Jetty service fail on start in ubuntu 14

Question

I install the solr-jetty package in a Ubuntu 14 container running in a cloud9 workspace.

To install the package I run the following command:

sudo apt-get install solr-jetty

The installation doesn't return any error. Then I try to start solr with the following command:

sudo service jetty start

But I receive the following error:

 * Starting Jetty servlet engine. jetty
/etc/init.d/jetty: 274: /etc/init.d/jetty: /usr/sbin/rotatelogs: not found
 * Jetty servlet engine started, reachable on http://host-solr-3694477:8983/. jetty
   ...fail!

In the log file of jetty I get the following message:

failed setting default capabilities.
set_caps(CAPS) failed for user 'jetty'
Service exit with a return value of 4

The problem seams to be that jetty user have no permission to invoke the set_caps(CAPS). How can I resolve this issue?

You look at your log files and then use what Iain calls the [scientific method](http://serverfault.com/a/799680/37681) — HBruijn, Aug 31 '16 at 20:13
I add the jetty log information to the question as you suggest @HBruijn — miguelbgouveia, Sep 01 '16 at 08:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 10 '16 at 13:20

A workaround (but as a solution, this is a terrible idea)

I hit the same problem whilst building solr 4.6 on Ubuntu 12.04 for a container to be used in our development pipeline.

There is anecdotal talk on forums about changing the storage from the default AUFS to btrfs, but this didn't work for me.

In the end (as this is just for dev), I changed the jetty user in the /etc/init.d/jetty script from 'jetty' to 'root' and this worked.

Like I said - not ideal and not recommended for anything but a development system.

Jetty service fail on start in ubuntu 14

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