Null pointer exceptions accessing jasperserver 5.5.0 login page

[jartman]

I installed the community edition jasperserver 5.5.0 from the war distribution onto Glassfish 4 using MySQL.  The installation script ran without errors, and after fixing a missing jdbcDataSourceClass entry in default_master.properties, the deployment also succeeded with no further errors.  However when accessing the url http://servername:8080/jasperserver, I got multiple "internal server errors".  The server log pointed back to null pointer errors in the java files for login.jsp, container_jsp, and controlsearchLockup.jsp (so far).  I tracked down several of these in sequence, which were all caused by undefined object parameters referenced in these jsp pages.  I stuffed definitions for these parameters into the jsp files:

isAwsMpProduct

isProductEditionFreeOrLimited

isReportRunsLimitReached

isRunsAboveWarningThreshold

swipeScroll

isIPad

 

and now the webpage comes up and I'm able to log in as jasperadmin.  However it appears there are still many places where more errors of this type will occur as I access other parts of the application.  I'm guessing there's a common cause; can anyone clarify where these values get set initially and what might be missing in my setup?

 

[mgeise]

Your issues are very likely caused by a conflict in Glassfish 4.  Glassfish is not certified for the community edition and only for versions 2.1, 3.0, and 3.1.2 for the commercial edition.  http://www.jaspersoft.com/sites/default/files/Jaspersoft%20Platform%20Support%20V5.5.pdf

[jartman]

Thanks, I did try installing to Glassfish 3.1.2 and got exactly the same errors.  I didn't realize that no versions of Glassfish are supported on the community edition, the document you pointed me to doesn't appear to be referenced anywhere on the website or inside other server documentation.

I also tried using the .exe install with Postgres and tomcat.  I got through login on that without any hitches but then hit many errors when I tried to exercise any part of the app.  I'll try that path again...