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:

catalina.sh: line 464: xvfb-run: command not found

Environment

Release: All Supported Releases

SPCOCK - Spectrum OneClick

Cause

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

Resolution

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


System Requirements for Linux
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/spectrum/22-2/installing-and-upgrading/fresh-install/system-requirements-for-installing-ca-spectrum/spectroserver-and-oneclick-requirements/system-requirements-for-linux.html

xorg-x11-server-Xvfb

 

Additional Information

Troubleshooting Launching/Starting Webtomcat