Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jgroups.protocols.pbcast.ClientGmsImpl.join(ClientGmsImpl.java:78) at org.jgroups.protocols.pbcast.ClientGmsImpl.join(ClientGmsImpl.java:39) at org.jgroups.protocols.pbcast.GMS.down(GMS.java:803) at org.jgroups.stack.ProtocolStack.down(ProtocolStack.java:375) at org.jgroups.JChannel.downcall(JChannel.java:1376) at org.jgroups.JChannel.connect(JChannel.java:366) ... 22 more