Confluence can only deploy as an expanded WAR under Tomcat 5

A customer reported that attempting to deploy an unexploded WAR against tomcat leads to the following error:

Cause:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set

Stack Trace: [hide]

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set
at bucket.container.SpringContainerContext.getComponent(SpringContainerContext.java:77)
at bucket.container.ContainerManager.getComponent(ContainerManager.java:32)
at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.velocity.DynamicPluginResourceLoader.getResourceStream(DynamicPluginResourceLoader.java:15)
at org.apache.velocity.Template.process(Template.java:136)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.loadResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:466)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.getResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:384)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.getTemplate(RuntimeInstance.java:814)
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.getTemplate(RuntimeInstance.java:796)
at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.getTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:512)
at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.VelocityResult.getTemplate(VelocityResult.java:146)
at bucket.util.profiling.ProfiledVelocityResult.getTemplate(ProfiledVelocityResult.java:25)
at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.VelocityResult.doExecute(VelocityResult.java:75)
at bucket.util.profiling.ProfiledVelocityResult.doExecute(ProfiledVelocityResult.java:18)
at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.WebWorkResultSupport.execute(WebWorkResultSupport.java:116)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.executeResult(DefaultActionInvocation.java:263)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:187)
at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.actions.SetupCheckInterceptor.intercept(SetupCheckInterceptor.java:28)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
at com.atlassian.confluence.security.actions.PermissionCheckInterceptor.intercept(PermissionCheckInterceptor.java:40)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.actions.PageAwareInterceptor.intercept(PageAwareInterceptor.java:84)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
at com.atlassian.confluence.core.ConfluenceAutowireInterceptor.intercept(ConfluenceAutowireInterceptor.java:25)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
at com.atlassian.confluence.util.XWorkTransactionInterceptor.intercept(XWorkTransactionInterceptor.java:90)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionProxy.execute(DefaultActionProxy.java:115)
at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.serviceAction(ServletDispatcher.java:229)
at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.service(ServletDispatcher.java:199)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:118)
at com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.ProfilingPageFilter.parsePage(ProfilingPageFilter.java:150)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:82)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:95)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.JohnsonFilter.doFilter(JohnsonFilter.java:96)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at bucket.custom.FlushingSpringSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(FlushingSpringSessionInViewFilter.java:28)
at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:73)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:132)
at com.atlassian.confluence.util.error.ProfilingAndErrorFilter.doFilter(ProfilingAndErrorFilter.java:27)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.gzip.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:61)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:36)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:214)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:198)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:152)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:137)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:929)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:160)
at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:300)
at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.nextInvoke(HandlerRequest.java:437)
at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:374)
at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:743)
at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:675)
at org.apache.jk.common.SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:866)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)

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Build Information:
Uptime: 14 hours, 56 minutes, 32 seconds
Version: 1.4.3
Build Number: 219

Server Information:
Application Server: Apache Tomcat/5.0.30
Servlet Version: 2.4
Database Dialect: null

Memory Information:
Total Memory: 253 MB
Free Memory: 211 MB
Used Memory: 42 MB

System Information:
System Date: Friday, 09 Sep 2005
System Time: 09:24:55
System Favourite Colour: Lime
Java Version: 1.4.2_08
Java Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
JVM Version: 1.0
JVM Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
JVM Implementation Version: 1.4.2_08-b03
Java Runtime: Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM
User Name: admin
User Timezone: US/Eastern
Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-15.9.1
OS Architecture: i386

Request
Information:
URL: http://localhost:8080/confluence/webapp/setup/setuplicense.action

• Scheme: http
• Server: pi119c2n8.ms.com
• Port: 10001
• URI: /releng/confluence/webapp/500page.jsp
• - Context Path: /releng/confluence/webapp
• - Servlet Path: /500page.jsp
• - Path Info: null
• - Query String: null

Attributes:

• javax.servlet.forward.request_uri : /releng/confluence/webapp/setup/setuplicense.action
• javax.servlet.forward.context_path : /releng/confluence/webapp
• javax.servlet.forward.servlet_path : /setup/setuplicense.action
• javax.servlet.forward.path_info : /500page.jsp
• javax.servlet.error.exception : java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set
• javax.servlet.error.message : Spring Application context has not been set
• com.atlassian.johnson.filters.JohnsonFilter_already_filtered : true
• _sitemesh_using_stream : false
• javax.servlet.error.request_uri : /releng/confluence/webapp/setup/setuplicense.action
• javax.servlet.error.status_code : 500
• _sitemesh_filterapplied : true
• javax.servlet.error.servlet_name : action
• webwork.valueStack : com.opensymphony.xwork.util.OgnlValueStack@117b450
• javax.servlet.error.exception_type : class java.lang.IllegalStateException
• javax.servlet.jsp.jspException : java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set
• sessioninview.FILTERED : true
• com.atlassian.core.filters.gzip.GzipFilter_already_filtered : true

Parameters:

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