NullPointerException at startup

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to TomEE, I just downloaded and installed 8.0.14 (I know 9 is out,
but I need to develop for a 1.8 JDK). I'm seeing this exception on start:

19-Apr-2023 14:56:35.080 SEVERE [main]
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke Error deploying web application
directory [/opt/Apache/tomcat/apache-tomee-plus-8.0.14/webapps/ROOT]
        java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error starting child
                at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:729)
                at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:698)
                at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:696)
                at
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:1184)
                at
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDirectory.run(HostConfig.java:1932)
                at
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
                at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
                at
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
                at
java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:112)
                at
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:1094)
                at
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:476)
                at
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1617)
                at
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:318)
                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.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:943)
                at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:835)
                at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
                at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1393)
                at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1383)
                at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
                at
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
                at
java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:134)
                at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:916)
                at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:265)
                at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
                at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:430)
                at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
                at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:930)
                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:347)
                at
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:478)
        Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start
component
[StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[]]
                at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.handleSubClassException(LifecycleBase.java:440)
                at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:198)
                at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:726)
                ... 37 more
        Caused by: java.util.ServiceConfigurationError:
org.eclipse.microprofile.config.spi.ConfigSource: Provider
org.apache.tomee.microprofile.config.TomEEConfigSource could not be
instantiated
                at java.util.ServiceLoader.fail(ServiceLoader.java:232)
                at
java.util.ServiceLoader.access$100(ServiceLoader.java:185)
                at
java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.nextService(ServiceLoader.java:384)
                at
java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.next(ServiceLoader.java:404)
                at java.util.ServiceLoader$1.next(ServiceLoader.java:480)
                at java.lang.Iterable.forEach(Iterable.java:74)
                at
org.apache.geronimo.config.DefaultConfigBuilder.build(DefaultConfigBuilder.java:130)
                at
org.apache.geronimo.config.DefaultConfigProvider.getConfig(DefaultConfigProvider.java:62)
                at
org.apache.geronimo.config.DefaultConfigProvider.getConfig(DefaultConfigProvider.java:46)
                at
org.eclipse.microprofile.config.ConfigProvider.getConfig(ConfigProvider.java:93)
                at
org.apache.geronimo.microprofile.opentracing.config.OpenTracingConfigMpConfigImpl.<init>(OpenTracingConfigMpConfigImpl.java:29)
                at
org.apache.geronimo.microprofile.opentracing.config.GeronimoOpenTracingConfig.create(GeronimoOpenTracingConfig.java:26)
                at
org.apache.geronimo.microprofile.opentracing.microprofile.server.ServletTracingSetup.onStartup(ServletTracingSetup.java:32)
                at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5211)
                at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
                ... 38 more
        Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
                at
org.apache.openejb.util.AppFinder.findAppContextOrWeb(AppFinder.java:28)
                at
org.apache.tomee.microprofile.config.TomEEConfigSource.<init>(TomEEConfigSource.java:35)
                at
sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
                at
sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
                at
sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
                at
java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
                at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:442)
                at
java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.nextService(ServiceLoader.java:380)
                ... 50 more
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Kevin Huntly
Email: [email protected]
Cell: 716/424-3311
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