Tomcat for the Spectrum OneClick WebApp Will Not Start: xvfb-run: command not found

Products

• CA Spectrum
• DX NetOps

Issue/Introduction

Tomcat for the OneClick WebApp will not start when running $SPECROOT/webtomcat/bin/startWebTomcat.sh.

The following error is seen in the $SPECROOT/webtomcat/logs/catalina.out file:

/opt/spectrum/webtomcat/bin/catalina.sh: line 464: xvfb-run: command not found

/opt/spectrum/webtomcat/bin/catalina.sh: line 475: xvfb-run: command not found

Environment

Release: All Supported Releases

Spectrum OneClick WebApp

Cause

Missing the ‘X virtual frame buffer’ (Xvfb) RPM for Linux

Resolution

As noted in the "Troubleshooting Launching/Starting Webtomcat" section of the documentation, the ‘X virtual frame buffer’ (Xvfb) RPM is a prerequisite.


System Requirements for Linux

yum install -y xorg-x11-server-Xvfb

NOTE:: if you cannot find this package in your repos, you ca try this command:

yum install -y --enablerepo rhel-7-server-optional-rpms xorg-x11-server-Xvfb

 

Additional Information

Troubleshooting OneClick WebApp