Zimbra on Ubuntu 6.06

[alamba]

Tomcat is just killing me on Ubuntu, the install is clean although fails in installing documents.

zmcontrol status
antispam Running
antivirus Running
ldap Running
logger Running
mailbox Stopped
tomcat is not running
mta Running
snmp Running
spell Running

Ziltch in /var/log/zimbra.log

Nothing in /opt/zimbra/log

The below is reflected in /opt/zimbra/tomcat/logs/catalina.out

SEVERE: Error starting static Resources
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base /opt/zimbra/apache-tomcat-5.5.15/server/webapps/host-manager does not exist or is not a readable directory
at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocB ase(FileDirContext.java:140)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resources Start(StandardContext.java:3812)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(Sta ndardContext.java:3983)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInt ernal(ContainerBase.java:759)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(Co ntainerBase.java:739)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(Sta ndardHost.java:524)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescr iptor(HostConfig.java:603)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescr iptors(HostConfig.java:535)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps( HostConfig.java:470)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostC onfig.java:1118)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEv ent(HostConfig.java:310)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLife cycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(Conta inerBase.java:1020)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(Standa rdHost.java:718)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(Conta inerBase.java:1012)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(Stan dardEngine.java:442)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(Sta ndardService.java:450)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(Stan dardServer.java:700)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalin a.java:551)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Native MethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(De legatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootst rap.java:275)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstr ap.java:406)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)


and in the same file, one also notices:

INFO: XML validation disabled
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.catalina.startup.TldConfig).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.


Have been working on this for close to 3 days now, am completely stumped. Any help would be appreciated, google and forum search hasn't helped so far.

Best,
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[jholder]

I'm working on this issue, and when I have more info, I'll post.

[alamba]

I'm working on this issue, and when I have more info, I'll post.

Thanks! As I'd pointed out a clean installation on Debian also came up with the same symptoms.

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[phoenix]

The error you're seeing in catalina.out about the host-manager directory shouldn't be causing you any problems, it's only a warning about a missing directory. The log4j messages can also be ignored. Which version of Ubuntu is this? I assume this is 4.5.5 of Zimbra? What happens if you start the mailbox and tomcat manually? Did the install go OK, are there any errors in your install log?

[alamba]

The error you're seeing in catalina.out about the host-manager directory shouldn't be causing you any problems, it's only a warning about a missing directory. The log4j messages can also be ignored. Which version of Ubuntu is this? I assume this is 4.5.5 of Zimbra? What happens if you start the mailbox and tomcat manually? Did the install go OK, are there any errors in your install log?

1. Yes this is 4.5.5.
2. When I start mailbox and tomcat manually, a status check shows them both running, on accessing the zimbraAdmin webpage it crashes and a new status check shows tomcat not running.
3. Incidently the user webpage is not available at the time either
4. Install went through just fine with no errors in the install logs - All clean

If you like, I can either post the logs or you can see the same situation live on my Debian box now.

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[alamba]

1. Yes this is 4.5.5.

Incidently, the same behaviour noticed with 4.5.6.

[alamba]

The problem seem to come out of unsuccessful sql dips:

java.sql.SQLException
MESSAGE: Access denied for user 'zimbra'@'talustechnical.com' (using password: YES)

Resetting the password as per the wiki doesn't help even after comparing using select statements for sql as against the localconfig.

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[jholder]

Yeah, so this may be a bug. We're working to attempt to repo now.

[alamba]

Yeah, so this may be a bug. We're working to attempt to repo now.

Any update on the bug fix? Do shout out incase I can help in repo.

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[randall]

Any update on the bug fix? Do shout out incase I can help in repo.

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Im just curious as to your process in installing Zimbra in Dapper Drake. I have been quite successfull in my 3 attempts run Zimbra in Ubuntu 6.06. I have my Zimbra test server rigth now running on Ubuntu 6.06.

Or maybe there is really a bug in there, but i was lucky not to toss up on them... :-)