title: "SEVERE: Error starting static Resources " in catalina.log
body: <p>I am getting the following Exception in Catalina.log file when I try to start tomcat 6.
  I looked for similar queries but could not find a solution mentioned to it.Please note that I have my app inside the tomcat webapp and I am not using eclipse to run it.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
  INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: ............
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
  INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-9090
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
  INFO: Initialization processed in 390 ms
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
  INFO: Starting service Catalina
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
  INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.20
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesStart
  SEVERE: Error starting static Resources
  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\host-manager does not exist or is not a readable directory
      at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:142)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:4048)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4217)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:526)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:630)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:556)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:491)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1206)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:314)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:722)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:583)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
  SEVERE: Error in resourceStart()
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
  SEVERE: Error getConfigured
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
  SEVERE: Context [/host-manager] startup failed due to previous errors
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext stop
  INFO: Container org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/host-manager] has not been started
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesStart
  SEVERE: Error starting static Resources
  java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\manager does not exist or is not a readable directory
      at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:142)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:4048)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4217)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:526)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:630)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:556)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:491)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1206)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:314)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:722)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:583)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
  SEVERE: Error in resourceStart()
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
  SEVERE: Error getConfigured
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
  SEVERE: Context [/manager] startup failed due to previous errors
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext stop
  INFO: Container org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/manager] has not been started
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:45 PM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader validateJarFile
  INFO: validateJarFile(C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\MyAPP\WEB-INF\lib\servlet.jar) - jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 2.3, section 9.7.2. Offending class: javax/servlet/Servlet.class
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:47 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start
  INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-9090
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:47 PM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init
  INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:9009
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:47 PM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start
  INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/16  config=null
  Jun 14, 2012 12:33:47 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
  INFO: Server startup in 2409 ms
  </code></pre>