Cassandra fails on runAll command

Lagom Version (2.5.x / etc)

1.1 Activator 1.3.10

API (Scala / Java / Neither / Both)

Java

Operating System (Ubuntu 15.10 / MacOS 10.10 / Windows 10)

MacOS 10.11.6

JDK (Oracle 1.8.0_72, OpenJDK 1.8.x, Azul Zing)

1.8.0_66

When I try runAll command. Project fails to start services. Error is about cassandra. Command prints the log below:

[info] Starting embedded Cassandra server
.......Exception (java.lang.NullPointerException) encountered during startup: null
2016-09-06 12:55:06,990 ERROR org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon - Exception encountered during startup
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
    at org.apache.cassandra.db.RowUpdateBuilder.builder(RowUpdateBuilder.java:118) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.db.RowUpdateBuilder.add(RowUpdateBuilder.java:287) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.db.RowUpdateBuilder.add(RowUpdateBuilder.java:274) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.schema.SchemaKeyspace.makeCreateKeyspaceMutation(SchemaKeyspace.java:389) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.schema.SchemaKeyspace.makeCreateKeyspaceMutation(SchemaKeyspace.java:396) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.schema.SchemaKeyspace.saveSystemKeyspacesSchema(SchemaKeyspace.java:267) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.db.SystemKeyspace.finishStartup(SystemKeyspace.java:469) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:327) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:549) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at akka.persistence.cassandra.testkit.CassandraLauncher$.start(CassandraLauncher.scala:113) [akka-persistence-cassandra_2.11-0.13.jar:0.13]
    at akka.persistence.cassandra.testkit.CassandraLauncher$.main(CassandraLauncher.scala:56) [akka-persistence-cassandra_2.11-0.13.jar:0.13]
    at akka.persistence.cassandra.testkit.CassandraLauncher.main(CassandraLauncher.scala) [akka-persistence-cassandra_2.11-0.13.jar:0.13]
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.apache.cassandra.db.RowUpdateBuilder.builder(RowUpdateBuilder.java:118)
    at org.apache.cassandra.db.RowUpdateBuilder.add(RowUpdateBuilder.java:287)
    at org.apache.cassandra.db.RowUpdateBuilder.add(RowUpdateBuilder.java:274)
    at org.apache.cassandra.schema.SchemaKeyspace.makeCreateKeyspaceMutation(SchemaKeyspace.java:389)
    at org.apache.cassandra.schema.SchemaKeyspace.makeCreateKeyspaceMutation(SchemaKeyspace.java:396)
    at org.apache.cassandra.schema.SchemaKeyspace.saveSystemKeyspacesSchema(SchemaKeyspace.java:267)
    at org.apache.cassandra.db.SystemKeyspace.finishStartup(SystemKeyspace.java:469)
    at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:327)
    at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:549)
    at akka.persistence.cassandra.testkit.CassandraLauncher$.start(CassandraLauncher.scala:113)
    at akka.persistence.cassandra.testkit.CassandraLauncher$.main(CassandraLauncher.scala:56)
    at akka.persistence.cassandra.testkit.CassandraLauncher.main(CassandraLauncher.scala)
2016-09-06 12:55:06,994 ERROR org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon - Exception in thread Thread[main,5,main]
java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception encountered during startup
    at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.exitOrFail(CassandraDaemon.java:686) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:579) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at akka.persistence.cassandra.testkit.CassandraLauncher$.start(CassandraLauncher.scala:113) ~[akka-persistence-cassandra_2.11-0.13.jar:0.13]
    at akka.persistence.cassandra.testkit.CassandraLauncher$.main(CassandraLauncher.scala:56) ~[akka-persistence-cassandra_2.11-0.13.jar:0.13]
    at akka.persistence.cassandra.testkit.CassandraLauncher.main(CassandraLauncher.scala) ~[akka-persistence-cassandra_2.11-0.13.jar:0.13]
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: null
    at org.apache.cassandra.db.RowUpdateBuilder.builder(RowUpdateBuilder.java:118) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.db.RowUpdateBuilder.add(RowUpdateBuilder.java:287) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.db.RowUpdateBuilder.add(RowUpdateBuilder.java:274) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.schema.SchemaKeyspace.makeCreateKeyspaceMutation(SchemaKeyspace.java:389) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.schema.SchemaKeyspace.makeCreateKeyspaceMutation(SchemaKeyspace.java:396) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.schema.SchemaKeyspace.saveSystemKeyspacesSchema(SchemaKeyspace.java:267) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.db.SystemKeyspace.finishStartup(SystemKeyspace.java:469) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:327) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:549) ~[cassandra-all-3.0.2.jar:3.0.2]
    ... 3 common frames omitted
................................
[info] Cassandra server is not yet started.

[TimMoore]

One more thing to try: @Kml55 can you try to download and run Cassandra 3.0.9 from http://archive.apache.org/dist/cassandra/3.0.9/ (documentation).

I’m curious whether the standard distribution also fails in your environment or if it’s something specific to the way Lagom runs it.

[TimMoore]

@jonjack, @ignasi35 you’ve discovered a problem with the change I recently made to the templates to add an explicit keyspace configuration to application.conf. Thanks for finding the bug! 🐛

I’ve raised issues lagom/lagom-java.g8#6 and lagom/lagom-scala.g8#5 to fix the templates to deal with hyphens. You can also fix it manually by editing application.conf after creating the project and removing the hyphens from the keyspace name (or change hyphens to underscores, which are valid).

This isn’t the same problem that @Kml55 reported, which predates the change to the templates.