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  2. CONFSERVER-100750

Confluence upgrade via windows installer not working [9.2.7 - 10.0.2]

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      Issue Summary

      While upgrading from confluence 9.x to Confluence 10.x via windows installer. Confluence is not working
       

      Steps to Reproduce

      1. download confluence stable build installers [9.2.7 and 10.0.2] from here https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives
      2. install 9.2.7 using installer
      3. complete the setup
      4. stop the confluence service
      5. start upgrade to 10.0.2 via installer
      6. click on upgrade [check the previous installation directory]
      7. you will see this error here - install4j.runtime.beans.actions.misc.RunExecutableAction Failed [screenshot in attachment]
      8. click ignore
      9. setup complete
      10. browser opens : localhost:8090
      11. cannot connect to server

      Expected Results

      confluence upgrade should work fine

      Actual Results

      confluence is not opening post upgrade

      The below exception is thrown in the xxxxxxx.log file:

      {C:\Program Files\Atlassian\Confluence\.install4j\installation.log}

      ...

       

      Workaround

      1. Identify the name of the service that Confluence is installed as in Windows ( Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services ).
      2. Open a cmd prompt with the Administrator privileges and delete the service by running the command below:
        sc delete <confluence-service-name>
        
      3. On the command prompt, change directory to the <CONFLUENCE-INSTALL>/bin, and reinstall the service:
        service.bat install Confluence
        
      4. Start Confluence from the Services

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              c05441b34231 Vishal Kumar
              c05441b34231 Vishal Kumar
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