JBoss fails to start with ENABLE_MODELER set to true

Solution Verified - Updated 6 Aug 2024

Environment

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
- 6.0.0

Issue

We're trying to run the mod_cluster load demo app on EAP 6. This requires org.apache.tomcat.util.ENABLE_MODELER to be set to true.
With org.apache.tomcat.util.ENABLE_MODELER set to true, EAP 6 fails to start properly with the following errors:

ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-6) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.web.connector.ajp: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.web.connector.ajp: JBAS018007: Error starting web connector
	at org.jboss.as.web.WebConnectorService.start(WebConnectorService.java:271)
	at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.2.GA-redhat-1]
	at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.2.GA-redhat-1]
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) [rt.jar:1.6.0_18]
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603) [rt.jar:1.6.0_18]
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636) [rt.jar:1.6.0_18]
Caused by: LifecycleException:  service.getName(): "jboss.web";  Protocol handler start failed: javax.management.MalformedObjectNameException: Invalid character ':' in value part of property
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.start(Connector.java:1065)
	at org.jboss.as.web.WebConnectorService.start(WebConnectorService.java:268)
	... 5 more
ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-8) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.web.connector.http: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.web.connector.http: JBAS018007: Error starting web connector
	at org.jboss.as.web.WebConnectorService.start(WebConnectorService.java:271)
	at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.2.GA-redhat-1]
	at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.2.GA-redhat-1]
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) [rt.jar:1.6.0_18]
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603) [rt.jar:1.6.0_18]
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636) [rt.jar:1.6.0_18]
Caused by: LifecycleException:  service.getName(): "jboss.web";  Protocol handler start failed: javax.management.MalformedObjectNameException: Invalid character ':' in value part of property
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.start(Connector.java:1065)
	at org.jboss.as.web.WebConnectorService.start(WebConnectorService.java:268)
	... 5 more

Resolution

This is resolved in EAP 6.0.1 and This content is not included.one off patch is available on customer portal for EAP 6.0.0.

Note: Same issue will happen when APR connector or NIO connector is used along with the system property in EAP 6.1.0 onwards. See this article for details.

Root Cause

Content from issues.jboss.org is not included.JBPAPP-9656
This system property allows jboss web to register mbeans in JMX, but EAP 6.0.0 currently does not use proper naming syntax when doing so, thus triggering this error.

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