Windows exe installer fails to start GeoServer

Description

When you use the Windows installer to install geoserver and opt for manual start the generated startup.bat fails to start GeoServer with the message:

G:\Program Files (x86)\GeoServer 2.9-RC1\bin>call "G:\java\jre\bin\java.exe" -DGY=geoserver -Djetty.port=8080 -Djetty.logs="G:\Program Files (x86)\GeoServer 2.9
WARNING: Module not found [ssl]
WARNING: Nothing to start, exiting ...

Usage: java -jar start.jar [options] [properties] [configs]
java -jar start.jar --help # for more information

Can be fixed by adding

-Djetty.base="G:/Program Files (x86)/GeoServer 2.9-RC1/"

to the start command so that Jetty finds start.ini - I guess there is a template somewhere that needs this added.

Environment

Windows 7 Ultimate SP1,
java version "1.8.0_91"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_91-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.91-b14, mixed mode, sharing)

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Torben Barsballe

May 3, 2016, 6:16 PM

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Fixed on 2.9.x, 2.9-RC1 artifacts updated.
https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/commit/9a3d9a8b27f2ec3b1d36e3333d873e10c251e899
https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/commit/eef4a417ab2da48b98fa8f600f1859ed35f09817

I will port to master once the 2.9-RC1 release goes out.

Simone Giannecchini

May 31, 2016, 5:20 PM

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Is this still open?

Torben Barsballe

May 31, 2016, 9:22 PM

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Thanks for the reminder. Yes, this was still open, pending porting the fix to master.
Fix has now been ported to master, and I have closed the ticket.