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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Shibboleth 3.0.0.10</p><p class="MsoNormal">Windows Server 2012 R2</p><p class="MsoNormal">java version "1.8.0_25"</p><p class="MsoNormal">JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java (pointing to JDK)</p><p class="MsoNormal">Shibboleth installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Shibboleth via installer (install Jetty checked)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">After a more or less vanilla Windows Shibboleth 3.0.0 installation, I found the "Shibboleth 3 IdP Daemon" wouldn't start.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">From commons-daemon.2014-12-12.log</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">[2014-12-12 13:16:30] [debug] ( javajni.c:233 ) [ 1996] loading jvm 'C:\Program Files\Java\jre\bin\server'</p><p class="MsoNormal">[2014-12-12 13:16:30] [debug] ( javajni.c:278 ) [ 1996] Setting DLL search path to 'C:\Program Files\Java\jre\bin'</p><p class="MsoNormal">[2014-12-12 13:16:30] [debug] ( javajni.c:278 ) [ 1996] Setting DLL search path to 'C:\Program Files\Java\jre'</p><p class="MsoNormal">[2014-12-12 13:16:30] [error] ( javajni.c:291 ) [ 1996] The specified module could not be found.</p><p class="MsoNormal">[2014-12-12 13:16:30] [error] ( prunsrv.c:1162) [ 1996] Failed creating java C:\Program Files\Java\jre\bin\server</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Setting the "Java Virtual Machine" to "C:\Program Files\Java\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll and unchecking the "Use default" on the Java tab of shibd_idpw.exe allowed it to start.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Is this a bug or might I be doing something that makes me ineligible for a check in the "Use default" box?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Dave Bartholomew</p><p class="MsoNormal">Cal State University, East Bay</p><p class="MsoNormal">ITS</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Dave.Bartholomew@csueastbay.edu">Dave.Bartholomew@csueastbay.edu</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">(510) 885 – 2324</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>