One Click won't start due to error: The processing instruction target matching "[xX][mM][lL]" is not allowed
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Issue/Introduction
OneClick tomcat fails to start with the following error seen in the log file
$SPECROOT/tomcat/logs/catalina.out (stdout.log - Windows)
21-Jul-2022 17:11:41.029 SEVERE [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Error deploying deployment descriptor [/usr/Spectrum/tomcat/webapps/spectrum/META-INF/context.xml]
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; systemId: file:///usr/Spectrum/tomcat/webapps/spectrum/META-INF/context.xml; lineNumber: 1; columnNumber: 7; The processing instruction target matching "[xX][mM][lL]" is not allowed.
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1423)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:1090)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDirectory.run(HostConfig.java:1868)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
at java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:112)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:1045)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:429)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1577)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:309)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:123)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:424)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:367)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:934)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:831)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1382)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1372)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
at java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:134)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:907)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:262)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:423)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:933)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:637)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:350)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:492)
Environment
Release : 20.2, 21.2
Component : Spectrum OneClick
Cause
The xml definition must be on line 1 without any white spaces
Problem: white space at the beginning of the line
Problem: empty line to start the file
Resolution
Found that the context.xml file had a whitespace at the beginning of line 1
$SPECROOT/tomcat/webapps/spectrum/META-INF/context.xml
Note: The <?xml line needs to be the very first line of the file with no white spaces otherwise the xml parser will error causing the settings and OneClick to not load.
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