The first indication of problems I find is from the catalina log:
16-Oct-2018 16:38:24.024 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal ContainerBase.addChild: start:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/cms]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:167)
...
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to complete the scan for annotations for web application [/cms] due to a StackOverflowError. Possible root causes include a too low setting for -Xss and illegal cyclic inheritance dependencies. The class hierarchy being processed was [org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Boolean->org.bouncycastle.asn1.DERBoolean->org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Boolean]
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.checkHandlesTypes(ContextConfig.java:2109)
...
16-Oct-2018 16:38:24.025 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR Error deploying web application archive [/Users/brian.street/src/dhihippo/target/tomcat8x/webapps/cms.war]
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/cms]]
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:756)
...
my hippo-site.log is full of:
16.10.2018 16:38:39 ERROR http-nio-8080-exec-3 [RewritingManager.getSession:301] Error obtaining session
javax.jcr.RepositoryException: javax.jcr.LoginException: Failed to borrow session from the pool. javax.jcr.RepositoryException: javax.jcr.RepositoryException: No repository found at: vm://
...
Caused by: javax.jcr.LoginException: Failed to borrow session from the pool. javax.jcr.RepositoryException: javax.jcr.RepositoryException: No repository found at: vm://
However, I don’t know how to proceed from here. Any suggestions?