Assistance with error on openfire setup

Hi,

I’ve installed Openfire on windoed server 2003 std with mySQL 5.0. In the initial config process I get the error at the “Database Settings” page (a connection to the database could not be made). I tried all possible settings. Here is what the log says

java.lang.NullPointerException

at org.jivesoftware.database.DbConnectionManager.setMetaData(DbConnectionManager.j ava:649)

at org.jivesoftware.database.DbConnectionManager.setConnectionProvider(DbConnectio nManager.java:464)

at org.jivesoftware.openfire.admin.setup.setup_002ddatasource_002dstandard_jsp._js pService(setup_002ddatasource_002dstandard_jsp.java:202)

at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:491)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.ja va:1074)

at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:11 8)

at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.ja va:1065)

at org.jivesoftware.util.LocaleFilter.doFilter(LocaleFilter.java:65)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.ja va:1065)

at org.jivesoftware.util.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingF ilter.java:41)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.ja va:1065)

at org.jivesoftware.admin.PluginFilter.doFilter(PluginFilter.java:69)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.ja va:1065)

at org.jivesoftware.admin.AuthCheckFilter.doFilter(AuthCheckFilter.java:98)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.ja va:1065)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:365)

at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:185)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:181)

at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:689)

at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:391)

at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollect ion.java:146)

at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)

at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:139)

at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:285)

at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:457)

at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:765 )

at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:627)

at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:209)

at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:357)

at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:329)

at org.mortbay.thread.BoundedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(BoundedThreadPool.java:475)

2007.10.28 00:40:20 [org.jivesoftware.database.DefaultConnectionProvider.getConnection(DefaultConne ctionProvider.java:68)

] Warning: DbConnectionDefaultPool.getConnection() was called before the internal pool has been initialized.

2007.10.28 00:40:20 [org.jivesoftware.database.DbConnectionManager.getConnection(DbConnectionManage r.java:95)

] WARNING: ConnectionManager.getConnection() failed to obtain a connection.

NOTE:

I tried using the “root” login to mySQL and got the same error.

I also replaced “jtds.jar” and got the same error.

I also rebooted the server, just in case.

This is my database URL :jdbc:mysql://[localhost]:3306/[/openfire]. I have a database in mySQL named “openfire” I also ran the script from “resources\database” openfire_mysql.sql and all went well with no errors. I login to mySQL and see the tables.

Any ideas please.

Thanks

Got it. I screwed up with the URL :jdbc:mysql://[c-main]:3306/[/openfire].

Thanks