Problems with Essentials and PermissionEX

I'm using Multicraft control pannel and CraftBukkit version 1.8

Whenever I log into my server I get Essentials Protect is in emergency mode. Check your log for errors.
Also out of my plugins, PermissionsEX, Essentials, EssentialsSpawn and EssentialsChat are red. EssentialsAntiBuild and EssentialsProtect are in green.

I've got Essentials Pre-release 2.14.1.3 and PermissionsEx v1.23.3

This is my paste bin http://pastebin.com/tKdjVJXW

I know absolutely nothing about running a server, and this is my first server. So I understand if I'm making stupid mistakes, but I need help. I'm getting frustrated with this, and no matter what fixes I've tried, it just doesn't seem to work. I've been following tutorial after tutorial but nothing is helping.

Thank you for your time.

 

try and update bukkit to 1.8.8
you can download 1.8.8 of Bukkit But it's not allowed by the bukkit staff due to the DMCA take down.

check this out http://bukkit.org/threads/top-6-must-have-plugins.381910/

 

I don't know where to get 1.8.8 though, and I'm not sure how I'll be able to add it to my multicraft server. I'm using a host.

 

you can use this plugin http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/file-downloader/

I'm not sure if this is allowed But here is a 1.8.7 Build Built by the Spigot Team.

 

Yeah, I've updated and it's exactly the same. I'm getting the exact same errors.

 

https://hub.spigotmc.org/jenkins/job/Spigot-Essentials/ Not sure if it will work with CB since it's spigot.

 

It will, and Spigot has been updating a Craftbukkit fork since 1.8, so any Craftbukkit builds that come out that are 1.8+ are updated by Spigot

 

Right, so I have Essentials working now, but I still can't get PEX to work, it keeps saying UNABLE TO LOAD PERMISSIONS BACKEND. I have no idea what that is.

 

Please post your permissions.yml on http://pastebin.com/ in a separate file from your log as well.

 

I have everything working now, thank you so much for your help everyone.