[SOLVED] org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[]]

org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[]] - tomcat 8.5

I am trying to get my tomcat 8.5 to start on my eclipse. Everytime I get this error.

I already tried the below fixes but nothing seems to work:

Added log4j.jar to my classpath
cleaned Tomcat Directory
My JDK is 1.8
My JRE is 1.8

Any idea what else to try?

org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[]] at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:167) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:752) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:728) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:734) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:1144) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDirectory.run(HostConfig.java:1878) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Lorg/apache/logging/log4j/Logger; at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.util.Introspection.getDeclaredFields(Introspection.java:110) at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadFieldsAnnotation(WebAnnotationSet.java:262) at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationFilterAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:108) at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:65) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationAnnotationsConfig(ContextConfig.java:328) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:778) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:299) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:94) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5105) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)

Solution

I found my issue.
My lib folder was outside the WebContent folder...
I copied it inside WebContent/WEB-INF and everything is working now