[sword-devel] CrossWire Server Problems

[Gregory Hellings]

DM,



On Apr 16, 2009, at 20:09, DM Smith <dmsmith at crosswire.org> wrote:

> There have been some problems with the server lately.
>
> I think, but am not sure, that tomcat is having problems. I'm not  
> very up on tomcat, so take what follows with a grain of salt.
>
> For those with server access and appropriate permissions, tomcat  
> logs have a wealth of info and can be found at:
> /opt/tomcat/logs
>
> In catalina.out the following error is repeated frequently:
> java.io.FileNotFoundException: /opt/tomcat/webapps/gobible/WEB-INF/ 
> classes/trans_null.properties (Permission denied)
> This is followed by a java stack trace.

I'm extrapolating from times I've seen similar errors in my own code:  
the program is failing to initialize a translation name correctly, so  
the null appears when a null reference to a string is concerted to the  
file name.

>
>
> The only other errors I see in that file are related to the Bible  
> Tool, where the process tries to attach to a running process  
> (throwing an exception) and then starts another process because of  
> the failure.
>
> Other than that this log indicates a heavy usage of the forums.
>
> In catalina2009-04-16.log
> There are a lot of problems opening jar files. Doing a spot check  
> indicates that the jars are fine. But looking a bit closer in the  
> log, each one of these is followed by a stack trace indicating "Too  
> many files open"
>
> Musing out loud: It appears that some of the more common jar files  
> are repeated for each webapp. Should they be put in a common area?  
> (I don't know enough to know.)

This is definitely possible. In tomcat's top directory there is a  
place to put shared jar files, like DB drivers, JSword, Lucene or  
others. This only would present a problem if people must keep a  
different version than the globally installed one. In that case,  
precedence is determined by the configuration of Catalina's classpath.

--Greg

>
>
> I'm also wondering whether the BibleTool holds too many open file  
> descriptors? (I have no idea, but JSword had that problem.)
>
> The number of open file descriptors is a tunable kernel parameter,  
> so maybe it can be adjusted upward?
>
> Anyway, this is probably more heat than light.
>
>
> In Him,
>    DM
>
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