Geoserver HTTP ERROR 500 on layer preview

Question

I have followed the installation instructions on the official Geonode page to install it on ubuntu(18.04.4) and when I finish it I have published a Layer but when I click on Openlayers preview of the Geoserver layer,it viewed with this error:

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HTTP ERROR 500

Problem accessing /geoserver/geonode/wms. Reason:

Server Error

Caused by:

java.lang.RuntimeException: org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Handler dispatch failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment at org.geoserver.monitor.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:193) at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:66) at org.geoserver.wms.animate.AnimatorFilter.doFilter(AnimatorFilter.java:73) at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:66) at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:41) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1637) at org.geoserver.platform.AdvancedDispatchFilter.doFilter(AdvancedDispatchFilter.java:37) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1637) at ...

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I don't know what is the problem, it must be from Geoserver because I already used the layer on another computer with Geoserver and it works perfectly.

The bottom of the error log is:

Caused by:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:264) at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.createGE(GraphicsEnvironment.java:103) at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(GraphicsEnvironment.java:82) at java.awt.image.BufferedImage.createGraphics(BufferedImage.java:1181) at java.awt.image.BufferedImage.getGraphics(BufferedImage.java:1170) at org.geoserver.wms.WMSServiceExceptionHandler.handleImageException(WMSServiceExceptionHandler.java:214) at org.geoserver.wms.WMSServiceExceptionHandler.handleServiceException(WMSServiceExceptionHandler.java:147) at org.geoserver.ows.Dispatcher.handleServiceException(Dispatcher.java:1799) at org.geoserver.ows.Dispatcher.exception(Dispatcher.java:1746) at org.geoserver.ows.Dispatcher.handleRequestInternal(Dispatcher.java:275) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractController.handleRequest(AbstractController.java:177) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.handle(SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.java:52) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1038) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:942) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:998) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:890) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:687) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:875) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:841) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1650) at org.geoserver.filters.ThreadLocalsCleanupFilter.doFilter(ThreadLocalsCleanupFilter.java:26) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1637) at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:69) at org.geoserver.flow.controller.IpBlacklistFilter.doFilter(IpBlacklistFilter.java:89) at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:66) at org.geoserver.monitor.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:140) at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:66) at org.geoserver.wms.animate.AnimatorFilter.doFilter(AnimatorFilter.java:73) at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter$Chain.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:66) at org.geoserver.filters.SpringDelegatingFilter.doFilter(SpringDelegatingFilter.java:41) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1637) at org.geoserver.platform.AdvancedDispatchFilter.doFilter(AdvancedDispatchFilter.java:37) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1637) at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:320) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:70) at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:127) at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:91) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:74) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:91) at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:334) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:70) at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:119) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:74) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:91) at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:334) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerAnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(GeoServerAnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:51) at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:334) at org.geoserver.security.oauth2.GeoServerOAuthAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(GeoServerOAuthAuthenticationFilter.java:174) at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:334) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:70) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilterInternal(BasicAuthenticationFilter.java:158) at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:74) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:91) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerBasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(GeoServerBasicAuthenticationFilter.java:81) at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:334) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:70) at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:105) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerSecurityContextPersistenceFilter$1.doFilter(GeoServerSecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:52) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:74) at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:91) at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:334) at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:215) at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:178) at org.geoserver.security.GeoServerSecurityFilterChainProxy.doFilter(GeoServerSecurityFilterChainProxy.java:142) at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:357) at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:270) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1637) at org.geoserver.filters.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:101) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1637) at org.geoserver.filters.GZIPFilter.doFilter(GZIPFilter.java:47) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1637) at org.geoserver.filters.SessionDebugFilter.doFilter(SessionDebugFilter.java:46) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1637) at org.geoserver.filters.FlushSafeFilter.doFilter(FlushSafeFilter.java:42) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1637) at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:200) at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1629) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:533) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:143) at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:548) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:132) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:190) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:1595) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:188) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1253) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:168) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:473) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:1564) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:166) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1155) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:141) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:219) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:126) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:132) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:561) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:334) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:251) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$ReadCallback.succeeded(AbstractConnection.java:279) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.FillInterest.fillable(FillInterest.java:104) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.ChannelEndPoint$2.run(ChannelEndPoint.java:124) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.doProduce(EatWhatYouKill.java:247) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.produce(EatWhatYouKill.java:140) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.run(EatWhatYouKill.java:131) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.ReservedThreadExecutor$ReservedThread.run(ReservedThreadExecutor.java:243) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:679) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$2.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:597) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

And My console have these error:

Answer 1

Looks like you have a headless system, one without a GUI running. In that setup, you need to pass the following system variable to the JVM running GeoServer:

-Djava.awt.headless=true

Answer 2

I run into a very similar but bit different error (-Djava.awt.headless=true was set correctly already in startup.sh) with GeoServer 2.20.1 on MacOS 12.1:

geoserver HTTP ERROR 500
javax.servlet.ServletException: 
org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Handler dispatch failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class sun.java2d.SurfaceData

Finally, I could trace it back on the wrong JRE: although v11 was installed as well, GeoServer fell back on the most recent version (v17, in this case). So the solution: make sure GeoServer uses the correct Java version. :)

Answer 3

The problem is caused by using wrong jdk version. Use version 11.

Answer 4

I ran into the same problem and were able to solve it following the instructions on this geoserver page

• First, create the file /etc/init.d/geoserver and copy the content from this file and paste the content into it, then change the user mode .

  sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/geoserver
  

• Second, create the file etc/default/geoserver and paste the following lines into it.

  USER=<user>
  GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=/usr/share/geoserver/data_dir
  GEOSERVER_HOME=/usr/share/geoserver
  JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64
  JAVA_OPTS="-Xms128m -Xmx512m"
  

• change the <user> with your user name and the OpenJDK with the name of the version you installed.

• then to start/check status of geoserver:

  sudo systemctl start geoserver
  sudo systemctl status geoserver
  

• to stop geoserver:

  sudo systemctl stop geoserver
  

Now, when you open the tiger-ny openlayer in the geoserver Layer preview

Answer 5

Run sudo update-alternatives --config java and select a JDK which is compatible with geoserver, that is versions 11 or 17. You might have to install one of those if you don't have them already.

I had the same problem. This worked for me.

Answer 6

I managed to solve it by uninstalling it and installing it again, but this time I used Java11, and not Java17 as previously.

Answer 7

USE java version 11 https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/ i used 21 and 17 but it didnt wroked well. then i tired version 11 . it worked well

Answer 8

I had the same error, but it pointed to a different library: sun.java2d.

The java version installed on my machine is 17 and in the geoserver documentation it says that there is a library that is installed together with the geoserver that prevents the layers from rendering and generates this error, so all I had to do was delete this library and the geoserver started working again.