDatabase component found under key UserDatabase
Verify the position of tomcat-users.xml:
# updatedb
# locate tomcat-users.xml
/etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml
Open the /etc/tomcat6/server.xml
and edit:
<Resource name="UserDatabase" auth="Container"
type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase"
description="User database that can be updated and saved"
factory="org.apache.catalina.users.MemoryUserDatabaseFactory"
pathname="conf/tomcat-users.xml" />
by inserting a correct path to tomcat-users.xml file. In my case is:
pathname="tomcat-users.xml"

This could also mean that you have an XML character in an attribute of your tomcat-users.xml file.
For example, I've seen this happen when I had a "<" character in the password field for a user in tomcat-users.xml
File excerpt:
/etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml
<role rolename="manager"/>
<user username="admin" password="<password" roles="manager"/>

In server.xml, the Resource element, or its parent GlobalNamingResources element isn't mandatory. You'll only have issues if you remove what the resources are accessing (e.g., tomcat-users.xml).
If you comment out the default GlobalNamingResources element, then make sure you scroll down in server.xml and remove the LockOutRealm as well. It uses the UserDatabase by default, specified in in the GlobalNamingResources.

Ensures that you have <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

In my case, after reviewing other solutions suggested before, I realized it was just a permissions issue. I just had to give ownership of the tomcat-users.xml file to the user running the tomcat process:
chown tomcat:tomcat $CATALINA_BASE/conf/tomcat-users.xml