NullPointerException when trying to start new slave using template

[ssbarnea]

I got this exception while trying to start a new slave using a template. Plugin was current version from main branch.

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at jenkins.plugins.openstack.compute.internal.Openstack.bootAndWaitActive(Openstack.java:253)
	at jenkins.plugins.openstack.compute.JCloudsSlaveTemplate.provision(JCloudsSlaveTemplate.java:287)
	at jenkins.plugins.openstack.compute.JCloudsSlaveTemplate.provision(JCloudsSlaveTemplate.java:211)
	at jenkins.plugins.openstack.compute.JCloudsSlaveTemplate.provisionSlave(JCloudsSlaveTemplate.java:177)
	at jenkins.plugins.openstack.compute.JCloudsCloud.doProvision(JCloudsCloud.java:433)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:335)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:175)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvokeAndServeResponse(Function.java:108)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$1.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:124)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:58)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:746)
Caused: javax.servlet.ServletException
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:796)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:876)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$5.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:236)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:58)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:746)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:876)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:649)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:238)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:812)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1669)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:135)
	at com.cloudbees.jenkins.support.slowrequest.SlowRequestFilter.doFilter(SlowRequestFilter.java:37)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:132)
	at jenkins.metrics.impl.MetricsFilter.doFilter(MetricsFilter.java:125)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:132)
	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:126)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1652)
	at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:80)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1652)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84)
	at hudson.security.UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.java:51)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
	at jenkins.security.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:117)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
	at org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:125)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
	at org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:142)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
	at org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:271)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
	at jenkins.security.BasicHeaderProcessor.doFilter(BasicHeaderProcessor.java:93)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
	at org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:249)
	at hudson.security.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.java:67)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76)
	at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:171)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1652)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.compression.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:49)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1652)
	at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:82)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1652)
	at org.kohsuke.stapler.DiagnosticThreadNameFilter.doFilter(DiagnosticThreadNameFilter.java:30)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1652)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:585)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:143)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:553)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:223)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1127)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:515)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:185)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1061)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:141)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:97)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:499)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:311)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:257)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$2.run(AbstractConnection.java:544)
	at winstone.BoundedExecutorService$1.run(BoundedExecutorService.java:77)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

[olivergondza]

Thanks for reporting this. The case is a timeout while provisioning the server. Your OpenStack is either too slow or you have configured too short timeout. Either way, the message should be more descriptive now.

[olivergondza]

Fixed in a4d08d4 / 2.18.