Graham Gatus added a comment - 19/Oct/2015 4:15 AM - edited Looks like this has already been fixed. i cant find any references to "1.7" in confluence-distribution/installer/confluence-template.install4j. I did a diff between the master version, and tag 5.8-OD-50-011-x64, which was the version of confluence the customer was using where the installer failed to work (see https://support.atlassian.com/browse/CSP-147037 ). Diff is attached below. There is one section for the Windows 6 bit installers where the includedJRE for the installers has been updated from 1.7 to 1.8, so it looks like the issue has already fixed. Was not able to reproduce on Windows 7, 32 bit, with JAVA_HOME set to a 1.7 java installation, using the latest installers. diff --git a/installer/confluence-template.install4j b/installer/confluence-template.install4j index 646e278..38a95e8 100644 --- a/installer/confluence-template.install4j +++ b/installer/confluence-template.install4j @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <install4j version="5.0.9" transformSequenceNumber="3"> <directoryPresets config="./bin/user.sh" /> - <application name="${compiler:app.name} ${compiler:app.version}" distributionSourceDir="" applicationId="9713-7075-2654-3663" mediaDir="target" mediaFilePattern="atlassian-${compiler:app.name.lower}-${compiler:app.version}" compression="6" lzmaCompression="false" pack200Compression="false" excludeSignedFromPacking="true" commonExternalFiles="false" createMd5Sums="true" shrinkRuntime="true" shortName="${compiler:app.name}" publisher="Atlassian" publisherWeb="http://www.atlassian.com/" version="${compiler:app.version}" allPathsRelative="true" backupOnSave="false" autoSave="true" convertDotsToUnderscores="false" macSignature="????" installerName="" javaMinVersion="1.7" javaMaxVersion="" allowBetaVM="false" jdkMode="runtimeJre" jdkName=""> + <application name="${compiler:app.name} ${compiler:app.version}" distributionSourceDir="" applicationId="9713-7075-2654-3663" mediaDir="target" mediaFilePattern="atlassian-${compiler:app.name.lower}-${compiler:app.version}" compression="6" lzmaCompression="false" pack200Compression="false" excludeSignedFromPacking="true" commonExternalFiles="false" createMd5Sums="true" shrinkRuntime="true" shortName="${compiler:app.name}" publisher="Atlassian" publisherWeb="http://www.atlassian.com/" version="${compiler:app.version}" allPathsRelative="true" backupOnSave="false" autoSave="true" convertDotsToUnderscores="false" macSignature="????" installerName="" javaMinVersion="1.8" javaMaxVersion="" allowBetaVM="false" jdkMode="runtimeJre" jdkName=""> <languages skipLanguageSelection="true" languageSelectionInPrincipalLanguage="false"> <principalLanguage id="en" customLocalizationFile="./messages/messages_en.utf8" /> <additionalLanguages /> @@ -2424,7 +2424,7 @@ import com.atlassian.inception.UpgradeHelper; boolean isWindows = Util.isWindows(); boolean isUpgrade = context.getBooleanVariable("sys.confirmedUpdateInstallation"); -boolean isUpgradingFromJava6 = false; +boolean isUpgradingJava = false; if (!isWindows || !isUpgrade) { return false; @@ -2436,10 +2436,10 @@ try UpgradeHelper upgradeHelper = new ConfluenceUpgradeHelper(installDir); String currInstallationVersion = (String) upgradeHelper.getExistingInstallationVersion(); VersionStringComparator versionComparator = new VersionStringComparator(); - //If current version is lower than 5.0 we are upgrading from JRE 6 to 7 - isUpgradingFromJava6 = versionComparator.compare(currInstallationVersion, "5.0") &lt; 0; + // If current version is lower than 5.8 we are upgrading the JRE to 8 + isUpgradingJava = versionComparator.compare(currInstallationVersion, "5.8") &lt; 0; - return isUpgradingFromJava6; + return isUpgradingJava; } catch (Exception e) { @@ -2454,60 +2454,60 @@ catch (Exception e) return false; }</condition> </action> - <action name="Change Tomcat executable in Windows Registry when upgrading from Tomcat 6 to Tomcat 7" id="70902" customizedId="" beanClass="com.install4j.runtime.beans.actions.registry.SetRegistryValueAction" enabled="true" commentSet="false" comment="" rollbackBarrier="false" multiExec="false" failureStrategy="1" errorMessage="Failed when updating the Tomcat path"> - <serializedBean> - <java class="java.beans.XMLDecoder"> - <object class="com.install4j.runtime.beans.actions.registry.SetRegistryValueAction"> - <void property="keyName"> - <string>SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\${installer:installationID}</string> - </void> - <void property="registryRoot"> - <object class="com.install4j.api.windows.RegistryRoot" field="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" /> - </void> - <void property="value"> - <string>"${installer:sys.installationDir}\bin\tomcat7.exe" "//RS//${installer:installationID}"</string> - </void> - <void property="valueName"> - <string>ImagePath</string> - </void> - </object> - </java> - </serializedBean> - <condition>import com.atlassian.inception.ConfluenceUpgradeHelper; - import com.atlassian.inception.VersionStringComparator; - import com.atlassian.inception.UpgradeHelper; + <action name="Change Tomcat executable in Windows Registry when upgrading from Tomcat 6 to Tomcat 8" id="70902" customizedId="" beanClass="com.install4j.runtime.beans.actions.registry.SetRegistryValueAction" enabled="true" commentSet="false" comment="" rollbackBarrier="false" multiExec="false" failureStrategy="1" errorMessage="Failed when updating the Tomcat path"> + <serializedBean> + <java class="java.beans.XMLDecoder"> + <object class="com.install4j.runtime.beans.actions.registry.SetRegistryValueAction"> + <void property="keyName"> + <string>SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\${installer:installationID}</string> + </void> + <void property="registryRoot"> + <object class="com.install4j.api.windows.RegistryRoot" field="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" /> + </void> + <void property="value"> + <string>"${installer:sys.installationDir}\bin\tomcat8.exe" "//RS//${installer:installationID}"</string> + </void> + <void property="valueName"> + <string>ImagePath</string> + </void> + </object> + </java> + </serializedBean> + <condition>import com.atlassian.inception.ConfluenceUpgradeHelper; +import com.atlassian.inception.VersionStringComparator; +import com.atlassian.inception.UpgradeHelper; - boolean isWindows = Util.isWindows(); - boolean isUpgrade = context.getBooleanVariable("sys.confirmedUpdateInstallation"); - boolean isUpgradingFromTomcat6 = false; +boolean isWindows = Util.isWindows(); +boolean isUpgrade = context.getBooleanVariable("sys.confirmedUpdateInstallation"); +boolean isUpgradingTomcat = false; - if (!isWindows || !isUpgrade) { - return false; - } +if (!isWindows || !isUpgrade) { + return false; +} - try - { - String installDir = (String) context.getVariable("existingInstallationDir"); - UpgradeHelper upgradeHelper = new ConfluenceUpgradeHelper(installDir); - String currInstallationVersion = (String) upgradeHelper.getExistingInstallationVersion(); - VersionStringComparator versionComparator = new VersionStringComparator(); - // If current version is lower than 5.5 we need to update the Tomcat path in the service - isUpgradingFromTomcat6 = versionComparator.compare(currInstallationVersion, "5.5") &lt; 0; +try +{ + String installDir = (String) context.getVariable("existingInstallationDir"); + UpgradeHelper upgradeHelper = new ConfluenceUpgradeHelper(installDir); + String currInstallationVersion = (String) upgradeHelper.getExistingInstallationVersion(); + VersionStringComparator versionComparator = new VersionStringComparator(); + // If current version is lower than 5.5 we need to update the Tomcat path in the service + isUpgradingTomcat = versionComparator.compare(currInstallationVersion, "5.8") &lt; 0; - return isUpgradingFromTomcat6; - } - catch (Exception e) - { - Util.log(e); - // An exception that we did not expect was thrown. Give feedback to the user - Util.showErrorMessage(context.getMessage("error.unable.to.update.jvm.path")); - if (context.isConsole()) - { - context.finish(0); // exit the upgrader if we are in console mode - } + return isUpgradingTomcat; +} +catch (Exception e) +{ + Util.log(e); + // An exception that we did not expect was thrown. Give feedback to the user + Util.showErrorMessage(context.getMessage("error.unable.to.update.jvm.path")); + if (context.isConsole()) + { + context.finish(0); // exit the upgrader if we are in console mode + } - return false; - }</condition> + return false; +}</condition> </action> </actions> <formComponents /> @@ -3334,6 +3334,12 @@ return true;</string> </void> </array> </void> + <void property="environmentVariables"> + <void method="put"> + <string>JRE_HOME</string> + <string>${installer:sys.installationDir}\jre</string> + </void> + </void> <void property="executable"> <object class="java.io.File"> <string>bin/service.bat</string> @@ -3344,7 +3350,7 @@ return true;</string> </void> <void property="workingDirectory"> <object class="java.io.File"> - <string>.</string> + <string>${installer:sys.installationDir}</string> </object> </void> </object> @@ -3848,14 +3854,14 @@ catch (Exception e) <object class="com.install4j.runtime.beans.actions.files.MoveFileAction"> <void property="destinationFile"> <object class="java.io.File"> - <string>bin/tomcat7.exe.x32</string> + <string>bin/tomcat8.exe.x32</string> </object> </void> <void property="files"> <array class="java.io.File" length="1"> <void index="0"> <object class="java.io.File"> - <string>bin/tomcat7.exe</string> + <string>bin/tomcat8.exe</string> </object> </void> </array> @@ -3894,14 +3900,14 @@ catch (Exception e) <object class="com.install4j.runtime.beans.actions.files.CopyFileAction"> <void property="destinationFile"> <object class="java.io.File"> - <string>bin/tomcat7.exe</string> + <string>bin/tomcat8.exe</string> </object> </void> <void property="files"> <array class="java.io.File" length="1"> <void index="0"> <object class="java.io.File"> - <string>bin/tomcat7.exe.x64</string> + <string>bin/tomcat8.exe.x64</string> </object> </void> </array> @@ -5024,7 +5030,7 @@ return true;</string> </applications> </installerGui> <mediaSets> - <windows name="Windows" id="22" customizedId="" mediaFileName="atlassian-confluence-${compiler:app.version}-x32" installDir="${compiler:sys.shortName}" overridePrincipalLanguage="false" jreBitType="32" runPostProcessor="true" postProcessor="mono ${compiler:install4j.home}/resource/signcode.exe -spc ${compiler:keystore.home}/atlassian.spc -v ${compiler:keystore.home}/private.pvk -vp ${compiler:keystore.password} -t http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll $EXECUTABLE" failOnPostProcessorError="true" useLegacyMediaFileIds="false" legacyMediaFileIds="" includedJRE="jre1.7.0_15-windows-x86" manualJREEntry="false" bundleType="1" jreURL="" jreFtpURL="" jreShared="false" directDownload="false" installOnlyIfNecessary="false" customInstallBaseDir="" contentFilesType="1" downloadURL="" verifyIntegrity="true"> + <windows name="Windows" id="22" customizedId="" mediaFileName="atlassian-confluence-${compiler:app.version}-x32" installDir="${compiler:sys.shortName}" overridePrincipalLanguage="false" jreBitType="32" runPostProcessor="true" postProcessor="mono ${compiler:install4j.home}/resource/signcode.exe -spc ${compiler:keystore.home}/atlassian.spc -v ${compiler:keystore.home}/private.pvk -vp ${compiler:keystore.password} -t http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll $EXECUTABLE" failOnPostProcessorError="true" useLegacyMediaFileIds="false" legacyMediaFileIds="" includedJRE="jre1.8.0_51-windows-x86" manualJREEntry="false" bundleType="1" jreURL="" jreFtpURL="" jreShared="false" directDownload="false" installOnlyIfNecessary="false" customInstallBaseDir="" contentFilesType="1" downloadURL="" verifyIntegrity="true"> <excludedLaunchers /> <excludedBeans /> <overriddenPrincipalLanguage id="en" customLocalizationFile="" /> @@ -5037,7 +5043,7 @@ return true;</string> <excludedComponents /> <includedDownloadableComponents /> </windows> - <unixInstaller name="Unix Installer" id="66154" customizedId="" mediaFileName="atlassian-${compiler:app.name.lower}-${compiler:app.version}-x32" installDir="${compiler:sys.shortName}" overridePrincipalLanguage="false" jreBitType="all" runPostProcessor="false" postProcessor="" failOnPostProcessorError="false" useLegacyMediaFileIds="false" legacyMediaFileIds="" includedJRE="jre1.7.0_15-linux-x86" manualJREEntry="false" bundleType="1" jreURL="" jreFtpURL="" jreShared="false" directDownload="false" installOnlyIfNecessary="false" customInstallBaseDir="" contentFilesType="1" downloadURL=""> + <unixInstaller name="Unix Installer" id="66154" customizedId="" mediaFileName="atlassian-${compiler:app.name.lower}-${compiler:app.version}-x32" installDir="${compiler:sys.shortName}" overridePrincipalLanguage="false" jreBitType="all" runPostProcessor="false" postProcessor="" failOnPostProcessorError="false" useLegacyMediaFileIds="false" legacyMediaFileIds="" includedJRE="jre1.8.0_51-linux-x86" manualJREEntry="false" bundleType="1" jreURL="" jreFtpURL="" jreShared="false" directDownload="false" installOnlyIfNecessary="false" customInstallBaseDir="" contentFilesType="1" downloadURL=""> <excludedLaunchers /> <excludedBeans /> <overriddenPrincipalLanguage id="en" customLocalizationFile="" /> @@ -5066,7 +5072,7 @@ return true;</string> <content /> </installerScript> </unixInstaller> - <unixInstaller name="Linux 64bit Installer" id="68855" customizedId="" mediaFileName="atlassian-${compiler:app.name.lower}-${compiler:app.version}-x64" installDir="${compiler:sys.shortName}" overridePrincipalLanguage="false" jreBitType="all" runPostProcessor="false" postProcessor="" failOnPostProcessorError="false" useLegacyMediaFileIds="false" legacyMediaFileIds="" includedJRE="jre1.7.0_15-linux-x64" manualJREEntry="false" bundleType="1" jreURL="" jreFtpURL="" jreShared="false" directDownload="false" installOnlyIfNecessary="false" customInstallBaseDir="" contentFilesType="1" downloadURL=""> + <unixInstaller name="Linux 64bit Installer" id="68855" customizedId="" mediaFileName="atlassian-${compiler:app.name.lower}-${compiler:app.version}-x64" installDir="${compiler:sys.shortName}" overridePrincipalLanguage="false" jreBitType="all" runPostProcessor="false" postProcessor="" failOnPostProcessorError="false" useLegacyMediaFileIds="false" legacyMediaFileIds="" includedJRE="jre1.8.0_51-linux-x64" manualJREEntry="false" bundleType="1" jreURL="" jreFtpURL="" jreShared="false" directDownload="false" installOnlyIfNecessary="false" customInstallBaseDir="" contentFilesType="1" downloadURL=""> <excludedLaunchers /> <excludedBeans /> <overriddenPrincipalLanguage id="en" customLocalizationFile="" /> @@ -5095,7 +5101,7 @@ return true;</string> <content /> </installerScript> </unixInstaller> - <windows name="Windows 64 bit" id="69984" customizedId="" mediaFileName="atlassian-confluence-${compiler:app.version}-x64" installDir="${compiler:sys.shortName}" overridePrincipalLanguage="false" jreBitType="64" runPostProcessor="true" postProcessor="mono ${compiler:install4j.home}/resource/signcode.exe -spc ${compiler:keystore.home}/atlassian.spc -v ${compiler:keystore.home}/private.pvk -vp ${compiler:keystore.password} -t http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll $EXECUTABLE" failOnPostProcessorError="true" useLegacyMediaFileIds="false" legacyMediaFileIds="" includedJRE="jre1.7.0_15-windows-x64" manualJREEntry="false" bundleType="1" jreURL="" jreFtpURL="" jreShared="false" directDownload="false" installOnlyIfNecessary="false" customInstallBaseDir="" contentFilesType="1" downloadURL="" verifyIntegrity="true"> + <windows name="Windows 64 bit" id="69984" customizedId="" mediaFileName="atlassian-confluence-${compiler:app.version}-x64" installDir="${compiler:sys.shortName}" overridePrincipalLanguage="false" jreBitType="64" runPostProcessor="true" postProcessor="mono ${compiler:install4j.home}/resource/signcode.exe -spc ${compiler:keystore.home}/atlassian.spc -v ${compiler:keystore.home}/private.pvk -vp ${compiler:keystore.password} -t http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll $EXECUTABLE" failOnPostProcessorError="true" useLegacyMediaFileIds="false" legacyMediaFileIds="" includedJRE="jre1.8.0_51-windows-x64" manualJREEntry="false" bundleType="1" jreURL="" jreFtpURL="" jreShared="false" directDownload="false" installOnlyIfNecessary="false" customInstallBaseDir="" contentFilesType="1" downloadURL="" verifyIntegrity="true"> <excludedLaunchers /> <excludedBeans /> <overriddenPrincipalLanguage id="en" customLocalizationFile="" />

Henrik Juul Pedersen added a comment - 18/Aug/2015 3:02 PM I can confirm that confluence 5.8.9 will not work without java 8. Using tar install and local java.

Frederik D. added a comment - 29/Jul/2015 2:54 AM The same error came up after I upgraded our locally installed Confluence version with 5.8.6 automated installer. The bundled JRE said it was Java 8, but had to install JRE8 locally on the server to make Confluence start again.