Andrea, here is the full console output when trying the start GeoServer from geoserver-2.8-SNAPSHOT-bin.zip. This causes the CITE failures on Jenkins and is blocking the 2.8.1 release.
Is it as simple as a missing log4j dependency? Kind regards, Ben. ben@ripley:~/tmp/geoserver/geoserver-2.8-SNAPSHOT$ bin/startup.sh GEOSERVER_HOME environment variable not found, using current directory. If not set then running this script from other directories will not work in the future. GEOSERVER DATA DIR is /home/ben/tmp/geoserver/geoserver-2.8-SNAPSHOT/data_dir 2015-11-18 08:52:36.453::INFO: Logging to STDERR via org.mortbay.log.StdErrLog 2015-11-18 08:52:36.556::WARN: Deprecated configuration used for /home/ben/tmp/geoserver/geoserver-2.8-SNAPSHOT/webapps 2015-11-18 08:52:36.576::INFO: jetty-6.1.8 2015-11-18 08:52:37.490::WARN: failed org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext@cee97a9{/geoserver,file:/home/ben/tmp/geoserver/geoserver-2.8-SNAPSHOT/webapps/geoserver/} java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.apache.log4j.Logger at org.geotools.util.logging.Log4JLoggerFactory.getImplementation(Log4JLoggerFactory.java:65) at org.geotools.util.logging.Log4JLoggerFactory.getImplementation(Log4JLoggerFactory.java:33) at org.geotools.util.logging.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:79) at org.geotools.util.logging.Logging.getLogger(Logging.java:200) at org.geoserver.platform.GeoServerResourceLoader.<clinit>(GeoServerResourceLoader.java:62) at org.geoserver.logging.LoggingStartupContextListener.contextInitialized(LoggingStartupContextListener.java:66) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.startContext(ContextHandler.java:540) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context.startContext(Context.java:135) at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1220) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:510) at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:448) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.doStart(ContextHandlerCollection.java:156) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:130) at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.doStart(Server.java:222) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:977) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) at org.mortbay.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:183) at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:497) at org.mortbay.start.Main.main(Main.java:115) 2015-11-18 08:52:37.492::WARN: failed ContextHandlerCollection@43c68b47 java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.apache.log4j.Logger at org.geotools.util.logging.Log4JLoggerFactory.getImplementation(Log4JLoggerFactory.java:65) at org.geotools.util.logging.Log4JLoggerFactory.getImplementation(Log4JLoggerFactory.java:33) at org.geotools.util.logging.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:79) at org.geotools.util.logging.Logging.getLogger(Logging.java:200) at org.geoserver.platform.GeoServerResourceLoader.<clinit>(GeoServerResourceLoader.java:62) at org.geoserver.logging.LoggingStartupContextListener.contextInitialized(LoggingStartupContextListener.java:66) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.startContext(ContextHandler.java:540) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context.startContext(Context.java:135) at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1220) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:510) at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:448) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.doStart(ContextHandlerCollection.java:156) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:130) at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.doStart(Server.java:222) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:977) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) at org.mortbay.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:183) at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:497) at org.mortbay.start.Main.main(Main.java:115) 2015-11-18 08:52:37.495::INFO: Opened /home/ben/tmp/geoserver/geoserver-2.8-SNAPSHOT/logs/2015_11_17.request.log 2015-11-18 08:52:37.495::WARN: failed HandlerCollection@1154838 java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.apache.log4j.Logger at org.geotools.util.logging.Log4JLoggerFactory.getImplementation(Log4JLoggerFactory.java:65) at org.geotools.util.logging.Log4JLoggerFactory.getImplementation(Log4JLoggerFactory.java:33) at org.geotools.util.logging.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:79) at org.geotools.util.logging.Logging.getLogger(Logging.java:200) at org.geoserver.platform.GeoServerResourceLoader.<clinit>(GeoServerResourceLoader.java:62) at org.geoserver.logging.LoggingStartupContextListener.contextInitialized(LoggingStartupContextListener.java:66) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.startContext(ContextHandler.java:540) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context.startContext(Context.java:135) at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1220) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:510) at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:448) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.doStart(ContextHandlerCollection.java:156) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:130) at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.doStart(Server.java:222) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:977) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) at org.mortbay.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:183) at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:497) at org.mortbay.start.Main.main(Main.java:115) 2015-11-18 08:52:37.496::WARN: Error starting handlers java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.apache.log4j.Logger at org.geotools.util.logging.Log4JLoggerFactory.getImplementation(Log4JLoggerFactory.java:65) at org.geotools.util.logging.Log4JLoggerFactory.getImplementation(Log4JLoggerFactory.java:33) at org.geotools.util.logging.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:79) at org.geotools.util.logging.Logging.getLogger(Logging.java:200) at org.geoserver.platform.GeoServerResourceLoader.<clinit>(GeoServerResourceLoader.java:62) at org.geoserver.logging.LoggingStartupContextListener.contextInitialized(LoggingStartupContextListener.java:66) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.startContext(ContextHandler.java:540) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context.startContext(Context.java:135) at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1220) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:510) at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:448) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.doStart(ContextHandlerCollection.java:156) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:130) at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.doStart(Server.java:222) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:39) at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:977) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) at org.mortbay.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:183) at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:497) at org.mortbay.start.Main.main(Main.java:115) 2015-11-18 08:52:37.504::INFO: Started SelectChannelConnector@0.0.0.0:8080 -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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