Tomcat: One or more listeners failed to start

Found a simple way to identify the problem.

1. In your WEB-INF/classes directory of the application, make a new file: logging.properties.

2. Add the following in that file:

org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].level=INFO
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].handlers=java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

3. Restart tomcat.

Now you’ll have the complete stacktrace and debug the problem from there on.

For a Maven Build

1. Create a new logging.properties in the src/main/resources directory of the module
2. Add these entries into that new file

org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].level=INFO
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].handlers=java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

3. Run mvn clean install
4. Restart Tomcat