[CASSANDRA-8677] rpc_interface and listen_interface generate NPE on startup when specified interface doesn't exist

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.3, 2.2.0 beta 1
• Component/s: Local/Config
• Severity: Normal
• Assignee: Ariel Weisberg
• Reporter: Ariel Weisberg

Authors

Ariel Weisberg

Reviewers

Robert Stupp

• Created: 23/Jan/15 20:21
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:31
• Resolved: 27/Jan/15 12:38

Description

This is just a buggy UI bit.

Initially the error I got was this which is redundant and not well formatted.

ERROR 20:12:55 Exception encountered during startup
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null
Fatal configuration error; unable to start. See log for stacktrace.
	at org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.<clinit>(DatabaseDescriptor.java:108) ~[main/:na]
	at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:122) [main/:na]
	at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:479) [main/:na]
	at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.main(CassandraDaemon.java:571) [main/:na]
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null
Fatal configuration error; unable to start. See log for stacktrace.
	at org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.<clinit>(DatabaseDescriptor.java:108)
	at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:122)
	at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:479)
	at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.main(CassandraDaemon.java:571)
Exception encountered during startup: null
Fatal configuration error; unable to start. See log for stacktrace.
ERROR 20:12:55 Exception encountered during startup
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null
Fatal configuration error; unable to start. See log for stacktrace.
	at org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.<clinit>(DatabaseDescriptor.java:108) ~[main/:na]
	at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:122) [main/:na]
	at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:479) [main/:na]
	at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.main(CassandraDaemon.java:571) [main/:na]

This has no description of the error that occurred. After logging the exception.

java.lang.NullPointerException: null
	at org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.applyConfig(DatabaseDescriptor.java:347) ~[main/:na]
	at org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor.<clinit>(DatabaseDescriptor.java:102) ~[main/:na]
	at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:122) [main/:na]
	at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:479) [main/:na]
	at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.main(CassandraDaemon.java:571) [main/:na]

Exceptions thrown in the DatabaseDescriptor should log in a useful way.

This particular error should generate a message without a stack trace since it is easily recognized.