NullPointerException during portal startup in ModuleFrameworkImpl._setUpInitialBundles

Issue

• Portal immediately fails to start due to a exception like the following one:

Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
at com.liferay.shielded.container.internal.proxy.ContextClassLoaderInvocationHandler.invoke(ContextClassLoaderInvocationHandler.java:43)
at com.liferay.shielded.container.internal.proxy.EventListenerInvocationHandler.invoke(EventListenerInvocationHandler.java:64)
... 42 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:290)
... 48 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.liferay.portal.bootstrap.ModuleFrameworkImpl._setUpInitialBundles(ModuleFrameworkImpl.java:1514)
at com.liferay.portal.bootstrap.ModuleFrameworkImpl.startFramework(ModuleFrameworkImpl.java:276)
at com.liferay.portal.module.framework.ModuleFrameworkUtil.startFramework(ModuleFrameworkUtil.java:45)
at com.liferay.portal.spring.context.PortalContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(PortalContextLoaderListener.java:287)
... 48 more

Environment

• Liferay DXP

Resolution

• Check in your portal-ext.properties/portal-setup-wizard.properties your liferay.home property. A bad configuration generates errors during portal startup.