# Jenkins on rhel8 fresh install startup isses

**URL:** <https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-on-rhel8-fresh-install-startup-isses/10948>\
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**Created:** [November 26, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-on-rhel8-fresh-install-startup-isses/10948 "2023-11-26T13:38:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![jenkinsgov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@jenkinsgov](https://community.jenkins.io/u/jenkinsgov)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-on-rhel8-fresh-install-startup-isses/10948/1 "2023-11-26T13:38:04Z")

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Jenkins setup:2.426.1  
getting this error:  
Nov 26 13:33:41 ip-10-249-131-151 jenkins[16582]: Exception in thread “main” java.lang.AssertionError: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: winston\>  
Nov 26 13:33:41 ip-10-249-131-151 jenkins[16582]: at executable.Main.main(Main.java:295)  
Nov 26 13:33:41 ip-10-249-131-151 jenkins[16582]: Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: winstone.Launcher  
Nov 26 13:33:41 ip-10-249-131-151 jenkins[16582]: at java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:476)

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**Author:** ![jenkinsgov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@jenkinsgov](https://community.jenkins.io/u/jenkinsgov)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/jenkins-on-rhel8-fresh-install-startup-isses/10948/2 "2023-11-26T14:34:38Z")

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it was due to fapolicyd on rhel8

sorry to bug you all