Pivotal tc Server v.3.1 won't start

Question

I've recently downloaded STS and I tried firing up the TC Server, but it gives this error:

Server Pivotal tc Server Developer Edition v3.1 failed to start.

Error: Could not find or load main class Files.Spring.sts-bundle.pivotal-tc-server-developer-3.1.0.RELEASE.base-instance.conf.logging.properties Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=256m; support was removed in 8.0

I went to the folder and it seems that the properties file is there.

Is this a bug or is there something wrong with my settings?

Answer 1

I guess you might have already solved this. But just answering.

You need to make sure that there are no whitespaces in the path of your STS location.

Example : F:\softwares\STS - is the example of location to which you can extract your zip file of STS or install you exe file of STS.

Wrong : F:\softwares\IDE Softwares\STS - Is illegal. Pivotal is expecting no whitespaces in the location from which it gets the server source i.e., you sts installation location

STS location could be F:\softwares\STS\spring-tool-suite-3.7.0\sts-bundle, so that your server location would be F:\softwares\STS\spring-tool-suite-3.7.0\sts-bundle\pivotal-tc-server-developer-3.1.1.RELEASE.

Final solution is, there should not be any whitespaces in the path from which STS pics up the server.

Answer 2

I had the same problem. Apparently there is a bug with too long path to that file (logging.properties) and I solved it by shortening the path to the ... /conf/logging.properties file I simply moved that file to c:/dev and changed the path in launch configuration (double click server name in the "servers" tab and click on "open launch configuration" -> click "Arguments" -> edit path in the "VM arguments" section) OR you can move the whole STS folder into folder that has shorter name.