[HADOOP-7688] When a servlet filter throws an exception in init(..), the Jetty server failed silently.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.23.0, 0.24.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0, 2.0.3-alpha, 0.23.11
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Uma Maheswara Rao G Assign to me
• Reporter: Tsz-wo Sze
• Created: 28/Sep/11 05:26
• Updated: 03/Sep/14 23:12
• Resolved: 17/Sep/12 18:43

Description

When a servlet filter throws a ServletException in init(..), the exception is logged by Jetty but not re-throws to the caller. As a result, the Jetty server failed silently.

Issue Links

• is related to: HADOOP-8786 HttpServer continues to start even if AuthenticationFilter fails to init
• relates to: HDFS-2368 defaults created for web keytab and principal, these properties should not have defaults