Bamboo not responding due to Tomcat auto reload

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Summary

Problem

Bamboo not responding.

The following appears in the catalina.out or bamboo-stdout.DATE.log

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 19-Jun-2017 08:41:48.401 INFO [ContainerBackgroundProcessor[StandardEngine[Catalina]]] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.reload Reloading Context with name [] has started 2017-06-19 08:41:48,433 INFO [ContainerBackgroundProcessor[StandardEngine[Catalina]]] [Dispatchers] Dispatcher org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher destroyed 2017-06-19 08:41:48,458 INFO [ContainerBackgroundProcessor[StandardEngine[Catalina]]] [CompressingFilter] CompressingFilter is being destroyed... 2017-06-19 08:41:48,459 INFO [ContainerBackgroundProcessor[StandardEngine[Catalina]]] [Dispatchers] Dispatcher org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher destroyed 2017-06-19 08:41:48,483 INFO [ContainerBackgroundProcessor[StandardEngine[Catalina]]] [QuartzScheduler] Scheduler scheduler_$_NON_CLUSTERED paused. 2017-06-19 08:41:49,437 INFO [ContainerBackgroundProcessor[StandardEngine[Catalina]]] [SVNClientManagerFactory] Destroying SVNClientManagerFactories... 2017-06-19 08:41:58,326 INFO [ContainerBackgroundProcessor[StandardEngine[Catalina]]] [ShutdownEnforcer] Container being shut down: starting last-resort termination thread.

Diagnosis

Check if the attribute reloadable is configured to be true in server.xml.

Cause

Tomcat trying to restart due to a change detected in /WEB-INF/classes/ and /WEB-INF/lib but fail to be restarted causing it in semi shutdown phase.

Solution

Resolution

  1. Configure the attribute reloadable back to the default value false in server.xml

  2. Restart Bamboo

Updated on April 2, 2025
Platform
Data Center only
Product
Bamboo Data Center
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