A similar issue I see at but didn't find any solution, https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Web-server-don-t-start/td-p/807390
We are using SAS 9.4 M6
Webserver Catalina has these:
05:14:20,598 | WARN | [JmxSocketListener] | Detected LDAP configuration '/opt/sas/web/sasconfig/Lev1/Web/WebAppServer/SASServ
er2_1/conf/jaas.config', but there is no ldap configuration entry specified.
05:14:20,653 | INFO | [Catalina] | Initialization processed in 833 ms
05:14:21,457 | INFO | [StandardService] | Starting service [Catalina]
05:14:21,457 | INFO | [StandardEngine] | Starting Servlet Engine: Pivotal tc Runtime 3.2.11.RELEASE/8.5.32.A.RELEASE
05:14:21,464 | INFO | [HostConfig] | Deploying configuration descriptor [/sas_application/sasconfig/web/config/Lev1/Web/WebAp
pServer/SASServer2_1/conf/Catalina/localhost/SASEnvironmentMgrMidTier.xml]
05:14:21,464 | INFO | [HostConfig] | Deploying configuration descriptor [/sas_application/sasconfig/web/config/Lev1/Web/WebAp
pServer/SASServer2_1/conf/Catalina/localhost/SASStudio.xml]
05:14:21,464 | INFO | [HostConfig] | Deploying configuration descriptor [/sas_application/sasconfig/web/config/Lev1/Web/WebAp
pServer/SASServer2_1/conf/Catalina/localhost/SASWebDoc.xml]
05:14:29,884 | INFO | [[/SASWebDoc]] | No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath
05:14:29,902 | INFO | [[/SASWebDoc]] | Config path: file:////opt/sas/web/sasconfig/Lev1/Web/Common/LogConfig/
05:14:29,903 | INFO | [[/SASWebDoc]] | Context path: SASWebDoc
05:14:29,904 | INFO | [[/SASWebDoc]] | Configuring Log4j from URL at path: /file:////opt/sas/web/sasconfig/Lev1/Web/Common/Lo
gConfig/SASWebDoc-log4j.xml
05:14:29,904 | INFO | [[/SASWebDoc]] | isXMLConfigFile: true
05:14:29,987 | INFO | [[/SASWebDoc]] | Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
2025-04-13 05:14:40,423 [localhost-startStop-2] ERROR [unknown] com.sas.services.deployment.ServiceLoader - Unable to obtain s
ervice deployment from the SAS Metadata Repository metadata source.
2025-04-13 05:14:40,423 [localhost-startStop-2] ERROR [unknown] com.sas.services.deployment.PlatformServices - Exception encou
ntered starting services defined in metadata source
Server {
software component: "Platform Local Services"
host: "scemeta1.abcd.net"
port: "xxxx"
repository: "Foundation"
}
.
com.sas.services.deployment.ServiceDeploymentException: A SAS foundation service failed to deploy. [ com.sas.services.ServiceE
xception: Unable to obtain service from factory class com.sas.services.session.SessionServiceFactory. [ com.sas.services.Servi
ceException: Unable to initialize the Logging Service. ] ]
05:14:40,428 | ERROR | [[/SASWebDoc]] | Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class [com.sas.svc
s.webapp.servlet.FrameworkContextListener]
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sas.svcs.discoveryService' defined in
class path resource [META-INF/local-jps.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is com.sas.services.deploymen
t.ServiceDeploymentException: A SAS foundation service failed to deploy. [ com.sas.services.ServiceException: Unable to obtain
service from factory class com.sas.services.session.SessionServiceFactory. [ com.sas.services.ServiceException: Unable to ini
tialize the Logging Service. ] ]
05:14:40,441 | WARN | [WebappClassLoaderBase] | The web application [SASWebDoc] appears to have started a thread named [Timer
-0] but has failed to stop it. This is very likely to create a memory leak. Stack trace of thread:
java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:552)
java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:505)
and Server Log:
2025-04-13 05:14:55,407 ERROR (localhost-startStop-1) [org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase] Found RMI Target with stub class class [com.sas.metadata.remote.MdObjectListImpl_Stub] and value [MdObjectListImpl_Stub[UnicastRef [liveRef: [endpoint:[127.0.0.1:39466](local),objID:[122b7ddb:1962d91edf9:-7403, -1146460060386749809]]]]]. This RMI Target has been forcibly removed to prevent a memory leak.
2025-04-13 05:14:55,415 INFO (localhost-startStop-1) [org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig] Deployment of configuration descriptor [/sas_application/sasconfig/web/config/Lev1/Web/WebAppServer/SASServer2_1/conf/Catalina/localhost/SASEnvironmentMgrMidTier.xml] has finished in [33,951] ms
2025-04-13 05:14:40,427 ERROR (localhost-startStop-2) [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/SASWebDoc]] Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class [com.sas.svcs.webapp.servlet.springframework.DefaultContextLoaderListener]
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sas.svcs.discoveryService' defined in class path resource [META-INF/local-jps.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is com.sas.services.deployment.ServiceDeploymentException: A SAS foundation service failed to deploy. [ com.sas.services.ServiceException: Unable to obtain service from factory class com.sas.services.session.SessionServiceFactory. [ com.sas.services.ServiceException: Unable to initialize the Logging Service. ] ]
