I've been trying to set up Windows GeoServer version 2.15.2 through the binary installation, and am getting the following error when trying to access the admin interface
HTTP ERROR 503
Problem accessing /geoserver/. Reason:
Service Unavailable
Powered by Jetty:// 9.4.12.v20180830
Something also seems to be going wrong during the startup which is different from similar questions on here: on line 13, it says something is "UNAVAILABLE", while for others it says "STARTING"
Welcome to GeoServer!
JAVA_HOME: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_221
Please wait while loading GeoServer...
2019-08-23 20:06:31.567:INFO::main: Logging initialized @334ms to org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.StdErrLog
2019-08-23 20:06:31.677:WARN:oejx.XmlConfiguration:main: Property 'jetty.port' is deprecated, use 'jetty.http.port' instead
2019-08-23 20:06:31.677:WARN:oejx.XmlConfiguration:main: Property 'http.timeout' is deprecated, use 'jetty.http.idleTimeout' instead
2019-08-23 20:06:31.677:INFO:oejs.Server:main: jetty-9.4.12.v20180830; built: 2018-08-30T13:59:14.071Z; git: 27208684755d94a92186989f695db2d7b21ebc51; jvm 1.8.0_221-b11
2019-08-23 20:06:31.692:INFO:oejdp.ScanningAppProvider:main: Deployment monitor [file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/geoserver/webapps/] at interval 1
2019-08-23 20:06:32.331:INFO:oejw.StandardDescriptorProcessor:main: NO JSP Support for /geoserver, did not find org.eclipse.jetty.jsp.JettyJspServlet
2019-08-23 20:06:32.347:WARN:oejw.WebAppContext:main: Failed startup of context o.e.j.w.WebAppContext@1a5c39e{GeoServer,/geoserver,file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/geoserver/webapps/geoserver/,UNAVAILABLE}{C:\Program Files (x86)\geoserver\webapps\geoserver}
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.IterativeDescriptorProcessor.visit(IterativeDescriptorProcessor.java:84)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.IterativeDescriptorProcessor.process(IterativeDescriptorProcessor.java:71)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.MetaData.resolve(MetaData.java:409)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1457)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:847)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.doStart(ServletContextHandler.java:287)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:545)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.bindings.StandardStarter.processBinding(StandardStarter.java:46)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.AppLifeCycle.runBindings(AppLifeCycle.java:192)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.requestAppGoal(DeploymentManager.java:505)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.addApp(DeploymentManager.java:151)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider.fileAdded(ScanningAppProvider.java:180)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.WebAppProvider.fileAdded(WebAppProvider.java:432)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider$1.fileAdded(ScanningAppProvider.java:64)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.reportAddition(Scanner.java:610)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.reportDifferences(Scanner.java:529)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:392)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.doStart(Scanner.java:313)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider.doStart(ScanningAppProvider.java:150)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.startAppProvider(DeploymentManager.java:579)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.doStart(DeploymentManager.java:240)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:138)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:416)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:117)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:113)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:383)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration$1.run(XmlConfiguration.java:1572)
at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration$1.run(XmlConfiguration.java:1512)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:1511)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:220)
at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.start(Main.java:486)
at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.main(Main.java:77)
Caused by:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/media/jai/util/ImagingListener
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructor(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler$Context.createInstance(ContextHandler.java:2655)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.StandardDescriptorProcessor.newListenerInstance(StandardDescriptorProcessor.java:1967)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.StandardDescriptorProcessor.visitListener(StandardDescriptorProcessor.java:1916)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.IterativeDescriptorProcessor.visit(IterativeDescriptorProcessor.java:84)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.IterativeDescriptorProcessor.process(IterativeDescriptorProcessor.java:71)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.MetaData.resolve(MetaData.java:409)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1457)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:847)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.doStart(ServletContextHandler.java:287)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:545)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.bindings.StandardStarter.processBinding(StandardStarter.java:46)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.AppLifeCycle.runBindings(AppLifeCycle.java:192)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.requestAppGoal(DeploymentManager.java:505)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.addApp(DeploymentManager.java:151)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider.fileAdded(ScanningAppProvider.java:180)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.WebAppProvider.fileAdded(WebAppProvider.java:432)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider$1.fileAdded(ScanningAppProvider.java:64)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.reportAddition(Scanner.java:610)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.reportDifferences(Scanner.java:529)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:392)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.doStart(Scanner.java:313)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider.doStart(ScanningAppProvider.java:150)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.startAppProvider(DeploymentManager.java:579)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.doStart(DeploymentManager.java:240)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:138)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:416)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:117)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:113)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:383)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration$1.run(XmlConfiguration.java:1572)
at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration$1.run(XmlConfiguration.java:1512)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:1511)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:220)
at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.start(Main.java:486)
at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.main(Main.java:77)
Caused by:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.media.jai.util.ImagingListener
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppClassLoader.loadClass(WebAppClassLoader.java:565)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructor(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler$Context.createInstance(ContextHandler.java:2655)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.StandardDescriptorProcessor.newListenerInstance(StandardDescriptorProcessor.java:1967)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.StandardDescriptorProcessor.visitListener(StandardDescriptorProcessor.java:1916)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.IterativeDescriptorProcessor.visit(IterativeDescriptorProcessor.java:84)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.IterativeDescriptorProcessor.process(IterativeDescriptorProcessor.java:71)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.MetaData.resolve(MetaData.java:409)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1457)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:847)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.doStart(ServletContextHandler.java:287)
at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:545)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.bindings.StandardStarter.processBinding(StandardStarter.java:46)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.AppLifeCycle.runBindings(AppLifeCycle.java:192)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.requestAppGoal(DeploymentManager.java:505)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.addApp(DeploymentManager.java:151)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider.fileAdded(ScanningAppProvider.java:180)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.WebAppProvider.fileAdded(WebAppProvider.java:432)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider$1.fileAdded(ScanningAppProvider.java:64)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.reportAddition(Scanner.java:610)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.reportDifferences(Scanner.java:529)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:392)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.Scanner.doStart(Scanner.java:313)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.providers.ScanningAppProvider.doStart(ScanningAppProvider.java:150)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.startAppProvider(DeploymentManager.java:579)
at org.eclipse.jetty.deploy.DeploymentManager.doStart(DeploymentManager.java:240)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:138)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:416)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:117)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:113)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:383)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration$1.run(XmlConfiguration.java:1572)
at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration$1.run(XmlConfiguration.java:1512)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.eclipse.jetty.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:1511)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:220)
at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.start(Main.java:486)
at org.eclipse.jetty.start.Main.main(Main.java:77)
2019-08-23 20:06:32.362:INFO:oejs.AbstractConnector:main: Started ServerConnector@1bb07ed{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:8585}
2019-08-23 20:06:32.362:INFO:oejs.Server:main: Started @1128ms
I'm using Java JRE 8, and running on port 8585.
Best Answer
As it is not a windows setup you can't place the package under C:\Program Files because it gives an error for lack of permissions...
I had the same problem, I solved it moving the unzipped directory under C:\Geoserver 2.15.2\
I hope this solve your problem.