DeploymentException on restart: JNDI lookup failed for java:app/jdbc/ resource defined in glassfish-resources.xml

[muchiri08]

GlassFish Version (and build number)

8.0.0

JDK version

25

OS

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

Database

Postgres

Problem Description

I am using application scoped resources registered in glassfish-resources.xml. When deploying the application(asadmin deploy ...), everything works well. When I restart the server(asadmin restart domain or asadmin stop-domain, asadin start-domain), the deployed apps are not accessible on the browser just an HTTP Status 404 - Not Found error page.

During restart, the below error is logged:

  Exception during lifecycle processing
org.glassfish.deployment.common.DeploymentException: JNDI lookup failed for the resource: Name: my_persistence_unit, Lookup: java:app/jdbc/mydb, Type: javax.sql.DataSource
	at com.sun.enterprise.deployment.util.ResourceValidator.validateJNDIRefs(ResourceValidator.java:886)
	at com.sun.enterprise.deployment.util.ResourceValidator.validateResources(ResourceValidator.java:748)
	at com.sun.enterprise.deployment.util.ResourceValidator.event(ResourceValidator.java:173)
	at org.glassfish.kernel.event.EventsImpl$Listener.event(EventsImpl.java:185)
	at org.glassfish.kernel.event.EventsImpl.send(EventsImpl.java:142)
	at com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:485)
	at com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLoaderService.processApplication(ApplicationLoaderService.java:405)
	at com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLoaderService.postConstruct(ApplicationLoaderService.java:243)
	at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ClazzCreator.postConstructMe(ClazzCreator.java:356)
	at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ClazzCreator.create(ClazzCreator.java:410)
	at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.SystemDescriptor.create(SystemDescriptor.java:479)
	at org.glassfish.hk2.runlevel.internal.AsyncRunLevelContext.findOrCreate(AsyncRunLevelContext.java:288)
	at org.glassfish.hk2.runlevel.RunLevelContext.findOrCreate(RunLevelContext.java:65)
	at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.Utilities.createService(Utilities.java:2111)
	at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ServiceHandleImpl.getService(ServiceHandleImpl.java:98)
	at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ServiceHandleImpl.getService(ServiceHandleImpl.java:68)
	at org.glassfish.hk2.runlevel.internal.CurrentTaskFuture$QueueRunner.oneJob(CurrentTaskFuture.java:1366)
	at org.glassfish.hk2.runlevel.internal.CurrentTaskFuture$QueueRunner.run(CurrentTaskFuture.java:1294)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1090)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:614)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1474)
Caused by: javax.naming.NamingException: Lookup failed for java:app/jdbc/mydb in SerialContext[myEnv={java.naming.factory.state=com.sun.corba.ee.impl.presentation.rmi.JNDIStateFactoryImpl, java.naming.factory.url.pkgs=com.sun.enterprise.naming}] [Root exception is javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: No object bound for java:app/jdbc/mydb]
	at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialContext.lookup(SerialContext.java:836)
	at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialContext.lookup(SerialContext.java:257)
	at java.naming/javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:409)
	at java.naming/javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:409)
	at java.naming/javax.naming.InitialContext.doLookup(InitialContext.java:282)
	at com.sun.enterprise.deployment.util.ResourceValidator.validateJNDIRefs(ResourceValidator.java:882)
	... 20 more
Caused by: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: No object bound for java:app/jdbc/mydb
	at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.JavaURLContext.lookup(JavaURLContext.java:135)
	at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialContext.lookup(SerialContext.java:818)
	... 25 more
	Suppressed: javax.naming.NamingException: Invocation exception: Got null ComponentInvocation!
		at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.GlassfishNamingManagerImpl.getComponentInvocation(GlassfishNamingManagerImpl.java:721)
		at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.GlassfishNamingManagerImpl.getComponentId(GlassfishNamingManagerImpl.java:703)
		at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.GlassfishNamingManagerImpl.lookup(GlassfishNamingManagerImpl.java:586)
		at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.JavaURLContext.lambda$lookup$0(JavaURLContext.java:153)
		at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.JavaURLContext.lookupOrCollectException(JavaURLContext.java:550)
		at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.JavaURLContext.lookup(JavaURLContext.java:153)
		... 26 more
]]

Sample config:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE resources PUBLIC "-//GlassFish.org//DTD GlassFish Application Server 3.1 Resource Definitions//EN" "http://glassfish.org/dtds/glassfish-resources_1_5.dtd">
<resources>
    <jdbc-connection-pool datasource-classname="org.postgresql.ds.PGSimpleDataSource" 
                          is-isolation-level-guaranteed="false" 
                          name="dbPool" 
                          res-type="javax.sql.DataSource">
        <property name="serverName" value="localhost"/>
        <property name="PortNumber" value="5432"/>
        <property name="DatabaseName" value="mydb"/>
        <property name="User" value="user"/>
        <property name="Password" value="password"/>
    </jdbc-connection-pool>
    
    <jdbc-resource enabled="true" jndi-name="java:app/jdbc/mydb" object-type="user" pool-name="dbPool">
    </jdbc-resource>
</resources>

Steps to reproduce

Create an app and add resource in glassfish-resources.xml like the sample config above.

Impact of Issue

Whenever I restart the server on prod or locally, I have to deploy the apps again for them to be accessible.

[OndroMih]

Thank you, @muchiri08 , for reporting this.

Would you be able to help us investigate and build a sample application that either defines a DerbyDB in-memory datasource, or can run against PosgreSQL in Docker container?

If we have an easy way to run a reproducer and reproducer the issue, we will be able to investigate and fix the issue more quickly.

[muchiri08]

sample.zip

@OndroMih See above.

It uses derby.

• Unzip
• mvn clean package
• Deploy on glassfish 8.0.0 (asadmin deploy sample.war)
• Visit localhost:8080/sample and its accessible
• Restart the server (asadmin restart-domain or stop and start)
• Visit localhost:8080/sample again and it will not be accessible
• Check server logs for the error mentioned.

[OndroMih]

Thank you, I confirm I reproduced the issue with the above steps.

[OndroMih]

I reproduced it also on GlassFish 7.0.25, so it's not introduced by GlassFish 8.0.0.

[OndroMih]

The same problem even on GlassFish 7.0.0. So it's a pretty old bug.