JBoss5: Cannot deploy due to java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file

Question

I have a web client and a EJB project, which I created with Eclipse 3.4. When I want to deploy it on Jboss 5.0.1, I receive the error below. I searched a lot but I wasn\'t a

Answer 1

The problem is most likely in the low level format of the ZIP file, possibly the result of JBoss trying to deploy a partially uploaded archive,

Caused by: java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file
    at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
    at java.util.zip.ZipFile.(ZipFile.java:203)
    at java.util.zip.ZipFile.(ZipFile.java:234

If you are uploading to a server over a slow link then try uploading the archive to a directory that JBoss does not monitor then move the archive into the deploy directory. The move will be an atomic operation or at least a lot faster than the upload.

I deploy archives by rsync'ing to ~/deployment-unit/ and then running a remote script over ssh to do the final move into JBoss's deployment directory.