Oozie server failing with error “cannot load JDBC driver class ‘com.mysql.jdbc.Driver'”

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Oozie server failing with error “cannot load JDBC driver class ‘com.mysql.jdbc.Driver'”

Issue : Oozie server is failing with following error :

FATAL Services:514 – SERVER[m2.hdp22] E0103: Could not load service classes, Cannot load JDBC driver class ‘com.mysql.jdbc.Driver’
org.apache.oozie.service.ServiceException: E0103: Could not load service classes, Cannot load JDBC driver class ‘com.mysql.jdbc.Driver’
at org.apache.oozie.service.Services.loadServices(Services.java:309)
at org.apache.oozie.service.Services.init(Services.java:213)
at org.apache.oozie.servlet.ServicesLoader.contextInitialized(ServicesLoader.java:46)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4709)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:779)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:583)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:676)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:602)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:503)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1322)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:325)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:142)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1068)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:822)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1060)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:463)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:525)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:759)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:595)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
Caused by: <openjpa-2.2.2-r422266:1468616 fatal general error> org.apache.openjpa.persistence.PersistenceException: Cannot load JDBC driver class ‘com.mysql.jdbc.Driver’
at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql.DBDictionaryFactory.newDBDictionary(DBDictionaryFactory.java:102)
at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfigurationImpl.getDBDictionaryInstance(JDBCConfigurationImpl.java:603)
at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.MappingRepository.endConfiguration(MappingRepository.java:1518)
at org.apache.openjpa.lib.conf.Configurations.configureInstance(Configurations.java:531)
at org.apache.openjpa.lib.conf.Configurations.configureInstance(Configurations.java:456)
at org.apache.openjpa.lib.conf.PluginValue.instantiate(PluginValue.java:120)
at org.apache.openjpa.conf.MetaDataRepositoryValue.instantiate(MetaDataRepositoryValue.java:68)
at org.apache.openjpa.lib.conf.ObjectValue.instantiate(ObjectValue.java:83)
at org.apache.openjpa.conf.OpenJPAConfigurationImpl.newMetaDataRepositoryInstance(OpenJPAConfigurationImpl.java:967)
at org.apache.openjpa.conf.OpenJPAConfigurationImpl.getMetaDataRepositoryInstance(OpenJPAConfigurationImpl.java:958)
at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.AbstractBrokerFactory.makeReadOnly(AbstractBrokerFactory.java:644)
at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.AbstractBrokerFactory.newBroker(AbstractBrokerFactory.java:203)
at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.DelegatingBrokerFactory.newBroker(DelegatingBrokerFactory.java:156)
at org.apache.openjpa.persistence.EntityManagerFactoryImpl.createEntityManager(EntityManagerFactoryImpl.java:227)
at org.apache.openjpa.persistence.EntityManagerFactoryImpl.createEntityManager(EntityManagerFactoryImpl.java:154)
at org.apache.openjpa.persistence.EntityManagerFactoryImpl.createEntityManager(EntityManagerFactoryImpl.java:60)
at org.apache.oozie.service.JPAService.getEntityManager(JPAService.java:500)
at org.apache.oozie.service.JPAService.init(JPAService.java:201)
at org.apache.oozie.service.Services.setServiceInternal(Services.java:386)
at org.apache.oozie.service.Services.setService(Services.java:372)
at org.apache.oozie.service.Services.loadServices(Services.java:305)
… 26 more
Caused by: org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot load JDBC driver class ‘com.mysql.jdbc.Driver’
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createConnectionFactory(BasicDataSource.java:1429)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:1371)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:1044)
at org.apache.openjpa.lib.jdbc.DelegatingDataSource.getConnection(DelegatingDataSource.java:110)
at org.apache.openjpa.lib.jdbc.DecoratingDataSource.getConnection(DecoratingDataSource.java:87)
at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql.DBDictionaryFactory.newDBDictionary(DBDictionaryFactory.java:91)
… 46 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1680)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1526)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createConnectionFactory(BasicDataSource.java:1420)
… 51 more

Root Cause: 

Mysql driver is not located in the class path for oozie server to use.

Solution: You need to copy mysql jdbc driver to required location.

[root@m2 oozie]# cp /usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar /usr/hdp/2.3.4.0-3485/oozie/oozie-server/webapps/oozie/WEB-INF/lib/

Now restart your oozie server and it will be fine.

I hope it helped you to solve your issue, please feel free to give your valuable feedback or suggestion.