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Windchill Custom worker fails to start due to error Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/Configuration

Modified: 15-Oct-2024   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 12.0 to 12.1

Description

  • Executing worker startup batch file for the generic worker shows error on the worker machine 
    • Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/logging/log4j/core/config/Configuration
at com.ptc.wvs.server.cadagent.GenericWorker.<clinit>(GenericWorker.java:21)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configuration
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:581)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521)
... 1 more
    • The above log can be observed by starting WorkerDaemon from <Creo View Adapters installation fodler>\x86e_win64\obj\WorkerDaemon.exe 
  • After configuring a custom AutoCAD Worker with reference to CS40919, publishing jobs fail with error: 
    • AutoCAD Processing Returned: $ERROR$ No worker can be started, removing request from queue
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