[FIXED] NullPointerException when trying to create allure report by allure-jenkins-plugin

Issue

When I try to create allure report by allure-jenkins-plugin I get such error:

ERROR: Publisher ru.yandex.qatools.allure.jenkins.AllureReportPublisher aborted due to exception
java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at ru.yandex.qatools.allure.jenkins.utils.ReportGenerator.invoke(ReportGenerator.java:50)
    at ru.yandex.qatools.allure.jenkins.utils.ReportGenerator.invoke(ReportGenerator.java:25)
    at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:991)
    at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:969)
    at ru.yandex.qatools.allure.jenkins.AllureReportPublisher.generateReport(AllureReportPublisher.java:267)
    at ru.yandex.qatools.allure.jenkins.AllureReportPublisher.perform(AllureReportPublisher.java:146)
    at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:20)
    at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:764)
    at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:724)
    at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.post2(Build.java:185)
    at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.post(AbstractBuild.java:671)
    at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1769)
    at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)
    at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:98)
    at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:374)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at ru.yandex.qatools.clay.internal.AetherUtils.getRepositoriesAsList(AetherUtils.java:183)
    at ru.yandex.qatools.clay.Aether.<init>(Aether.java:60)
    at ru.yandex.qatools.clay.Aether.aether(Aether.java:78)
    at ru.yandex.qatools.allure.jenkins.utils.ReportGenerator.createAether(ReportGenerator.java:69)
    at ru.yandex.qatools.allure.jenkins.utils.ReportGenerator.invoke(ReportGenerator.java:45)
    ... 14 more

xml-file created by allure is valid (I may create correct report with maven goal "site" with the same xml), so the problem must be in jenkins plugin.

I have maven 3.2.5 installed, settings.xml exists in ~/.m2 directory and seems to be correct.

What may be the reason of such error? Seems that it's somehow connected with maven settings.

Solution

The problem was in maven settings.xml file, in

<activeProfiles> 

section. It contained profile, that in fact didn't exist. Removing this profile solved the problem.

Answered By - Maria Dyuldina
Answer Checked By - Dawn Plyler (JavaFixing Volunteer)