# HTTP 503 error with console + free edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [July 9, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/http-503-error-with-console-free-edition/1070 "2019-07-09T12:21:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gdanov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@gdanov](https://forum.datomic.com/u/gdanov)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/http-503-error-with-console-free-edition/1070/1 "2019-07-09T12:21:03Z")
Hi, I downloaded datomic-free-0.9.5703.21 and datomic-console-0.1.216 then - run bin/install-console in the console folder - in the transactor dir run bin/console -p 8080 free datomic:free://localhost:4334/ and I can see in the log the following exception: 2019-07-09 12:29:08.527 INFO default org.eclipse.jetty.util.log - Logging initialized @1438ms to org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Slf4jLog 2019-07-09 12:29:09.826 INFO default org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - jetty-9.4.15.v20190215; built: 2019-02-15T16:53:49.381Z; git: eb70b240169fcf1abbd86af36482d1c49826fa0b; jvm 9.0.1+11 2019-07-09 12:29:09.884 WARN default o.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext - Failed startup of context o.e.j.w.WebAppContext@71f0806b{/,jar:file:/Users/gdanov/work/bin/datomic-free-0.9.5703.21/lib/console/datomic-console-0.1.216.jar!/VAADIN/,UNAVAILABLE} java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: null at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:na] at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:na] at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:na] at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564) ~[na:na] at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.IterativeDescriptorProcessor.visit(IterativeDescriptorProcessor.java:83) ~[jetty-webapp-9.3.7.v20160115.jar:9.3.7.v20160115] at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.IterativeDescriptorProcessor.process(IterativeDescriptorProcessor.java:70) ~[jetty-webapp-9.3.7.v20160115.jar:9.3.7.v20160115] at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.MetaData.resolve(MetaData.java:402) ~[jetty-webapp-9.3.7.v20160115.jar:9.3.7.v20160115] at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1339) ~[jetty-webapp-9.3.7.v20160115.jar:9.3.7.v20160115] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:852) ~[jetty-server-9.4.15.v20190215.jar:9.4.15.v20190215] at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.doStart(ServletContextHandler.java:278) ~[jetty-servlet-9.4.15.v20190215.jar:9.4.15.v20190215] at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:517) ~[jetty-webapp-9.3.7.v20160115.jar:9.3.7.v20160115] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68) [jetty-util-9.4.15.v20190215.jar:9.4.15.v20190215] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:138) [jetty-util-9.4.15.v20190215.jar:9.4.15.v20190215] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:415) [jetty-server-9.4.15.v20190215.jar:9.4.15.v20190215] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:108) [jetty-util-9.4.15.v20190215.jar:9.4.15.v20190215] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:113) [jetty-server-9.4.15.v20190215.jar:9.4.15.v20190215] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:382) [jetty-server-9.4.15.v20190215.jar:9.4.15.v20190215] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68) [jetty-util-9.4.15.v20190215.jar:9.4.15.v20190215] at datomic.console$start.invokeStatic(console.clj:103) [datomic-console-0.1.216.jar:na] at datomic.console$start.invoke(console.clj:87) [datomic-console-0.1.216.jar:na] at datomic.console$\_main.invokeStatic(console.clj:171) [datomic-console-0.1.216.jar:na] at datomic.console$\_main.doInvoke(console.clj:149) [datomic-console-0.1.216.jar:na] at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:137) [clojure-1.10.0.jar:na] at clojure.lang.Var.applyTo(Var.java:705) [clojure-1.10.0.jar:na] at clojure.core$apply.invokeStatic(core.clj:665) [clojure-1.10.0.jar:na] at clojure.main$main\_opt.invokeStatic(main.clj:491) [clojure-1.10.0.jar:na] at clojure.main$main\_opt.invoke(main.clj:487) [clojure-1.10.0.jar:na] at clojure.main$main.invokeStatic(main.clj:598) [clojure-1.10.0.jar:na] at clojure.main$main.doInvoke(main.clj:561) [clojure-1.10.0.jar:na] at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:137) [clojure-1.10.0.jar:na] at clojure.lang.Var.applyTo(Var.java:705) [clojure-1.10.0.jar:na] at clojure.main.main(main.java:37) [clojure-1.10.0.jar:na] Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/BaseHolder$Source at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.StandardDescriptorProcessor.newListenerInstance(StandardDescriptorProcessor.java:1938) ~[jetty-webapp-9.3.7.v20160115.jar:9.3.7.v20160115] at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.StandardDescriptorProcessor.visitListener(StandardDescriptorProcessor.java:1894) ~[jetty-webapp-9.3.7.v20160115.jar:9.3.7.v20160115] … 32 common frames omitted Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.BaseHolder$Source at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:582) ~[na:na] at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:185) ~[na:na] at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:496) ~[na:na] … 34 common frames omitted 2019-07-09 12:29:09.910 INFO default o.e.jetty.server.AbstractConnector - Started ServerConnector@2969a9a6{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:8080} googled, but could not find anything related. Help is appreciated ---
**Author:** ![JimLynchCodes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.datomic.com/jimlynchcodes/32/385_2.png) [@JimLynchCodes](https://forum.datomic.com/u/JimLynchCodes)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/http-503-error-with-console-free-edition/1070/2 "2020-03-11T00:19:36Z")
I am also experiencing this error. 😥 ---
**Author:** ![marshall](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.datomic.com/marshall/32/48_2.png) [@marshall](https://forum.datomic.com/u/marshall)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/http-503-error-with-console-free-edition/1070/3 "2020-03-17T15:27:33Z")
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