This is unfortunately what can happen when the configuration files are
touched directly. There is no way to rebuild the data directory other than
manually recreating workspaces/layers/etc... with the admin ui or the rest
api. I would remove the offending workspace directory and start over.
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Garey Mills <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I proceeded by moving offending directories out of
> data/workspaces/<workspace name>. At a certain point it was clear that was
> not going to work so I moved them back in again. Now, I cannot start
> Geoserver and I am getting errors like these:
>
> 2014-08-27 08:23:06,203 ERROR [context.ContextLoader] - Context
> initialization failed
> org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating
> bean with name 'GWCGeoServerRESTConfigurationProvider' defined in URL
> [jar:file:/opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.55/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gs-gwc-2.5.2.jar!/geowebcache-geoserver-context.xml]:
> Cannot resolve reference to bean 'catalog' while setting constructor
> argument; nested exception is
> org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating
> bean with name 'localWorkspaceCatalog' defined in URL
> [jar:file:/opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.55/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gs-main-2.5.2.jar!/applicationContext.xml]:
> Cannot resolve reference to bean 'advertisedCatalog' while setting
> constructor argument; nested exception is
> org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating
> bean with name 'advertisedCatalog' defined in URL
> [jar:file:/opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.55/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gs-main-2.5.2.jar!/applicationContext.xml]:
> Cannot resolve reference to bean 'secureCatalog' while setting constructor
> argument; nested exception is
> org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating
> bean with name 'accessRulesDao' defined in URL
> [jar:file:/opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.55/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gs-main-2.5.2.jar!/applicationSecurityContext.xml]:
> Cannot resolve reference to bean 'rawCatalog' while setting constructor
> argument; nested exception is
> org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating
> bean with name 'rawCatalog' defined in URL
> [jar:file:/opt/apache-tomcat-7.0.55/webapps/geoserver/WEB-INF/lib/gs-main-2.5.2.jar!/applicationContext.xml]:
> Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is
> java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ClassCastException:
> com.sun.proxy.$Proxy105 cannot be cast to
> org.geoserver.catalog.DataStoreInfo
>
>
> At this point I think I need to rebuild my data directory. Are there
> instructions somewhere on how to go about doing that?
>
> Thanks;
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Justin Deoliveira <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Just wanted to clarify that editing the xml files directly should be
>> strongly discouraged. Not only can it lead to corrupting of configuration
>> due to a mistake but those config files are subject to change across major
>> versions, and we don't really publish those changes very clearly (again,
>> because we don't recommend editing the files in place). If the rest api
>> doesn't cover your use case then perhaps it's the only option, but it is
>> definitely a "use at own risk" one.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Rahkonen Jukka (Tike) <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You may want to delete layers with REST or my editing the XML files way
>>> but the management interface is also supposed to work. What kind of error
>>> you receive? Tell also some more info about Geoserver version and the
>>> problematic layers. Can’t you even remove topp:states by using the GUI?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Jukka Rahkonen-
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Garey Mills wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> When I try to remove a layer through the management interface, I am
>>> getting a server error and the layer is not removed. After an upgrade,
>>> these layers are causing other problems, so how can I remove them without
>>> going through the management interface?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Garey Mills
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Generate messages about directories that cannot be
>>>
>>> read, files that cannot be opened ... rather than being silent ...
>>>
>>> (from `man du`)
>>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Generate messages about directories that cannot be
> read, files that cannot be opened ... rather than being silent ...
> (from `man du`)
>
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