[org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-2) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.depl

[Alex Ryzhkov]

Hello, guys!
I'm trying to run my REST service, but every now and then meet the same problem: Failed to process phase POST_MODULE of deployment "RestService.war"
My configuration: JDK 1.8.60, WildFly 9 (the same problem is with the 10th version), Jersey.servlet 2.22

Here are my resources:
web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
	id="WebApp_ID" version="3.0">
	<display-name>RestService</display-name>	
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>jersey-serlvet</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>
                     com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer
                </servlet-class>
		<init-param>
		     <param-name>com.sun.jersey.config.property.packages</param-name>
		     <param-value>com.store.service</param-value>
		</init-param>
		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
	</servlet>
		<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>jersey-serlvet</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<groupId>RestService</groupId>
	<artifactId>RestService</artifactId>
	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
	<packaging>war</packaging>
	<build>
		<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
		<plugins>
			<plugin>
				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>2.6</version>
				<configuration>
					<warSourceDirectory>WebContent</warSourceDirectory>
					<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>
			<plugin>
				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>3.3</version>
				<configuration>
					<source>1.8</source>
					<target>1.8</target>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>

	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
			<!-- if your container implements Servlet API older than 3.0, use "jersey-container-servlet-core" -->
			<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet</artifactId>
			<version>2.22.2</version>
		</dependency>
		<!-- Required only when you are using JAX-RS Client -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
			<artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
			<version>2.22.2</version>
		</dependency>

		<dependency>
			<groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
			<artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
			<version>1.19.1</version>
		</dependency>

	</dependencies>
	<repositories>
		<repository>
			<id>snapshot-repository.java.net</id>
			<name>Java.net Snapshot Repository for Maven</name>
			<url>https://maven.java.net/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
			<layout>default</layout>
		</repository>
	</repositories>
</project>

RestActivator class:

package com.store.service;

import javax.ws.rs.ApplicationPath;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Application;

@ApplicationPath("/rest")
public class RestActivator extends Application {
}

RestServices class:

package com.store.service;

import java.util.List;

import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;

import com.store.DAO.ItemDAOImpl;
import com.store.entity.Item;

//@RestController
@Path("/data")
public class RestServices {
//	@Autowired
	public ItemDAOImpl itemDAO = new ItemDAOImpl();
	
//	@RequestMapping(value = "/", method = RequestMethod.GET,headers="Accept=application/json")
	@GET
	@Path("/hello")
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
	public String greeting(){
		return "Hello in REST service!";
	}
	
//	@RequestMapping(value = "/items", method = RequestMethod.GET,headers="Accept=application/json")
	@GET
	@Path("/items")
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
	public /*List<Item>*/ Response getAllItems(){
//		return itemDAO.getAll();
		List<Item> items = itemDAO.getAll();
		return Response.ok(items).build();
	}

//	@RequestMapping(value = "/item/{id}", method = RequestMethod.GET,headers="Accept=application/json")
	@GET
	@Path("{id: \\d+}")
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
	public /*Item*/ Response getItemById(/*@PathVariable */@PathParam("id") int id){
//		return itemDAO.getById(id);
		Item item = itemDAO.getById(id);
		return Response.ok(item).build();
	}
}

The full text of error is below:

ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-2) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.unit."RestService.war".POST_MODULE: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit."RestService.war".POST_MODULE: WFLYSRV0153: Failed to process phase POST_MODULE of deployment "RestService.war"
	at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:163)
	at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1948)
	at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1881)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitProcessingException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer from [Module "deployment.RestService.war:main" from Service Module Loader]
	at org.jboss.as.jaxrs.deployment.JaxrsScanningProcessor.checkDeclaredApplicationClassAsServlet(JaxrsScanningProcessor.java:292)
	at org.jboss.as.jaxrs.deployment.JaxrsScanningProcessor.scanWebDeployment(JaxrsScanningProcessor.java:153)
	at org.jboss.as.jaxrs.deployment.JaxrsScanningProcessor.deploy(JaxrsScanningProcessor.java:104)
	at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:156)
	... 5 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer from [Module "deployment.RestService.war:main" from Service Module Loader]
	at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:205)
	at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:455)
	at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:404)
	at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:385)
	at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:130)
	at org.jboss.as.jaxrs.deployment.JaxrsScanningProcessor.checkDeclaredApplicationClassAsServlet(JaxrsScanningProcessor.java:290)
	... 8 more

23:26:34,495 ERROR [org.jboss.as.controller.management-operation] (Controller Boot Thread) WFLYCTL0013: Operation ("deploy") failed - address: ([("deployment" => "RestService.war")]) - failure description: {"WFLYCTL0080: Failed services" => {"jboss.deployment.unit.\"RestService.war\".POST_MODULE" => "org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit.\"RestService.war\".POST_MODULE: WFLYSRV0153: Failed to process phase POST_MODULE of deployment \"RestService.war\"
    Caused by: org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitProcessingException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer from [Module \"deployment.RestService.war:main\" from Service Module Loader]
    Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer from [Module \"deployment.RestService.war:main\" from Service Module Loader]"}}
23:26:34,794 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 34) WFLYSRV0010: Deployed "RestService.war" (runtime-name : "RestService.war")
23:26:35,026 INFO  [org.jboss.as.controller] (Controller Boot Thread) WFLYCTL0183: Service status report
WFLYCTL0186:   Services which failed to start:      service jboss.deployment.unit."RestService.war".POST_MODULE: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit."RestService.war".POST_MODULE: WFLYSRV0153: Failed to process phase POST_MODULE of deployment "RestService.war"

23:26:35,482 INFO  [org.jboss.as] (Controller Boot Thread) WFLYSRV0060: Http management interface listening on http://127.0.0.1:9990/management
23:26:35,483 INFO  [org.jboss.as] (Controller Boot Thread) WFLYSRV0051: Admin console listening on http://127.0.0.1:9990
23:26:35,483 ERROR [org.jboss.as] (Controller Boot Thread) WFLYSRV0026: WildFly Full 9.0.2.Final (WildFly Core 1.0.2.Final) started (with errors) in 12912ms - Started 216 of 393 services (1 services failed or missing dependencies, 212 services are lazy, passive or on-demand)
23:26:35,756 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-2) WFLYSRV0028: Stopped deployment RestService.war (runtime-name: RestService.war) in 226ms
23:26:35,828 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 1) WFLYSRV0009: Undeployed "RestService.war" (runtime-name: "RestService.war")
23:26:35,828 INFO  [org.jboss.as.controller] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 1) WFLYCTL0183: Service status report
WFLYCTL0186:   Services which failed to start:      service jboss.deployment.unit."RestService.war".POST_MODULE

23:26:40,300 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment.scanner] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 1) WFLYDS0004: Found RestService.war in deployment directory. To trigger deployment create a file called RestService.war.dodeploy

What is interesting, Tomcat 8.0 fails as well with this Rest and demonstrates the issue with invalid url pattern. However, it seems to me appropriately formed

Would be grateful for any help, since Rest services are not so REST for me any more.

[Rob Spoor]

The error is clear: class com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer cannot be found. Either it's not in the dependency you're using, or it cannot be found for another reason.

Now some good news: this can be fixed really, really easy. Just remove all of the Jersey stuff. JBoss and WildFly come with their own REST implementation, RESTeasy. You don't even need to do anything to get it to work. Just have the @ApplicationPath class and your REST classes, and JBoss and WildFly will automatically pick them up.

Now, should you require some RESTeasy specifics, you can use the following dependencies (check out the actual versions for your JBoss/WildFly version):

org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jaxrs for the core

org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jackson-provider for a Jackson 1.x provider (for converting to and from JSON)

org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-jackson2-provider for a Jackson 2.x provider

org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-client for a RESTeasy client

You can find the versions and more libraries in your WildFly installation, sub folder modules/system/layers/base/org/jboss/resteasy.


Very important: mark these dependencies as provided, otherwise they may conflict with the JBoss/WildFly internal classes.