I'm Neo4j Desktop on Windows and one of my dbs fails to start.
I've had this on both version Neo4j 3.4.5 & and upgraded to Neo4j 3.4.7. Upgrading to the latest version didn't resolve the issue.
I've ran this situation before and was lazy and just created a fresh database but now I want to learn how to resolve it. It usually happens when migrating version / installing the plugins. In my instance I've cleared out all the plugins from each version folder for this one database. It's a windows machine so I wouldn't think permissions would be an issue like I've see people post about back in the Neo4j 2.0 days. I'll paste in snippets from the logs from what I see and prevents the database from starting:
2018-09-04 16:49:56.493+0000 INFO Server thread metrics has been registered successfully
2018-09-04 16:49:56.955+0000 ERROR The ResourceConfig instance does not contain any root resource classes.
2018-09-04 16:49:56.956+0000 WARN unavailable The ResourceConfig instance does not contain any root resource classes.
com.sun.jersey.api.container.ContainerException: The ResourceConfig instance does not contain any root resource classes.
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.RootResourceUriRules.<init>(RootResourceUriRules.java:99)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._initiate(WebApplicationImpl.java:1359)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.access$700(WebApplicationImpl.java:180)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl$13.f(WebApplicationImpl.java:799)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl$13.f(WebApplicationImpl.java:795)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.inject.Errors.processWithErrors(Errors.java:193)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.initiate(WebApplicationImpl.java:795)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.initiate(WebApplicationImpl.java:790)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.initiate(ServletContainer.java:509)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer$InternalWebComponent.initiate(ServletContainer.java:339)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.WebComponent.load(WebComponent.java:605)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.WebComponent.init(WebComponent.java:207)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.init(ServletContainer.java:394)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.init(ServletContainer.java:577)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:244)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.initServlet(ServletHolder.java:670)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.initialize(ServletHolder.java:427)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:760)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.startContext(ServletContextHandler.java:374)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:848)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.doStart(ServletContextHandler.java:287)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:138)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:117)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:113)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:138)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:419)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:108)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:113)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:386)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.neo4j.server.web.Jetty9WebServer.startJetty(Jetty9WebServer.java:324)
at org.neo4j.server.web.Jetty9WebServer.start(Jetty9WebServer.java:154)
at org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer.startWebServer(AbstractNeoServer.java:321)
at org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer.access$700(AbstractNeoServer.java:102)
at org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer$ServerComponentsLifecycleAdapter.start(AbstractNeoServer.java:527)
at org.neo4j.kernel.lifecycle.LifeSupport$LifecycleInstance.start(LifeSupport.java:445)
at org.neo4j.kernel.lifecycle.LifeSupport.start(LifeSupport.java:107)
at org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer.start(AbstractNeoServer.java:212)
at org.neo4j.server.ServerBootstrapper.start(ServerBootstrapper.java:111)
at org.neo4j.server.ServerBootstrapper.start(ServerBootstrapper.java:79)
at com.neo4j.server.enterprise.CommercialEntryPoint.main(CommercialEntryPoint.java:22)
2018-09-04 16:49:56.983+0000 ERROR Failed to start Neo4j on 127.0.0.1:7474: org.neo4j.server.web.NeoServletContainer-cc7909f@974411a7==org.neo4j.server.web.NeoServletContainer,jsp=null,order=-1,inst=false
2018-09-04 16:49:56.994+0000 INFO Stopping...
2018-09-04 16:49:57.373+0000 INFO Stopped.
2018-09-04 16:49:57.374+0000 ERROR Failed to start Neo4j: Starting Neo4j failed: Component 'org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer$ServerComponentsLifecycleAdapter@5e557671' was successfully initialized, but failed to start. Please see the attached cause exception "The ResourceConfig instance does not contain any root resource classes.". Starting Neo4j failed: Component 'org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer$ServerComponentsLifecycleAdapter@5e557671' was successfully initialized, but failed to start. Please see the attached cause exception "The ResourceConfig instance does not contain any root resource classes.".
org.neo4j.server.ServerStartupException: Starting Neo4j failed: Component 'org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer$ServerComponentsLifecycleAdapter@5e557671' was successfully initialized, but failed to start. Please see the attached cause exception "The ResourceConfig instance does not contain any root resource classes.".
at org.neo4j.server.exception.ServerStartupErrors.translateToServerStartupError(ServerStartupErrors.java:68)
at org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer.start(AbstractNeoServer.java:220)
at org.neo4j.server.ServerBootstrapper.start(ServerBootstrapper.java:111)
at org.neo4j.server.ServerBootstrapper.start(ServerBootstrapper.java:79)
at com.neo4j.server.enterprise.CommercialEntryPoint.main(CommercialEntryPoint.java:22)
Caused by: org.neo4j.kernel.lifecycle.LifecycleException: Component 'org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer$ServerComponentsLifecycleAdapter@5e557671' was successfully initialized, but failed to start. Please see the attached cause exception "The ResourceConfig instance does not contain any root resource classes.".
at org.neo4j.kernel.lifecycle.LifeSupport$LifecycleInstance.start(LifeSupport.java:466)
at org.neo4j.kernel.lifecycle.LifeSupport.start(LifeSupport.java:107)
at org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer.start(AbstractNeoServer.java:212)
... 3 more
Caused by: javax.servlet.ServletException: org.neo4j.server.web.NeoServletContainer-cc7909f@974411a7==org.neo4j.server.web.NeoServletContainer,jsp=null,order=-1,inst=false
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.initServlet(ServletHolder.java:691)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.initialize(ServletHolder.java:427)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:760)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.startContext(ServletContextHandler.java:374)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:848)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.doStart(ServletContextHandler.java:287)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:138)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:117)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:113)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:138)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:419)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:108)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:113)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:386)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
at org.neo4j.server.web.Jetty9WebServer.startJetty(Jetty9WebServer.java:324)
at org.neo4j.server.web.Jetty9WebServer.start(Jetty9WebServer.java:154)
at org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer.startWebServer(AbstractNeoServer.java:321)
at org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer.access$700(AbstractNeoServer.java:102)
at org.neo4j.server.AbstractNeoServer$ServerComponentsLifecycleAdapter.start(AbstractNeoServer.java:527)
at org.neo4j.kernel.lifecycle.LifeSupport$LifecycleInstance.start(LifeSupport.java:445)
... 5 more
Caused by: com.sun.jersey.api.container.ContainerException: The ResourceConfig instance does not contain any root resource classes.
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.RootResourceUriRules.<init>(RootResourceUriRules.java:99)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._initiate(WebApplicationImpl.java:1359)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.access$700(WebApplicationImpl.java:180)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl$13.f(WebApplicationImpl.java:799)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl$13.f(WebApplicationImpl.java:795)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.inject.Errors.processWithErrors(Errors.java:193)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.initiate(WebApplicationImpl.java:795)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.initiate(WebApplicationImpl.java:790)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.initiate(ServletContainer.java:509)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer$InternalWebComponent.initiate(ServletContainer.java:339)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.WebComponent.load(WebComponent.java:605)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.WebComponent.init(WebComponent.java:207)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.init(ServletContainer.java:394)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.init(ServletContainer.java:577)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:244)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.initServlet(ServletHolder.java:670)
... 27 more
2018-09-04 16:49:57.375+0000 INFO Neo4j Server shutdown initiated by request