Server Won't Start

[Jerbear]

I have a server that has been running for a few weeks now, and I just restarted it. After a restart, it wouldn't start up. I tried repairing the core files and it still won't start. It usually just says starting, then goes straight back to saying its offline

[_Tarna_]

Can you send your server logs here in a pastebin.com after it goes from starting to offline. The logs can help determine whats causing your server not to start. 

[Jerbear]

https://pastebin.com/yKNjYtPd

[CoolProgrammer]

Looks like you have a problem with one of the json files located in the main directory of your server.

i.e. java.lang.NullPointerException: null

Could you go ahead and pastebin/hastebin /crash-reports/crash-2020-11-29_04.09.30-server.txt file?

Edited November 29, 2020 by CoolProgrammer

[Jerbear]

https://pastebin.com/CEUB3eZv

This is the /home/minecraft/server/./crash-reports/crash-2020-11-29_04.09.30-server.txt file.

[_Tarna_]

16 hours ago, Jerbear said:

https://pastebin.com/yKNjYtPd

Delete the json files on your server. These should be ops, whitelist, banned-players, and banned-ips. After deleting these json files, restart the server and it should be fixed. 

[Jerbear]

Thanks! Deleting the .json files worked great! Server is back!