org apache catalina core StandardContext startInternal SEVERE Error listenerStart

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I am trying to start my web application on Tomcat 7  but whenever I click on the start button  I get this error      FAIL - Application at context path  Web could not be started   and below lines are added to catalina log file      Feb 08  2012 7 21 01 PM org apache catalina core StandardContext   startInternal SEVERE  Error listenerStart Feb 08  2012 7 21 01 PM   org apache catalina core StandardContext startInternal SEVERE  Context     Web  startup failed due to previous errors   How is this caused and how can I fix it

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I faced exactly the same issue in a Spring web app. In fact, I had removed spring-security by commenting the config annotation:

// @ImportResource({"/WEB-INF/spring-security.xml"})

but I had forgotten to remove the corresponding filters in web.xml:

<!-- Filters --> 
<filter>
    <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
    <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class>
</filter>

<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

Commenting filters solved the issue.

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It can be due to a number of reasons happening when configuring the listener  Best way is to log and see the actual error  You can do this by adding a logging properties file to the root of your classpath with the following contents   org apache catalina core ContainerBase  Catalina  level   INFO org apache catalina core ContainerBase  Catalina  handlers   java util logging ConsoleHandler

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SEVERE  Error listenerStart   This boils down to that a ServletContextListener which is registered by either  WebListener annotation on the class  or by a  lt listener gt  declaration in web xml  has thrown an unhandled exception inside the contextInitialized   method  This is usually caused by a developer s mistake  a bug  and needs to be fixed  For example  a NullPointerException   The full exception should be visible in webapp-specific startup log as well as the IDE console  before the particular line which you ve copypasted  If there is none and you still can t figure the cause of the exception by just looking at the code  put the entire contextInitialized   code in a try-catch wherein you log the exception to a reliable output and then interpret and fix it accordingly

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I had a similar problem  The catalina out logged this log Message   Apr 17  2013 5 14 46 PM org apache catalina core StandardContext start SEVERE  Error listenerStart  Check the localhost log in the tomcat log directory  in the same directory as catalina out   to see the exception which caused this error

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Select  all project  and right click     Maven-  Update project

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For Intellij Idea sometime localhost log file generated at different location  For e g  you can find it at homedirectory   IntelliJIdea14 system tomcat   IF you are using spring then start ur server in debug mode and put debug point in catch block of org springframework context support AbstractApplicationContext s refresh   method  If bean creation fails you would be able to see the exception

[tomcat] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Error listenerStart

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