Problem with update from 12.9 to 12.10.2

I tried to update a XWki 12.9 instance (hsqldb, not very big, 10 Users, Ubuntu 16, Java 1.8.0_275) to the latest 12.10.2. I stopped the server, moved the server to the new position and startet. Following errors occurred and the Server won’t start:

Log Summary

Jan 16 15:54:38 servername systemd[1]: Started XWiki System Service.
Jan 16 15:54:39 servername start_xwiki.sh[14920]: Starting Jetty on port 8080, please wait…
Jan 16 15:54:40 servername start_xwiki.sh[14920]: 2021-01-16 15:54:40.374:WARN:oejx.XmlConfiguration:main: Config error at | | | /logs/yyyy_mm_dd.output.logfalse90GMT| | java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException in file:///srv/xwiki/xwiki-platform-distribution-jetty-hsqldb-12.10.2/jetty/etc/jetty-logging.xml
Jan 16 15:54:40 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=254/n/a
Jan 16 15:54:40 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jan 16 15:54:40 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Jan 16 15:54:41 servername start_xwiki.sh[14964]: An XWiki lock file exists at /var/tmp/xwiki-8080.lck but no XWiki is executing. Removing lock file…
Jan 16 15:54:41 servername start_xwiki.sh[14964]: Starting Jetty on port 8080, please wait…
Jan 16 15:54:40 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Jan 16 15:54:40 servername systemd[1]: Stopped XWiki System Service.
Jan 16 15:54:40 servername systemd[1]: Started XWiki System Service.
Jan 16 15:54:41 servername start_xwiki.sh[14964]: 2021-01-16 15:54:41.721:WARN:oejx.XmlConfiguration:main: Config error at | | | /logs/yyyy_mm_dd.output.logfalse90GMT| | java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException in file:///srv/xwiki/xwiki-platform-distribution-jetty-hsqldb-12.10.2/jetty/etc/jetty-logging.xml
Jan 16 15:54:41 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=254/n/a
Jan 16 15:54:41 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jan 16 15:54:41 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Jan 16 15:54:41 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Jan 16 15:54:41 servername systemd[1]: Stopped XWiki System Service.
Jan 16 15:54:41 servername systemd[1]: Started XWiki System Service.
Jan 16 15:54:41 servername start_xwiki.sh[15012]: Starting Jetty on port 8080, please wait…
Jan 16 15:54:42 servername start_xwiki.sh[15012]: 2021-01-16 15:54:42.856:WARN:oejx.XmlConfiguration:main: Config error at | | | /logs/yyyy_mm_dd.output.logfalse90GMT| | java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException in file:///srv/xwiki/xwiki-platform-distribution-jetty-hsqldb-12.10.2/jetty/etc/jetty-logging.xml
Jan 16 15:54:42 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=254/n/a
Jan 16 15:54:42 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jan 16 15:54:42 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Jan 16 15:54:43 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Jan 16 15:54:43 servername systemd[1]: Stopped XWiki System Service.
Jan 16 15:54:43 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: Starting Jetty on port 8080, please wait…
Jan 16 15:54:43 servername systemd[1]: Started XWiki System Service.
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: 2021-01-16 15:54:44.150:WARN:oejx.XmlConfiguration:main: Config error at | | | /logs/yyyy_mm_dd.output.logfalse90GMT| | java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException in file:///srv/xwiki/xwiki-platform-distribution-jetty-hsqldb-12.10.2/jetty/etc/jetty-logging.xml
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: 2021-01-16 15:54:44.155:WARN:oejx.XmlConfiguration:main:
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: java.security.PrivilegedActionException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:1878)
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:218)
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.start(Main.java:491)
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.main(Main.java:77)
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: Caused by:
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15056]: at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=254/n/a
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername systemd[1]: Stopped XWiki System Service.
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername systemd[1]: Started XWiki System Service.
Jan 16 15:54:44 servername start_xwiki.sh[15100]: Starting Jetty on port 8080, please wait…
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername start_xwiki.sh[15100]: 2021-01-16 15:54:45.426:WARN:oejx.XmlConfiguration:main: Config error at | | | /logs/yyyy_mm_dd.output.logfalse90GMT| | java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException in file:///srv/xwiki/xwiki-platform-distribution-jetty-hsqldb-12.10.2/jetty/etc/jetty-logging.xml
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername start_xwiki.sh[15100]: 2021-01-16 15:54:45.429:WARN:oejx.XmlConfiguration:main:
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername start_xwiki.sh[15100]: java.security.PrivilegedActionException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername start_xwiki.sh[15100]: at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername start_xwiki.sh[15100]: at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:1878)
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername start_xwiki.sh[15100]: at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername start_xwiki.sh[15100]: at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=254/n/a
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername systemd[1]: Stopped XWiki System Service.
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername systemd[1]: Failed to start XWiki System Service.
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jan 16 15:54:45 servername systemd[1]: xwiki.service: Failed with result ‘start-limit-hit’.

I downgraded to 12.9 and all works fine on the server.

After that, I downloaded the whole database-Directory, tried the same on a Windows 10, Java “openjdk version “14.0.2” 2020-07-14” and all works fine. The server started, update works and the server is in a usable state.

Does anyone have any ideas where I could look for a solution to this problem?

Hi,

According to the log you pasted, the error is coming from a configuration error in file file:///srv/xwiki/xwiki-platform-distribution-jetty-hsqldb-12.10.2/jetty/etc/jetty-logging.xml, see:

15:54:45.426:WARN:oejx.XmlConfiguration:main: Config error at | | | /logs/yyyy_mm_dd.output.logfalse90GMT| | java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException in file:///srv/xwiki/xwiki-platform-distribution-jetty-hsqldb-12.10.2/jetty/etc/jetty-logging.xml

Yes, but this is the “original” file from the xwiki distribution. I don’t modified this file. That’s look a little bit strange to me. I’ll see what I can find out.