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Spring Web Project failed to started in tomcat server environtment

I have found other stackoverflow questions similar to this one. I've tried to solving may problem from their answered. But it's not worked for my case....so i try to post a question here...
in my cases , I have compiled web project ( WAR ) using spring, zk and java. my workspace project is in my laptop. I'm using IDE Eclipse and Tomcat as a webserver.
before i deploy my war project to environment server , i've always try to deploy and running in may local eclipses and local tomcat.
everything running well in my laptop, but in server environment tomcat failed to started the application.
My Laptop using Win10 and :
**Tomcat**
version 8.5.61
**Java** :
java version "1.8.0_271"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_271-b09)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.271-b09, mixed mode)
My Server :
**Tomcat**
Version 8.5.29
**Java**
java version "1.8.0_51"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_51-b16)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.51-b03, mixed mode)
**OS**
Distributor ID: SUSE LINUX
Description: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
Release: 11
Codename: n/a
This is the error when deployed in server environment
2021-08-05 13:03:08.116 ERROR 18908 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.boot.SpringApplication : Application run failed
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Logback configuration error detected:
ERROR in ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender[FILE] - openFile(logs/spring.log,true) call failed. java.io.FileNotFoundException: logs/spring.log (Permission denied)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.LogbackLoggingSystem.loadConfiguration(LogbackLoggingSystem.java:169)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.AbstractLoggingSystem.initializeWithConventions(AbstractLoggingSystem.java:82)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.AbstractLoggingSystem.initialize(AbstractLoggingSystem.java:60)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.LogbackLoggingSystem.initialize(LogbackLoggingSystem.java:117)
at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.initializeSystem(LoggingApplicationListener.java:290)
at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.initialize(LoggingApplicationListener.java:263)
at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.onApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent(LoggingApplicationListener.java:226)
at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.onApplicationEvent(LoggingApplicationListener.java:199)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.doInvokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:172)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:165)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:139)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:127)
at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.environmentPrepared(EventPublishingRunListener.java:75)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.environmentPrepared(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:54)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.prepareEnvironment(SpringApplication.java:347)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:306)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.run(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:157)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.createRootApplicationContext(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:137)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.onStartup(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:91)
at org.springframework.web.SpringServletContainerInitializer.onStartup(SpringServletContainerInitializer.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5204)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:754)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:730)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:734)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:986)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1857)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$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$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
05-Aug-2021 13:03:08.123 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal ContainerBase.addChild: start:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/my-aceh]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:167)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:754)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:730)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:734)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:986)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1857)
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.IllegalStateException: Logback configuration error detected:
ERROR in ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender[FILE] - openFile(logs/spring.log,true) call failed. java.io.FileNotFoundException: logs/spring.log (Permission denied)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.LogbackLoggingSystem.loadConfiguration(LogbackLoggingSystem.java:169)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.AbstractLoggingSystem.initializeWithConventions(AbstractLoggingSystem.java:82)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.AbstractLoggingSystem.initialize(AbstractLoggingSystem.java:60)
at org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.LogbackLoggingSystem.initialize(LogbackLoggingSystem.java:117)
at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.initializeSystem(LoggingApplicationListener.java:290)
at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.initialize(LoggingApplicationListener.java:263)
at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.onApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent(LoggingApplicationListener.java:226)
at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.onApplicationEvent(LoggingApplicationListener.java:199)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.doInvokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:172)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:165)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:139)
at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:127)
at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.environmentPrepared(EventPublishingRunListener.java:75)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.environmentPrepared(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:54)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.prepareEnvironment(SpringApplication.java:347)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:306)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.run(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:157)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.createRootApplicationContext(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:137)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.onStartup(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:91)
at org.springframework.web.SpringServletContainerInitializer.onStartup(SpringServletContainerInitializer.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5204)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 10 more
05-Aug-2021 13:03:08.125 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR Error deploying web application archive [/opt/apache-tomcat_61010/webapps/my-aceh.war]
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/my-aceh]]
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:758)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:730)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:734)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:986)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1857)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$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$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
05-Aug-2021 13:03:08.126 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR Deployment of web application archive [/opt/apache-tomcat_61010/webapps/my-aceh.war] has finished in [7,127] ms
UPDATE 06/08/2021
after setting permission on spring.log , the message error failed to load component still come out.
06-Aug-2021 22:33:41.112 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR Error deploying web application archive [/opt/apache-tomcat_61010/webapps/my-aceh.war]
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/my-aceh]]
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:758)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:730)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:734)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:986)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1857)
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)
06-Aug-2021 22:33:41.113 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR Deployment of web application archive [/opt/apache-tomcat_61010/webapps/my-aceh.war] has finished in [7,127] ms
thank u for your support...

As you can see in your logs files, Spring can not create the file logs/spring.log (relative to the server's working directory). Unless your system administrator changed the usual permissions on a Tomcat installation:
$CATALINA_BASE/logs is writable by Tomcat, but
there is no guarantee that the OS working directory of the server is $CATALINA_BASE, although often it is.
To be on the safe side and don't depend on Tomcat's working directory, use the Java system property catalina.base to define the path of the log file:
logging.file.name=${catalina.base:.}/logs/spring.log
The fallback . is used when you start your application in an embedded Tomcat.
Remark: Since you use the default spring.log file name, you can also delete the logging.file.name property an configure just a path:
logging.file.path=${catalina.base:.}/logs

From the stacktrace it seems like tomcat is trying to create a file under logs/spring.log in the tomcat directory which the using running tomcat not has access to. See (Permission denied) in the stacktrace.
You could create this file and give write access for the user running tomcat.

Some reasons may happen:
Check if you have permission to read the spring.log file or not this is the most obvious reason for java.io.FileNotFoundException: (Access is denied) exception so immediately provide read, write and execute permission to the log file and try again.
Or check if some other process is using that file This could be another possible reason for java.io.FileNotFoundException: (Access is denied).

Debugging Vaadin 14 in Tomcat [duplicate]

I'm working on a web application based in java which is correctly running in local with Jetty but I can't deploy a War version on a linux server with Tomcat. I get in the Catalina.out file : error in opening zip file.
I read a lot of topics about this error (permissions, corrupted jar files...) but none helps me. How to find more explanations or details about this error ?
Here is the stack trace :
18-Jan-2016 10:39:01.036 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load Initialization processed in 1663 ms
18-Jan-2016 10:39:01.109 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal Starting service Catalina
18-Jan-2016 10:39:01.109 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/8.0.30
18-Jan-2016 10:39:01.168 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR Deploying web application archive /opt/tomcat/webapps/UserInterface-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war
18-Jan-2016 10:39:02.235 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal ContainerBase.addChild: start:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/UserInterface-1.0-SNAPSHOT]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
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$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1795)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$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: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [org.apache.catalina.webresources.StandardRoot#6da9455d]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:4928)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5058)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 10 more
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to initialize component [org.apache.catalina.webresources.JarResourceSet#6e366f32]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:106)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:139)
at org.apache.catalina.webresources.StandardRoot.startInternal(StandardRoot.java:699)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 13 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file
at org.apache.catalina.webresources.JarResourceSet.initInternal(JarResourceSet.java:96)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:102)
... 16 more
Caused by: java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:219)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:149)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:166)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:103)
at org.apache.catalina.webresources.JarResourceSet.initInternal(JarResourceSet.java:88)
... 17 more
Thanks,

possible reasons for this issue are:
1. your application/WEB-INF/lib may contain duplicate jar
2. improper permission to application or application/WEB-INF/lib

This issue is mainly because of the corrupted JARS in your deployment war file.
unzip <artifact-name>.war
find <artifact-folder> -name "*jar" | xargs -L 1 zip -T | grep error | grep invalid
This lists the corrupted JARS in the console.
Once you find the corrupted JARS, either manually replaces the JARS in the lib folder or Create a new build and deploy it.

I meet the similar issue. "Caused by: java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file", I deleted .m2/repository folder, regenerator the war, and then fixed.

I also got the same issue .it happens because corrupted jars.
solution: remove the corrupted jar and replace it again from the correct jar.create the new WAR File

tomee won't start from within eclipse

I installed apache-tomee-plume-7.1.0 from https://tomee.apache.org/
I installed eclipse-jee from https://www.eclipse.org/ using the installation tool.
In eclipse I added a new tomcat v8.5 server since eclipse told me that was the installed version.
When starting the server from within eclipse, I get an error-message like this:
'Starting tomcat v8.5 Server at localhost' has encountered a problem.
Server Tomcat v8.5 Server at localhost failed to start.
In the console it says:
SEVERE: A child container failed during start
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[]]
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:941)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:872)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1421)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1411)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:167)
... 6 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.apache.openejb.util.proxy.LocalBeanProxyFactory$Unsafe
at org.apache.openejb.util.proxy.LocalBeanProxyFactory.createProxy(LocalBeanProxyFactory.java:137)
at org.apache.openejb.util.proxy.LocalBeanProxyFactory.createProxy(LocalBeanProxyFactory.java:147)
at org.apache.tomee.catalina.TomcatWebAppBuilder.eagerInitOfLocalBeanProxies(TomcatWebAppBuilder.java:1563)
at org.apache.tomee.catalina.TomcatWebAppBuilder.startInternal(TomcatWebAppBuilder.java:1309)
at org.apache.tomee.catalina.TomcatWebAppBuilder.configureStart(TomcatWebAppBuilder.java:1125)
at org.apache.tomee.catalina.GlobalListenerSupport.lifecycleEvent(GlobalListenerSupport.java:133)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:94)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5154)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 6 more
There are some more errors but I think the NoClassDefFoundError might be the main problem... am I right?
Any help is appreciated.

I ended up using another version of tomee.
Switched to version: apache-tomee-plume-8.0.0-M3
This solved my issues.

Both version of TomEE, witch is Apache TomEE plume 8.0.0-M3 and Apache Tomee plume 7.1.0, it seems to run without error, both started from prompt and also from Eclipse plugin. However try to unpacked them in an directory whose name does not contain the space character.

How to solve exception [Error loading application.groovy due to [java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException]: 0] when deploying war?

How to solve exception occurred on war deployment to production mode
Development in Grails 3.1.8, Java 8
Deployment on Linux CentOS 7 and Tomcat 8.5.9 server.
Please find the error log from catalina.out
18-Mar-2018 20:29:21.953 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal ContainerBase.addChild: start:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/application]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:153)
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 java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.grails.core.exceptions.GrailsConfigurationException: Error loading application.groovy due to [java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException]: 0
at org.grails.core.cfg.GroovyConfigPropertySourceLoader.load(GroovyConfigPropertySourceLoader.groovy:72)
at org.grails.core.cfg.GroovyConfigPropertySourceLoader.load(GroovyConfigPropertySourceLoader.groovy:45)
at org.springframework.boot.env.PropertySourcesLoader.load(PropertySourcesLoader.java:127)
at org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigFileApplicationListener$Loader.loadIntoGroup(ConfigFileApplicationListener.java:462)
at org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigFileApplicationListener$Loader.load(ConfigFileApplicationListener.java:449)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:307)
at grails.boot.GrailsApp.run(GrailsApp.groovy:55)
at org.springframework.boot.context.web.SpringBootServletInitializer.run(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:149)
at org.grails.boot.context.web.GrailsAppServletInitializer.createRootApplicationContext(GrailsAppServletInitializer.groovy:57)
at org.springframework.boot.context.web.SpringBootServletInitializer.onStartup(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:85)
at org.springframework.web.SpringServletContainerInitializer.onStartup(SpringServletContainerInitializer.java:169)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5292)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
... 10 more
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0
at sun.font.CompositeFont.getSlotFont(CompositeFont.java:333)
at sun.font.CompositeGlyphMapper.initMapper(CompositeGlyphMapper.java:81)
at sun.font.CompositeGlyphMapper.<init>(CompositeGlyphMapper.java:62)
at sun.font.CompositeFont.getMapper(CompositeFont.java:391)
at sun.font.CompositeFont.canDisplay(CompositeFont.java:417)
at java.awt.Font.canDisplay(Font.java:1980)
at com.octo.captcha.component.image.fontgenerator.RandomFontGenerator.checkFontCanDisplayCharacters(RandomFontGenerator.java:207)
at com.octo.captcha.component.image.fontgenerator.RandomFontGenerator.cleanFontList(RandomFontGenerator.java:163)
at com.octo.captcha.component.image.fontgenerator.RandomFontGenerator.initializeFonts(RandomFontGenerator.java:79)
at com.octo.captcha.component.image.fontgenerator.RandomFontGenerator.<init>(RandomFontGenerator.java:69)
at org.grails.core.cfg.GroovyConfigPropertySourceLoader.load(GroovyConfigPropertySourceLoader.groovy:61)
... 34 more

Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0
at sun.font.CompositeFont.getSlotFont(CompositeFont.java:333)
This looks like some fonts are missing, or maybe none is installed. Compare the output of fc-command between your dev environment and your prod. This command might not be here by default and you need to install it too.
This post might help, as we don't know which distro you are running.

Can't deploy YouTrack on Tomcat 7 (org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException)

I'm trying to install YouTrack. I installed Tomcat 7 and that works fine (I'm able to load localhost:8080). Now I'm trying to deploy YouTrack. I followed the instructions on their website:
Deploy youtrack-xx.war in Tomcat servlet container:
If you run Tomcat (e.g. as a Windows service), stop Tomcat instance before deploying YouTrack.
Save youtrack-xx.war in the $TOMCAT_HOME$/webapps directory. Rename youtrack-xx.war file as required before deploying. In the
further examples we assume that the YouTrack servlet name is set to
youtrack.war.
Start Apache Tomcat and check whether YouTrack is set up correctly and is available (in a web browser navigate to
http://yourserver:<Tomcat port>/youtrack).
At step 3. I can't access YouTrack. I get a 404. If I go to the management site of Tomcat, it says that the Running state of YouTrack is false. If I click Start, it will display this error message:
FAIL - Application at context path /youtrack could not be started
FAIL - Encountered exception org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException:
Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/youtrack]]
I looked at logs/catalina.out and this is the full error:
Information: Deploying web application directory /usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0.50/webapps/youtrack
Feb 02, 2014 3:19:26 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase addChildInternal
Schwerwiegend: ContainerBase.addChild: start:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/youtrack]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:634)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:1230)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDirectory.run(HostConfig.java:1876)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/xml/DOMConfigurator
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Class.java:2397)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Class.java:1806)
at org.apache.catalina.util.Introspection.getDeclaredFields(Introspection.java:106)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadFieldsAnnotation(WebAnnotationSet.java:263)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationServletAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:142)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:67)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationAnnotationsConfig(ContextConfig.java:407)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:883)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:378)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5343)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 10 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1702)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1547)
... 24 more
Feb 02, 2014 3:19:26 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
Schwerwiegend: Error deploying web application directory /usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0.50/webapps/youtrack
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/youtrack]]
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:904)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:634)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:1230)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDirectory.run(HostConfig.java:1876)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
It looks like some classes are missing, but the one that is referenced in the error does actually exist:
$TOMCAT$/webapps/youtrack/org/apache/log4j/xml:

Do you have a brand new Tomcat installation, or are there some modifications made in terms of %TOMCAT%\lib folder content? Could this be the case that you have the issue described under Update in this comment: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8832023/469159?