HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server Error


Type Exception Report

Message javax.servlet.ServletException: java.sql.SQLException: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver'

Description The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.

Exception

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: javax.servlet.ServletException: java.sql.SQLException: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver'
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:565)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:466)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:386)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:330)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742)
	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)

Root Cause

javax.servlet.ServletException: java.sql.SQLException: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver'
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doHandlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:909)
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:838)
	org.apache.jsp.cc_jsp._jspService(cc_jsp.java:181)
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:443)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:386)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:330)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742)
	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)

Root Cause

java.sql.SQLException: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver'
	org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.createConnectionFactory(BasicDataSource.java:2169)
	org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:2061)
	org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:1543)
	org.apache.jsp.cc_jsp._jspService(cc_jsp.java:148)
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:443)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:386)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:330)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742)
	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)

Root Cause

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
	org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1291)
	org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1119)
	org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.createConnectionFactory(BasicDataSource.java:2161)
	org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:2061)
	org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:1543)
	org.apache.jsp.cc_jsp._jspService(cc_jsp.java:148)
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:443)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:386)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:330)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742)
	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)

Note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the server logs.


Apache Tomcat/8.5.28