Error when installing Liferay 7 CE with Oracle 12c - oracle

Question

I try to install Liferay 7 ce ga3 on centos and I get the following error. I installed oracle jdk 8 in centos and extracted the bundle in /opt.
Since I want to connect with oracle 12c I completed the steps in this article: https://www.dontesta.it/en/2016/04/13/liferay-7-ce-how-to-add-support-for-oracle-db/ and I uploaded ojdbc6.jar and liferay-portal-oracledb-support-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar in $LIFERAY_HOME/$TOMCAT_HOME/lib/ext
Loading file:/opt/liferay-ce-portal-7.0-ga3/portal-ext.properties 13:25:50,890 INFO [localhost-startStop-1][DialectDetector:75] Determine dialect for Oracle 12.1 13:25:51,046 INFO [localhost-startStop-1][DialectDetector:148] Found dialect org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle10gDialect 09-Mar-2017 13:25:51.494 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener java.lang.RuntimeException: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'counterHibernateSessionFactory' defined in class path resource [META-INF/hibernate-spring.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/liferay/portal/dao/db/BaseDB
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:256)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4812)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5255)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:725)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:701)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:585)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1794)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'counterHibernateSessionFactory' defined in class path resource [META-INF/hibernate-spring.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/liferay/portal/dao/db/BaseDB
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1572)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:539)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:303)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:299)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:736)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:762)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:480)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:93)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.ArrayApplicationContext.<init>(ArrayApplicationContext.java:31)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:243)
... 13 more Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/liferay/portal/dao/db/BaseDB
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:760)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:467)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:73)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:368)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:362)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:361)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
at it.dontesta.labs.liferay.portal.dao.db.OracleDBFactory.doCreate(OracleDBFactory.java:14)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.db.BaseDBFactory.create(BaseDBFactory.java:39)
at com.liferay.portal.dao.db.DBManagerImpl.getDB(DBManagerImpl.java:117)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.db.DBManagerUtil.setDB(DBManagerUtil.java:64)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.hibernate.PortalHibernateConfiguration.newConfiguration(PortalHibernateConfiguration.java:140)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.buildSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:505)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.hibernate.PortalHibernateConfiguration.buildSessionFactory(PortalHibernateConfiguration.java:68)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.AbstractSessionFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractSessionFactoryBean.java:189)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1631)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1568)
... 26 more Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.liferay.portal.dao.db.BaseDB
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
... 47 more
09-Mar-2017 13:25:51.499 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal One or more listeners failed to start. Full details will be found in the appropriate container log file 09-Mar-2017 13:25:51.501 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal Context [] startup failed due to previous errors 13:25:51,533 ERROR [localhost-startStop-1][PortalContextLoaderListener:114] java.lang.NullPointerException java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.DirectServletRegistryUtil.clearServlets(DirectServletRegistryUtil.java:27)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.contextDestroyed(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:132)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStop(StandardContext.java:4859)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stopInternal(StandardContext.java:5478)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.stop(LifecycleBase.java:224)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:159)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:725)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:701)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:585)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1794)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) 13:25:51,540 ERROR [localhost-startStop-1][PortalContextLoaderListener:114] java.lang.NullPointerException java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.deploy.hot.HotDeployUtil.reset(HotDeployUtil.java:53)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.contextDestroyed(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:139)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStop(StandardContext.java:4859)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stopInternal(StandardContext.java:5478)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.stop(LifecycleBase.java:224)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:159)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:725)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:701)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:585)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1794)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) 13:25:51,562 ERROR [localhost-startStop-1][PortalContextLoaderListener:114] java.lang.IllegalStateException: The system has not be activated yet. java.lang.IllegalStateException: The system has not be activated yet.
at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.setStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1442)
at com.liferay.portal.bootstrap.ModuleFrameworkImpl.stopRuntime(ModuleFrameworkImpl.java:518)
at com.liferay.portal.module.framework.ModuleFrameworkUtilAdapter.stopRuntime(ModuleFrameworkUtilAdapter.java:121)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.contextDestroyed(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:146)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStop(StandardContext.java:4859)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stopInternal(StandardContext.java:5478)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.stop(LifecycleBase.java:224)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:159)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:725)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:701)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:585)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1794)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) 13:25:51,564 ERROR [localhost-startStop-1][PortalBeanLocatorUtil:109] BeanLocator is null 09-Mar-2017 13:25:51.565 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStop Exception sending context destroyed event to listener instance of class com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener com.liferay.portal.kernel.bean.BeanLocatorException: BeanLocator is not set
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.bean.PortalBeanLocatorUtil.locate(PortalBeanLocatorUtil.java:74)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.closeDataSource(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:377)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.contextDestroyed(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:159)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStop(StandardContext.java:4859)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stopInternal(StandardContext.java:5478)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.stop(LifecycleBase.java:224)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:159)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:725)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:701)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:585)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1794)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
09-Mar-2017 13:25:51.588 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor Deployment of configuration descriptor /opt/liferay-ce-portal-7.0-ga3/tomcat-8.0.32/conf/Catalina/localhost/ROOT.xml has finished in 17,910 ms 09-Mar-2017 13:25:51.596 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.start Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-8080"] 09-Mar-2017 13:25:51.609 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.start Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-nio-8009"] 09-Mar-2017 13:25:51.611 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start Server startup in 17981 ms
Any ideas what causes the problem?
Thank you.

Answer 1

It is solved. I placed liferay-portal-oracledb-support-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar in wrong folder. It should be in $LIFERAY_HOME/$TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib.
Thus the installation started.

Answer 2

The code you're linking was built for Liferay 7 CE GA1, and it might need to be adopted to GA3 (read: You shouldn't install GA1). Liferay 7 gets more and more modularized, and it might be that some classes moved from the core to a module, thus breaking classpath dependencies (hopefully while maintaining API compatibility). As the technique to add Oracle-compatibility to Liferay seems quite brute-force (it goes to the global classpath instead of being a module) I can easily imagine this.
Note that I have no access to Oracle, so I can't try out that module. Take my explanations with a grain of salt.

Answer 3

To connect Liferay 7.2 with Oracle 12C I used to do:
ojdbc8.jar - get this from Oracle installation home and into
liferay-ce-portal-7.2.1-ga2\tomcat-9.0.17\lib\ext
liferay-portal-database-all-in-one-support-1.2.1.jar - Download latest jar from Maven Repository (E.g. https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/it.dontesta.labs.liferay.portal.db/liferay-portal-database-all-in-one-support/1.2.1) and put into
\liferay-ce-portal-7.2.1-ga2\tomcat-9.0.17\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\lib
It works perfectly.