mobile first cli project deploy failing

when i try to deploy my project using MFP CLI it gives the following error

xxxx-Macmini:Nauth user-x$  mfp  build  
App Nauth was successfully built.

xxxx-Macmini:Nauth user-x$  mfp deploy  
Initializing MobileFirst Console  
Error: The MobileFirst server that you have configured does not appear to be running. Start the server with 'mobilefirst start'.

mfp info

xxxx-Macmini:Nauth user-x$ mfp info
OS: darwin x64 Release: 11.4.2 System Memory: 128 MB free out of 4096 MB Node: v0.10.30 MobileFirst CLI: 7.0.0.00.20150610-1400 Current directory: /Volumes/Development/wlsamples/NAuth2/apps/Nauth

Current project: /Volumes/Development/wlsamples/NAuth2

Adapter: SqlAuth (/Volumes/Development/wlsamples/NAuth2/adapters/SqlAuth/SqlAuth.xml) Description: SqlAuth Type: sql Procedures: readuser, submitAuthentication, getBalance

Application: Nauth (/Volumes/Development/wlsamples/NAuth2/apps/Nauth/application-descriptor.xml) Description: Nauth Type: hybrid application Features: Environments: iphone Skins:

Server location: /Users/user-x/.ibm/mobilefirst/7.0.0.00.20150610-1353/server Server binary: /Users/user-x/.ibm/mobilefirst/7.0.0.00.20150610-1353/server/wlp/bin/server MobileFirst instance: /Users/user-x/.ibm/mobilefirst/7.0.0.00.20150610-1353/server/wlp/usr/servers/worklight objc[26232]: Class JavaLaunchHelper is implemented in both /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java and /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/lib/libinstrument.dylib. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined. WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.4 (1.0.7.cl50420141121-1414) on Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, version 1.8.0_45-b14 (en_US)

Environment variables: TERM_PROGRAM: Apple_Terminal rvm_bin_path: /Users/user-x/.rvm/bin TERM: xterm-256color SHELL: /bin/bash TMPDIR: /var/folders/0m/ftx97h0n1rbcdwb3b3sv18lm0000gn/T/ Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render: /tmp/launch-pbGaeh/Render TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: 303.2 TERM_SESSION_ID: 8CB82941-523E-4034-BCA0-470F186ED261 USER: user-x COMMAND_MODE: unix2003 _system_type: Darwin rvm_path: /Users/user-x/.rvm SSH_AUTH_SOCK: /tmp/launch-n9tSIx/Listeners __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING: 0x1F5:0:0 Apple_Ubiquity_Message: /tmp/launch-bCTtmF/Apple_Ubiquity_Message WEBWORKS_HOME: /Applications/BB10 WebWorks SDK 2.2.0.15 rvm_prefix: /Users/user-x PATH: /Applications/BB10 WebWorks SDK 2.2.0.15:/Applications/BB10 WebWorks SDK 2.2.0.15/cordova-blackberry/bin/dependencies/bb-tools/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Applications/IBM/MobileFirst-CLI:/Users/user-x/.rvm/bin PWD: /Volumes/Development/wlsamples/NAuth2/apps/Nauth JAVA_HOME: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home _system_arch: i386 _system_version: 10.7 rvm_version: 1.26.11 (latest) SHLVL: 2 HOME: /Users/user-x LOGNAME: user-x LC_CTYPE: UTF-8 DISPLAY: /tmp/launch-BI7HzF/org.x:0 _system_name: OSX _: /Applications/IBM/MobileFirst-CLI/IBMnode/bin/node WLP_USER_DIR: /Users/user-x/.ibm/mobilefirst/7.0.0.00.20150610-1353/server/wlp/usr

Java home is set properly
xxxx-Macmini:Nauth user-x$ echo $JAVA_HOME
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home

MobileFirst Platform Foundation does not support Java 8 - you may only use Java 6 or 7.
After doing (1), also uninstall the CLI (/Applications/IBM/MobileFirst-CLI/Uninstaller) and download the latest available iFix from IBM Fix Central which contains several bug fixes for the CLI, including a potential fix for the server mentioned in the question.