If SOA-P is installed into a directory with a space in the dirname then the ESB archive cannot be deployed as NPE is thrown. The issue can be reproduced using publish_as_webservice quickstart. An example of exception thrown is 09:12:33,623 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Real: name=vfszip:/home/jpechane/releases/531%20ER3/jboss-as/server/default/tmp/esbwarfiles/Quickstart_publish_as_webservice.war/ state=PreReal mode=Manual requiredState=Real org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error during deploy: vfszip:/home/jpechane/releases/531%20ER3/jboss-as/server/default/tmp/esbwarfiles/Quickstart_publish_as_webservice.war/ at org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException.rethrowAsDeploymentException(DeploymentException.java:49) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:185) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1454) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1172) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1113) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1652) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:938) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1082) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:988) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:826) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:556) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:789) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.deploy(MainDeployerImpl.java:549) at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.deployers.mc.EsbDeployment.create(EsbDeployment.java:198) 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:601) at org.jboss.reflect.plugins.introspection.ReflectionUtils.invoke(ReflectionUtils.java:59) at org.jboss.reflect.plugins.introspection.ReflectMethodInfoImpl.invoke(ReflectMethodInfoImpl.java:150) at org.jboss.joinpoint.plugins.BasicMethodJoinPoint.dispatch(BasicMethodJoinPoint.java:66) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction$JoinpointDispatchWrapper.execute(KernelControllerContextAction.java:243) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.ExecutionWrapper.execute(ExecutionWrapper.java:47) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.dispatchExecutionWrapper(KernelControllerContextAction.java:111) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.dispatchJoinPoint(KernelControllerContextAction.java:72) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.LifecycleAction.installActionInternal(LifecycleAction.java:221) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:54) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:42) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContextAction.java:62) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java:71) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:51) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1652) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:938) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1082) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:988) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:826) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:556) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.doChange(ServiceController.java:688) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:460) at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.start(ServiceDeployer.java:163) at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:99) at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:46) at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.java:62) at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:55) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:179) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1454) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1172) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1193) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1113) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1652) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:938) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1082) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:988) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:826) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:556) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:789) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:699) at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.MainDeployerAdapter.process(MainDeployerAdapter.java:117) at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.scan(HDScanner.java:409) at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.run(HDScanner.java:294) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRunAndReset(FutureTask.java:351) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:178) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:178) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:293) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.ws.tools.JavaToXSD.parseSchema(JavaToXSD.java:178) at org.jboss.ws.tools.wsdl.WSDL11Reader.processTypes(WSDL11Reader.java:418) at org.jboss.ws.tools.wsdl.WSDL11Reader.processDefinition(WSDL11Reader.java:184) at org.jboss.ws.tools.wsdl.WSDLDefinitionsFactory.parse(WSDLDefinitionsFactory.java:129) at org.jboss.ws.metadata.umdm.ServiceMetaData.getWsdlDefinitions(ServiceMetaData.java:293) at org.jboss.ws.metadata.builder.MetaDataBuilder.replaceAddressLocation(MetaDataBuilder.java:302) at org.jboss.ws.metadata.builder.jaxws.JAXWSProviderMetaDataBuilder.buildProviderMetaData(JAXWSProviderMetaDataBuilder.java:146) at org.jboss.ws.metadata.builder.jaxws.JAXWSServerMetaDataBuilder.setupProviderOrWebService(JAXWSServerMetaDataBuilder.java:57) at org.jboss.ws.metadata.builder.jaxws.JAXWSMetaDataBuilderJSE.buildMetaData(JAXWSMetaDataBuilderJSE.java:62) at org.jboss.wsf.stack.jbws.UnifiedMetaDataDeploymentAspect.start(UnifiedMetaDataDeploymentAspect.java:64) at org.jboss.wsf.framework.deployment.DeploymentAspectManagerImpl.deploy(DeploymentAspectManagerImpl.java:129) at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss50.deployer.ArchiveDeployerHook.deploy(ArchiveDeployerHook.java:76) at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss50.deployer.AbstractWebServiceDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractWebServiceDeployer.java:60) at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:55) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:179) ... 69 more 09:12:33,629 INFO [EsbDeployment] Deleting 'Quickstart_publish_as_webservice.war' 09:12:33,630 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Create: name=jboss.esb.vfszip:/home/jpechane/releases/531%20ER3/jboss-as/server/default/deploy/Quickstart_publish_as_webservice.esb/ state=Configured org.jboss.soa.esb.ConfigurationException: Error deploying 'vfszip:/home/jpechane/releases/531%20ER3/jboss-as/server/default/tmp/esbwarfiles/Quickstart_publish_as_webservice.war/'. at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.deployers.mc.EsbDeployment.create(EsbDeployment.java:215) 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:601) at org.jboss.reflect.plugins.introspection.ReflectionUtils.invoke(ReflectionUtils.java:59) at org.jboss.reflect.plugins.introspection.ReflectMethodInfoImpl.invoke(ReflectMethodInfoImpl.java:150) at org.jboss.joinpoint.plugins.BasicMethodJoinPoint.dispatch(BasicMethodJoinPoint.java:66) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction$JoinpointDispatchWrapper.execute(KernelControllerContextAction.java:243) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.ExecutionWrapper.execute(ExecutionWrapper.java:47) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.dispatchExecutionWrapper(KernelControllerContextAction.java:111) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.dispatchJoinPoint(KernelControllerContextAction.java:72) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.LifecycleAction.installActionInternal(LifecycleAction.java:221) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:54) at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:42) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContextAction.java:62) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java:71) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:51) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1652) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:938) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1082) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:988) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:826) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:556) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.doChange(ServiceController.java:688) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:460) at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.start(ServiceDeployer.java:163) at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:99) at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:46) at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.java:62) at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:55) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:179) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1454) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1172) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1193) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1113) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1652) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:938) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1082) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:988) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:826) at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:556) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:789) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:699) at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.MainDeployerAdapter.process(MainDeployerAdapter.java:117) at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.scan(HDScanner.java:409) at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.run(HDScanner.java:294) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRunAndReset(FutureTask.java:351) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:178) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:178) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:293) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) Caused by: org.jboss.deployers.client.spi.IncompleteDeploymentException: Summary of incomplete deployments (SEE PREVIOUS ERRORS FOR DETAILS): *** DEPLOYMENTS IN ERROR: Name -> Error vfszip:/home/jpechane/releases/531%20ER3/jboss-as/server/default/tmp/esbwarfiles/Quickstart_publish_as_webservice.war/ -> org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error during deploy: vfszip:/home/jpechane/releases/531%20ER3/jboss-as/server/default/tmp/esbwarfiles/Quickstart_publish_as_webservice.war/ DEPLOYMENTS IN ERROR: Deployment "vfszip:/home/jpechane/releases/531%20ER3/jboss-as/server/default/tmp/esbwarfiles/Quickstart_publish_as_webservice.war/" is in error due to the following reason(s): java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.checkComplete(DeployersImpl.java:1008) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.checkComplete(DeployersImpl.java:954) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.deploy(MainDeployerImpl.java:562) at org.jboss.soa.esb.listeners.deployers.mc.EsbDeployment.create(EsbDeployment.java:198) ... 56 more 09:12:33,637 WARN [HDScanner] Failed to process changes org.jboss.deployers.client.spi.IncompleteDeploymentException: Summary of incomplete deployments (SEE PREVIOUS ERRORS FOR DETAILS): DEPLOYMENTS IN ERROR: Deployment "jboss.esb.vfszip:/home/jpechane/releases/531%20ER3/jboss-as/server/default/deploy/Quickstart_publish_as_webservice.esb/" is in error due to the following reason(s): org.jboss.deployers.client.spi.IncompleteDeploymentException: Summary of incomplete deployments (SEE PREVIOUS ERRORS FOR DETAILS): *** DEPLOYMENTS IN ERROR: Name -> Error vfszip:/home/jpechane/releases/531%20ER3/jboss-as/server/default/tmp/esbwarfiles/Quickstart_publish_as_webservice.war/ -> org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error during deploy: vfszip:/home/jpechane/releases/531%20ER3/jboss-as/server/default/tmp/esbwarfiles/Quickstart_publish_as_webservice.war/ DEPLOYMENTS IN ERROR: Deployment "vfszip:/home/jpechane/releases/531%20ER3/jboss-as/server/default/tmp/esbwarfiles/Quickstart_publish_as_webservice.war/" is in error due to the following reason(s): java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.checkComplete(DeployersImpl.java:1008) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.checkComplete(DeployersImpl.java:954) at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.checkComplete(MainDeployerImpl.java:870) at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.MainDeployerAdapter.checkComplete(MainDeployerAdapter.java:128) at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.scan(HDScanner.java:416) at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.run(HDScanner.java:294) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRunAndReset(FutureTask.java:351) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:178) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:178) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:293) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
This is JBPAPP-10417 and can be worked around by adding "-Dorg.jboss.net.protocol.file.useURI=false" to the startup scripts. I believe we will have to move forward with this enabled in our startup scripts.
I can confirm that with the given sysproperty the issue disappears