Tomcat – org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Error listenerStart

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I am trying to start my web application on Tomcat 7, but whenever I click on the start button, I get this error:

FAIL – Application at context path /Web could not be started

and below lines are added to catalina.log file:

Feb 08, 2012 7:21:01 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext
startInternal SEVERE: Error listenerStart Feb 08, 2012 7:21:01 PM
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Context
[/Web] startup failed due to previous errors

How is this caused and how can I fix it?

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I had a similar problem. The catalina.out logged this log Message

Apr 17, 2013 5:14:46 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start SEVERE: Error listenerStart

Check the localhost.log in the tomcat log directory (in the same directory as catalina.out), to see the exception which caused this error.

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I found that following these instructions helped with finding what the problem was. For me, that was the killer, not knowing what was broken.

http://mythinkpond.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/tomcat-6-infamous-severe-error-listenerstart-message-how-to-debug-this-error/

Quoting from the link

In Tomcat 6 or above, the default logger is the”java.util.logging” logger and not Log4J. So if you are trying to add a “log4j.properties” file – this will NOT work. The Java utils logger looks for a file called “logging.properties” as stated here: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html

So to get to the debugging details create a “logging.properties” file under your”/WEB-INF/classes” folder of your WAR and you’re all set.

And now when you restart your Tomcat, you will see all of your debugging in it’s full glory!!!

Sample logging.properties file:

org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].level = INFO
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].handlers = java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

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