Bamboo not starting due to ehcache error
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Symptoms
The following error is thrown when Bamboo is started:
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'hibernateInterceptor' defined in class path resource [applicationContextPersistence.xml]:
Cannot resolve reference to bean 'sessionFactory' while setting bean property 'sessionFactory'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating b
ean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource [applicationContextPersistence.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/sf/ehcache/CacheManager
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:336)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:108)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1197)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:537)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:475)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:228)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:298)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:328)
... 37 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource [applicationContextPersistence.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/sf/ehcache/CacheManager
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1553)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:539)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:475)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:228)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:298)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:328)
... 47 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/sf/ehcache/CacheManager
at org.hibernate.cache.EhCacheProvider.start(EhCacheProvider.java:131)
at org.hibernate.cache.impl.bridge.RegionFactoryCacheProviderBridge.start(RegionFactoryCacheProviderBridge.java:72)
at org.hibernate.impl.SessionFactoryImpl.<init>(SessionFactoryImpl.java:238)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1872)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.newSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:793)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.buildSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:715)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.AbstractSessionFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractSessionFactoryBean.java:189)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1612)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1549)
... 54 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1714)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1559)
... 63 more
##### Further on down in the log:
Jun 23, 2015 4:21:16 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 10737 ms
Exception in thread "Timer-0" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/mchange/v2/resourcepool/BasicResourcePool$1DestroyResourceTask
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.destroyResource(BasicResourcePool.java:980)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.removeResource(BasicResourcePool.java:1406)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.removeResource(BasicResourcePool.java:1378)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.cullExpired(BasicResourcePool.java:1462)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.access$1900(BasicResourcePool.java:32)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool$CullTask.run(BasicResourcePool.java:1937)
at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:555)
at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:505)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool$1DestroyResourceTask
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1714)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1559)
... 8 more
Exception in thread "Timer-1" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/mchange/v2/resourcepool/BasicResourcePool$1DestroyResourceTask
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.destroyResource(BasicResourcePool.java:980)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.removeResource(BasicResourcePool.java:1406)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.removeResource(BasicResourcePool.java:1378)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.cullExpired(BasicResourcePool.java:1462)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.access$1900(BasicResourcePool.java:32)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool$CullTask.run(BasicResourcePool.java:1937)
at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:555)
at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:505)
Exception in thread "Timer-2" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/mchange/v2/resourcepool/BasicResourcePool$1DestroyResourceTask
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.destroyResource(BasicResourcePool.java:980)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.removeResource(BasicResourcePool.java:1406)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.removeResource(BasicResourcePool.java:1378)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.cullExpired(BasicResourcePool.java:1462)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool.access$1900(BasicResourcePool.java:32)
at com.mchange.v2.resourcepool.BasicResourcePool$CullTask.run(BasicResourcePool.java:1937)
at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:555)
at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:505)Cause
Bamboo cache under the BAMBOO_HOME is corrupt.
Resolution
Shut down Bamboo instance, manually delete BAMBOO_HOME/caches directory and start Bamboo server.
Updated on September 25, 2025
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