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Details

Type: Bug
Resolution: Fixed
Priority: High
Fix Version/s: None
Affects Version/s: 5.8-OD-50
Component/s: None
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Bug Fix Policy:
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Description

NOTE: This bug report is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding bug report.

Summary

Confluence 5.8 OD will not startup, as it comes with Java 7 JRE embedded and set as the default

Environment

Automated installer version (.bin in Linux, .exe in Windows)

Steps to Reproduce

Install Confluence 5.8 OD from installer
Attempt to access Confluence in the browser

Expected Results

You are greeted with the Confluence setup wizard

Actual Results

Confluence doesn't start, there is a an error in the browser.
The below exception is thrown in the catalina.out file:

SEVERE: A child container failed during start
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Standalone].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[]]
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:188)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1123)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:816)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1575)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1565)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Standalone].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[]]
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
	... 6 more
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/atlassian/confluence/logging/ConfluenceHomeLogAppender : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 (unable to load class com.atlassian.confluence.logging.ConfluenceHomeLogAppender)
	at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2961)
	at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1210)
	at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1690)
	at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1571)
	at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
	at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:195)
	at org.apache.log4j.helpers.Loader.loadClass(Loader.java:198)
	at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.instantiateByClassName(OptionConverter.java:327)
	at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.instantiateByKey(OptionConverter.java:124)
	at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseAppender(PropertyConfigurator.java:785)
	at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:768)
	at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configureRootCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:648)
	at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:514)
	at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:580)
	at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.selectAndConfigure(OptionConverter.java:526)
	at org.apache.log4j.LogManager.<clinit>(LogManager.java:127)
	at org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory.getLogger(Log4jLoggerFactory.java:63)
	at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:284)
	at org.slf4j.bridge.SLF4JBridgeHandler.getSLF4JLogger(SLF4JBridgeHandler.java:202)
	at org.slf4j.bridge.SLF4JBridgeHandler.publish(SLF4JBridgeHandler.java:287)
	at java.util.logging.Logger.log(Logger.java:616)
	at java.util.logging.Logger.doLog(Logger.java:641)
	at java.util.logging.Logger.logp(Logger.java:841)
	at org.apache.juli.logging.DirectJDKLog.log(DirectJDKLog.java:185)
	at org.apache.juli.logging.DirectJDKLog.error(DirectJDKLog.java:151)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4915)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5490)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
	... 6 more

May 05, 2015 4:01:06 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase startInternal
SEVERE: A child container failed during start
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Standalone].StandardHost[localhost]]
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:188)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1123)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:300)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:443)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:739)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:689)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:321)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:455)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Standalone].StandardHost[localhost]]
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1575)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1565)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child container failed during start
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1131)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:816)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
	... 6 more

May 05, 2015 4:01:06 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
SEVERE: The required Server component failed to start so Tomcat is unable to start.
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardServer[8000]]
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:689)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:321)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:455)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardService[Tomcat-Standalone]]
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:739)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
	... 7 more
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Standalone]]
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:443)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
	... 9 more
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child container failed during start
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1131)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:300)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
	... 11 more

Notes

I looked into what JRE is included and the notes indicate it is Java 7

Workaround

Install Java 8
Go to <confluence_install>/bin
Edit setenv.sh (or modify tomcat7w in Windows)
Remove the JRE_HOME line and replace with
```
export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/java/8
```
Start Confluence

Attachments

Issue Links

relates to

CONFCLOUD-37452 Confluence 5.8 OD has unsupported Java 7 JRE embedded, will not startup when installed using automated installer

Closed

Confluence 5.8 OD has unsupported Java 7 JRE embedded, will not startup when installed using automated installer