Re: AW: Windows Installation: System error

Felix,

There should be a fully populated anthill.registry in the downloadable 
zip file anthill is distributed in. I would start by taking that one.

-- Eric

Felix Kollmann wrote:

>Hi,
>
>the .war file is in place - I used the web interface to install anthill.
>
>@Eric: 1) the file is empty 2) unfortunately there is no difference
>
>cu
>Felix
>
>
>
>
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: Res Pons [mailto:[email protected]] 
>
>I don't know how important this is: Also don't forget to drop anthill.war 
>under tomcat/webapps/
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: Eric Minick <[email protected]>
>
>Felix,
>
>I am not sure what the problem is, but I do have two questions to get 
>started with.
>1) Could you share the contents of the file: 
>w:\anthill\projects\anthill.registry?
>2) Is Tomcat running as a service? If so, do you have the same problem when 
>running tomcat from the batch files?
>
>Thanks,
>Eric
>
>Felix Kollmann wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I installed Anthill v1.8.3 on a Tomcat 5.5 on Win2k3 Server system. When 
>>opening the Anthill page the request for entering the Anthill home 
>>directory comes up. After entering the correct path I receive a page 
>>containing nothing more than "System error" and a back-link.
>>
>>I have been able to reproduce the problem even on a Tomcat 4.1 . The 
>>property file exists and does correctly contain the path: w\:\\anthill .
>>
>>Anybody had the same problem and solved it?
>>
>>Kind Regards
>>Felix
>>
>>
>>
>>BTW: The stdout logs show the following:
>>
>>
>>Anthill: looking for file: C:\Dokumente und 
>>Einstellungen\Administrator\.anthill.anthill.properties
>>Anthill root dir: w:\anthill
>>java.lang.NullPointerException
>>	at com.urbancode.anthill.AnthillConfig.<init>(AnthillConfig.java:73)
>>	at com.urbancode.anthill.Anthill.initialize(Anthill.java:466)
>>	at com.urbancode.anthill.Anthill.<init>(Anthill.java:150)
>>	at com.urbancode.anthill.Anthill.getAnthill(Anthill.java:111)
>>	at 
>>com.urbancode.anthill.web.admin.AnthillBaseServlet.processRequest0(AnthillBaseServlet.java:93)
>>	at 
>>com.urbancode.anthill.web.admin.AnthillBaseServlet.doGet(AnthillBaseServlet.java:114)
>>	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689)
>>	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:831)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:639)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1196)
>>	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
>>16:46:48:875 [http-80-1] ERROR 
>>org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/anthill].[jsp] 
>> - Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception
>>java.lang.Exception: ANTHILL singleton construction error.
>>	at com.urbancode.anthill.Anthill.<init>(Anthill.java:133)
>>	at com.urbancode.anthill.Anthill.getAnthill(Anthill.java:104)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.jsp.style.anthillStyle_jsp._jspService(anthillStyle_jsp.java:46)
>>	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97)
>>	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:332)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
>>	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)
>>	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:831)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:639)
>>	at 
>>org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1196)
>>	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
>>
>>
>>
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