How to run web application without “A child container failed during start” error on Tomcat 7 from Eclipse?

Question

Colleagues, hello. I know that problem like this is discussed in the next threads (or near it): Maven war - Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/] building a maven war java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: HttpServletRequest How do I import the javax.servlet API in my Eclipse project? Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[]] Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/JDBC_DBO]] but they can not help me.

So I have the same problem when running my web application from eclipse on Tomcat 7.0.61:

SEVERE: A child container failed during start java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/maya-web-service]]

My pom.xml looks like:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <parent>
    <groupId>com.mycomp.proj</groupId>
    <artifactId>maya-proj</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </parent>
  <groupId>com.mycomp.proj</groupId>
  <artifactId>maya-web-service</artifactId>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>war</packaging>
  <name>maya-web-service Maven Webapp</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

  <dependencies>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>3.8.1</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.sun.xml.ws</groupId>
        <artifactId>jaxws-rt</artifactId>
        <version>2.2.10</version>
    </dependency>


    <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
            <version>1.2</version>
    </dependency>


  </dependencies>

  <build>
    <finalName>maya-web-service</finalName>


    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.8</source>
                <target>1.8</target>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>


        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
            <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.1</version>
        </plugin>

    </plugins>

  </build>

</project> 

After " mvn clean package " next file occurs in target folder:

• maya-web-service.war maya-web-service\\index.jsp

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\classes\\com\\mycomp\\proj\\MMayaServiceEndPoindImpl.java

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\classes\\com\\mycomp\\proj\\MayaServiceInterface.java

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\commons-beanutils-1.8.3.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\commons-digester-2.1.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\commons-logging-1.2.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\FastInfoset-1.2.13.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\gmbal-api-only-3.1.0-b001.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\ha-api-3.1.9.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\javax.annotation-api-1.2.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\javax.xml.soap-api-1.3.7.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\jaxb-api-2.2.12-b140109.1041.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\jaxb-core-2.2.10-b140802.1033.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\jaxb-impl-2.2.10-b140802.1033.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\jaxws-api-2.2.11.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\jaxws-rt-2.2.10.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\jsr181-api-1.0-MR1.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\management-api-3.0.0-b012.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\mimepull-1.9.4.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\policy-2.4.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\resolver-20050927.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\saaj-impl-1.3.25.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\stax2-api-3.1.1.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\stax-ex-1.7.7.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\streambuffer-1.5.3.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\lib\\woodstox-core-asl-4.2.0.jar

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\sun-jaxws.xml

• maya-web-service\\WEB-INF\\web.xml

• classes\\com\\mycomp\\proj\\MayaServiceEndPoindImpl.java

• classes\\com\\mycomp\\proj\\MayaServiceInterface.java

• m2e-wtp\\web-resources\\META-INF\\MANIFEST.MF

• m2e-wtp\\web-resources\\META-INF\\maven\\com.mycomp.proj\\maya-web-service\\pom.properties

• m2e-wtp\\web-resources\\META-INF\\maven\\com.mycomp.proj\\maya-web-service\\pom.xml

• maven-archiver\\pom.properties

• maven-status\\maven-compiler-plugin\\compile\\default-compile\\inputFiles.lst

• maven-status\\maven-compiler-plugin\\testCompile\\default-testCompile\\inputFiles.lst

After right clicking on the project and selecting " Run on server " i receive next log in console:

may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule begin WARNING:
> [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context} Setting
> property 'source' to 'org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.server:maya-web-service'
> did not find a matching property.  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO: Server
> version:        Apache Tomcat/7.0.61  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO: Server
> built:          Mar 27 2015 12:03:56 UTC  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO: Server
> number:         7.0.61.0  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO: OS Name:  
> Windows 7  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO: OS
> Version:            6.1  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO:
> Architecture:          amd64  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO: Java Home:
> C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_40\jre  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO: JVM
> Version:           1.8.0_40-b26  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO: JVM
> Vendor:            Oracle Corporation  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO:
> CATALINA_BASE:         C:\Program Files\Apache Software
> Foundation\Tomcat 7.0  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO:
> CATALINA_HOME:         C:\Program Files\Apache Software
> Foundation\Tomcat 7.0  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO: Command
> line argument: -Dcatalina.base=C:\Program Files\Apache Software
> Foundation\Tomcat 7.0  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO: Command
> line argument: -Dcatalina.home=C:\Program Files\Apache Software
> Foundation\Tomcat 7.0  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO: Command
> line argument: -Dwtp.deploy=C:\Program Files\Apache Software
> Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\webapps  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO: Command
> line argument: -Djava.endorsed.dirs=C:\Program Files\Apache Software
> Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\endorsed  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log INFO: Command
> line argument: -Dfile.encoding=Cp1251  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener lifecycleEvent INFO: The
> APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal
> performance in production environments was not found on the
> java.library.path: C:\Program
> Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_40\bin;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:/Program
> Files/Java/jre1.8.0_40/bin/server;C:/Program
> Files/Java/jre1.8.0_40/bin;C:/Program
> Files/Java/jre1.8.0_40/lib/amd64;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Oracle_client\instantclient_11_2;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program
> Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL
> Server\110\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio\;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL
> Server\110\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Subversion\bin;C:\apache-maven-3.2.3\bin;C:\graphviz-2.38\release\bin;D:\Distr\eclipse-java-luna-SR1-win32-x86_64\eclipse;;.
> may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init INFO:
> Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]  may 05, 2015 2:55:10
> PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init INFO: Initializing
> ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load INFO: Initialization
> processed in 1057 ms  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal INFO: Starting
> service Catalina  may 05, 2015 2:55:10 PM
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal INFO: Starting
> Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.61  may 05, 2015 2:55:11 PM
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase startInternal SEVERE: A child
> container failed during start java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException:
> org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component
> [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/maya-web-service]]
>   at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122)  at
> java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:192)  at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1123)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:819)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1575)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1565)
>   at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)     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.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component
> [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/maya-web-service]]
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
>   ... 6 more Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
> com/sun/istack/localization/Localizable   at
> java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)     at
> java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:760)   at
> java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2957)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1210)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1690)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1571)
>   at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)    at
> java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:760)   at
> java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2957)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1210)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1690)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1571)
>   at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method)    at
> java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Class.java:2583)     at
> java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Class.java:1916)    at
> org.apache.catalina.util.Introspection.getDeclaredFields(Introspection.java:106)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadFieldsAnnotation(WebAnnotationSet.java:270)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationListenerAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:89)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:63)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationAnnotationsConfig(ContextConfig.java:415)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:892)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:386)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5416)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
>   ... 6 more Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
> com.sun.istack.localization.Localizable   at
> org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1720)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1571)
>   ... 34 more may 05, 2015 2:55:11 PM
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase startInternal SEVERE: A child
> container failed during start java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException:
> org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component
> [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost]]    at
> java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122)   at
> java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:192)  at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1123)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:300)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:443)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:739)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
>   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:689)    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:497)     at
> org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:321)   at
> org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:455) Caused
> by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component
> [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost]]    at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1575)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1565)
>   at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)     at
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
>   at
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
>   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by:
> org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child container failed
> during start  at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1131)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:819)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
>   ... 6 more may 05, 2015 2:55:11 PM
> org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start SEVERE: The required Server
> component failed to start so Tomcat is unable to start.
> org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component
> [StandardServer[8005]]    at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
>   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:689)    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:497)     at
> org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:321)   at
> org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:455) Caused
> by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component
> [StandardService[Catalina]]   at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:739)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
>   ... 7 more Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed
> to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina]]     at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:443)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
>   ... 9 more Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child
> container failed during start     at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1131)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:300)
>   at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
>   ... 11 more may 05, 2015 2:55:11 PM
> org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol pause INFO: Pausing ProtocolHandler
> ["http-bio-8080"]  may 05, 2015 2:55:11 PM
> org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol pause INFO: Pausing ProtocolHandler
> ["ajp-bio-8009"]  may 05, 2015 2:55:11 PM
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService stopInternal INFO: Stopping
> service Catalina  may 05, 2015 2:55:11 PM
> org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol destroy INFO: Destroying
> ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]  may 05, 2015 2:55:11 PM
> org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol destroy INFO: Destroying
> ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]

How to run web application without "A child container failed during start" mistake?

Answer 1

Your root cause of the problem is NoClassDefFound exception which is due to a missing Class com.sun.istack.localization.Localizable . So you need to include the jaxb-core or jaxb-impl jar file in your project's pom.xml

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
    <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
    <version>2.2.11</version>
</dependency>

or add this

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
    <artifactId>jaxb-core</artifactId>
    <version>2.2.11</version>
</dependency>

Hope this solves your issue.