trouble deploying .WAR to tomcat

java linux tomcat netbeans-6.9 tomcat7

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Solution 1

the war archive is corrupt or invalid.

check that the war generation procedure is not failing and that the war file is a valid zip file prior to copying to your pen drive etc.

if you're on windows you can do this by changing the file extension to .zip and opening with a zip program such as winzip or winrar.

if you're on another operating system you probably don't need to change the extension.

if the war is a valid zip it's probably being corrupted as a result of your transfer process ie going onto or from your pen drive.

Solution 2

It could be a file protection issue, which you can fix by issuing something like: chmod 755 webapp.war

it happened to me that my sftp would just slap a 700 on the file transferred, causing that error.

Solution 3

This might be due to one of the following reasons.

Corrupted WAR file
Corrupted JAR files under WEB-INF/lib folder

Solution 4

First thing to check is if you have free space on your disk. If your partition is 100% full, then it will be impossible to extract the .WAR file.

Solution 5

have same error - with war all ok, restarting Tomcat resolve problem so i think it's becouse Tomcat start deploy war before it fully uploaded

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Updated on July 23, 2020

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David almost 4 years

im having trouble deploying a war file on tomcat.

i have written a webapp in netbeans on my windows machine. it all runs fine. what i want to do is deploy the application on my linux computer that is acting as my server. once the application is built, i copy the war file from the dist folder in my project directory onto a pendrive. i then copy this onto the desktop of my linux computer.

i then start tomcat and using the application manager i browse the war file to deploy, then click deploy. i get a message at the top of the browser saying 'OK'. yet if i look at my tomcat output in the terminal window i have the following error:

4/01/2011 5:09:07 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive Kingdoms.war
4/01/2011 5:09:07 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig init
SEVERE: Exception fixing docBase for context [/Kingdoms] 
java.util.zip.ZipException: invalid CEN header (bad signature)
    at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
    at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:114)
    at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:135)
    at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:72)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.URLJarFile.<init>(URLJarFile.java:72)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.URLJarFile.getJarFile(URLJarFile.java:48)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarFileFactory.get(JarFileFactory.java:70)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarURLConnection.connect(JarURLConnection.java:104)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarURLConnection.getJarFile(JarURLConnection.java:71)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ExpandWar.expand(ExpandWar.java:111)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.fixDocBase(ContextConfig.java:706)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.init(ContextConfig.java:829)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:334)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:89)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:328)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:308)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:102)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:131)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:812)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:787)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:570)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:891)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:491)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1322)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:297)
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:836)
    at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:761)
    at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.check(ManagerServlet.java:1467)
    at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.upload(HTMLManagerServlet.java:332)
    at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doPost(HTMLManagerServlet.java:209)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:641)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:306)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.apache.catalina.filters.CsrfPreventionFilter.doFilter(CsrfPreventionFilter.java:186)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:244)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:240)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:161)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:561)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:108)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:558)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:379)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:243)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:259)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:237)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:281)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
4/01/2011 5:09:07 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesStart
SEVERE: Error starting static Resources
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid or unreadable WAR file : invalid CEN header (bad signature)
    at org.apache.naming.resources.WARDirContext.setDocBase(WARDirContext.java:142)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:4657)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:4815)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:140)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:812)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:787)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:570)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:891)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:491)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1322)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:297)
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:836)
    at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:761)
    at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.check(ManagerServlet.java:1467)
    at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.upload(HTMLManagerServlet.java:332)
    at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doPost(HTMLManagerServlet.java:209)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:641)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:306)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.apache.catalina.filters.CsrfPreventionFilter.doFilter(CsrfPreventionFilter.java:186)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:244)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:240)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:161)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:561)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:108)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:558)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:379)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:243)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:259)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:237)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:281)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
4/01/2011 5:09:07 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Error in resourceStart()
4/01/2011 5:09:07 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Error getConfigured
4/01/2011 5:09:07 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Context [/Kingdoms] startup failed due to previous errors

also i can now see in the applications list, my app. i click start in the commands for the app but get a message at the top of the screen saying 'FAIL - Application at context path /Kingdoms could not be started'

what am i doing wrong? how to fix this?

David over 13 years

i found a file in the lib folder that wouldnt budge. also i think the pendrive doesnt like war files, tried another one and it worked. random. thanks
David over 13 years

i found a file in the lib folder that wouldnt budge. also i think the pendrive doesnt like war files, tried another one and it worked. random. thanks
pstanton over 13 years

you could accept one of the answers since they are both right.
David about 11 years

ah that would make alot of sense. if the file was large and you were copying it directly to the tomcat container. i think that would explain the problem i had. wow this was ages ago haha
J E Carter II about 7 years

Ran into this with eclipse, recreating the project was the only remedy I could find, despite all project files appearing to be correct and multiple clean / build passes.