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QRadar: Disconnected Log Collector service fails to start with the error log message "Exception was uncaught in thread: main java.lang.NullPointerException: null"

Troubleshooting


Problem

After you configure the connection between an IBM Disconnected Log Collector (DLC) and QRadar®, the DLC service might fail to start with a NullPointerException error.

Symptom

When this issue occurs, the following error message in the /var/log/dlc/dlc.log is seen:
[main] com.q1labs.frameworks.core.ThreadExceptionHandler: [ERROR] [NOT:0000003000]Exception was uncaught in thread: main java.lang.NullPointerException: null
        at com.q1labs.frameworks.core.JMXHelper.<init>(JMXHelper.java:53) ~[q1labs_core_frameworks.jar:?]
        at com.q1labs.frameworks.core.FrameworksContext.initServices(FrameworksContext.java:552) ~[q1labs_core_frameworks.jar:?]
        at com.q1labs.frameworks.core.FrameworksContext.initFrameworks(FrameworksContext.java:247) ~[q1labs_core_frameworks.jar:?]
        at com.eventgnosis.system.RuntimeController.main(RuntimeController.java:647) ~[q1labs_sem.jar:?]
        at com.ibm.si.service.dlc.ServiceRunner.main(ServiceRunner.java:26) ~[q1labs_dlc-service.jar:?]

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
31 October 2022

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ibm16832476