XWiki initialization failed!

Hello,

after a fresh install of xwiki I can’t get xwiki to initialize and is stuck on this page.
somebody any idea what the problem is or what can be?

The error messege:
XWiki initialization failed!

INTERFACE_CLASS_REFERENCE
class java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: INTERFACE_CLASS_REFERENCE
    at org.xwiki.component.wiki.internal.ComponentInterfaceClassInitializer.<init>(ComponentInterfaceClassInitializer.java:47)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at org.xwiki.component.embed.EmbeddableComponentManager.createInstance(EmbeddableComponentManager.java:347)
    at org.xwiki.component.embed.EmbeddableComponentManager.getComponentInstance(EmbeddableComponentManager.java:451)
    at org.xwiki.component.embed.EmbeddableComponentManager.getInstanceMap(EmbeddableComponentManager.java:242)
    at org.xwiki.component.embed.EmbeddableComponentManager.getInstanceList(EmbeddableComponentManager.java:225)
    at org.xwiki.component.internal.multi.DelegateComponentManager.getInstanceList(DelegateComponentManager.java:89)
    at org.xwiki.component.internal.multi.DelegateComponentManager.getInstanceList(DelegateComponentManager.java:89)
    at org.xwiki.component.internal.multi.DelegateComponentManager.getInstanceList(DelegateComponentManager.java:89)
    at org.xwiki.component.internal.multi.DelegateComponentManager.getInstanceList(DelegateComponentManager.java:89)
    at org.xwiki.component.internal.multi.DelegateComponentManager.getInstanceList(DelegateComponentManager.java:89)
    at com.xpn.xwiki.web.Utils.getComponentList(Utils.java:798)
    at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.initializeMandatoryDocuments(XWiki.java:1299)
    at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.initXWiki(XWiki.java:1233)
    at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.initXWiki(XWiki.java:1170)
    at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.<init>(XWiki.java:1143)
    at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.XWikiInitializerJob.runInternal(XWikiInitializerJob.java:117)
    at org.xwiki.job.AbstractJob.runInContext(AbstractJob.java:236)
    at org.xwiki.job.AbstractJob.run(AbstractJob.java:213)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

I got it somewhat workin again.
There where 2 different versions of .jar files, removed all of them and replaced them with new ones.
I also made a new database, just to be sure.

now i get this error on the wiki page itself:
Failed to execute the [velocity] macro. Cause: [The execution of the [velocity] script macro is not allowed. Check the rights of its last author or the parameters if it’s rendered from another script.]. Click on this message for details.

org.xwiki.rendering.macro.MacroExecutionException: The execution of the [velocity] script macro is not allowed. Check the rights of its last author or the parameters if it’s rendered from another script.
at org.xwiki.rendering.macro.script.AbstractScriptMacro.execute(AbstractScriptMacro.java:178)
at org.xwiki.rendering.macro.script.AbstractScriptMacro.execute(AbstractScriptMacro.java:58)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.transformation.macro.MacroTransformation.transform(MacroTransformation.java:297)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.executor.MacroContentExecutor.executeContent(MacroContentExecutor.java:77)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.executor.MacroContentExecutor.execute(MacroContentExecutor.java:70)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.executor.MacroContentExecutor.execute(MacroContentExecutor.java:45)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.macro.dashboard.DefaultGadgetSource.renderGadgetProperty(DefaultGadgetSource.java:201)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.macro.dashboard.DefaultGadgetSource.prepareGadgets(DefaultGadgetSource.java:188)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.macro.dashboard.DefaultGadgetSource.getGadgets(DefaultGadgetSource.java:140)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.macro.dashboard.DashboardMacro.execute(DashboardMacro.java:181)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.macro.dashboard.DashboardMacro.execute(DashboardMacro.java:57)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.transformation.macro.MacroTransformation.transform(MacroTransformation.java:297)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.transformation.DefaultRenderingContext.transformInContext(DefaultRenderingContext.java:183)
at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.transformation.DefaultTransformationManager.performTransformations(DefaultTransformationManager.java:101)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentDisplayer.display(DocumentContentDisplayer.java:263)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentDisplayer.display(DocumentContentDisplayer.java:133)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentDisplayer.display(DocumentContentDisplayer.java:58)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.DefaultDocumentDisplayer.display(DefaultDocumentDisplayer.java:96)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.DefaultDocumentDisplayer.display(DefaultDocumentDisplayer.java:39)
at org.xwiki.sheet.internal.SheetDocumentDisplayer.display(SheetDocumentDisplayer.java:123)
at org.xwiki.sheet.internal.SheetDocumentDisplayer.display(SheetDocumentDisplayer.java:52)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.display(ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.java:68)
at org.xwiki.display.internal.ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.display(ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.java:42)
at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.display(XWikiDocument.java:1203)
at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.getRenderedContent(XWikiDocument.java:1244)
at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.getRenderedContent(XWikiDocument.java:1221)
at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.getRenderedContent(XWikiDocument.java:1252)
at com.xpn.xwiki.api.Document.getRenderedContent(Document.java:736)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor616.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:395)
at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:384)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:173)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:280)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.value(ASTReference.java:567)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTExpression.value(ASTExpression.java:71)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTSetDirective.render(ASTSetDirective.java:142)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:342)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
at org.xwiki.velocity.introspection.TryCatchDirective.render(TryCatchDirective.java:87)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:207)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:342)
at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluateInternal(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:259)
at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluate(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:222)
at com.xpn.xwiki.render.DefaultVelocityManager.evaluate(DefaultVelocityManager.java:358)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.evaluateContent(InternalTemplateManager.java:884)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:755)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.lambda$renderFromSkin$0(InternalTemplateManager.java:730)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.security.authorization.DefaultAuthorExecutor.call(DefaultAuthorExecutor.java:98)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:729)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:708)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:694)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.render(DefaultTemplateManager.java:78)
at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.evaluateTemplate(XWiki.java:2320)
at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:2298)
at com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:992)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor322.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:395)
at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:384)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:173)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:280)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:369)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:216)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:311)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:230)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:207)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:342)
at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluateInternal(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:259)
at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluate(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:222)
at com.xpn.xwiki.render.DefaultVelocityManager.evaluate(DefaultVelocityManager.java:358)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.evaluateContent(InternalTemplateManager.java:884)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:755)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.lambda$renderFromSkin$0(InternalTemplateManager.java:730)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.security.authorization.DefaultAuthorExecutor.call(DefaultAuthorExecutor.java:98)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:729)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:708)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:694)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.render(DefaultTemplateManager.java:78)
at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.evaluateTemplate(XWiki.java:2320)
at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:2298)
at com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:992)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor322.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:395)
at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:384)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:173)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:280)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:369)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:216)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:311)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:230)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:207)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:87)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:342)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:342)
at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluateInternal(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:259)
at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluate(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:222)
at com.xpn.xwiki.render.DefaultVelocityManager.evaluate(DefaultVelocityManager.java:358)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.evaluateContent(InternalTemplateManager.java:884)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:755)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.lambda$renderFromSkin$0(InternalTemplateManager.java:730)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.security.authorization.DefaultAuthorExecutor.call(DefaultAuthorExecutor.java:98)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:729)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:708)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:694)
at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.render(DefaultTemplateManager.java:78)
at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.evaluateTemplate(XWiki.java:2320)
at com.xpn.xwiki.web.Utils.parseTemplate(Utils.java:179)
at com.xpn.xwiki.web.XWikiAction.execute(XWikiAction.java:489)
at com.xpn.xwiki.web.XWikiAction.execute(XWikiAction.java:210)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:425)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:228)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1913)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:449)
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 com.xpn.xwiki.web.ActionFilter.doFilter(ActionFilter.java:112)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
at org.xwiki.wysiwyg.filter.ConversionFilter.doFilter(ConversionFilter.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
at org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SetHTTPHeaderFilter.doFilter(SetHTTPHeaderFilter.java:63)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
at org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SavedRequestRestorerFilter.doFilter(SavedRequestRestorerFilter.java:208)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
at org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:111)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
at org.xwiki.resource.servlet.RoutingFilter.doFilter(RoutingFilter.java:134)
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:200)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:490)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:139)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:678)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:408)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:836)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1839)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

I made a .zip file of the earlier version of the pages and imported them as a backup.
the new pages I create don’t get this error. is it something I might do wrong when importing?

Hi @kdeg, If I read you correctly, you have customized some of the jar files, or how did you come up with two different versions of the same library? Customizing jars can lead to behaviours that can be tricky to debug. Do you get the import problem on an instance with no jar customization as well? If you do, what happens if you import only the page that raises an error, and what does this page contain? If you don’t, which changes have you brought to the jar files?

Hope this helps, Cheers

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hello, No jar files have been edited, I have no idea how I got double jar file but i removed all the files in the lib folder and replaced them with the one from the .war file. everything is still original.

I noticed that this error only occurs on the imported pages that aren’t created by me. even when all users have been administrators with all permissions/rights.

I probably have to manualy replace the pages that have errors wich isn’t to much work.

Hopefully the last thing but I found one more thing when I created a user. something about the user getting polluted.

I’m going to do a fresh install again after i’m back at this again. This time I know what the cause of the problem is.

Thank you for your reply @slauriere

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