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  1. Confluence Data Center
  2. CONFSERVER-60515

Connections to Azure PostgreSQL fail due to org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: The connection attempt failed

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      Summary

      PostgreSQL updated the default fallback behavior in the 42.2.16 driver in a way that breaks support for PostgreSQL instances in Microsoft Azure. This version of the driver was bundled into Confluence as of 7.8.3.

      Environment

      • Azure Postgres
      • AWS serverless Aurora Postgres (reported in comments)

      Steps to Reproduce

      1. Setup an Azure PostgreSQL instance
      2. Attempt to test a connection in the Confluence setup wizard to this instance

      Expected Results

      Confluence is able to connect to the database

      Actual Results

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

      2021-01-06 19:17:56,961 ERROR [http-nio-8090-exec-8] [atlassian.config.bootstrap.DefaultAtlassianBootstrapManager] getTestDatabaseConnection Could not successfully test your database: 
 -- referer: http://localhost:7000/setup/setupdbtype-start.action | url: /setup/setupstandarddb-testconnection.action | traceId: 004f898b296e23d7 | userName: anonymous | action: setupstandarddb-testconnection
org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: The connection attempt failed.
	at org.postgresql.core.v3.ConnectionFactoryImpl.openConnectionImpl(ConnectionFactoryImpl.java:315)
	at org.postgresql.core.ConnectionFactory.openConnection(ConnectionFactory.java:51)
	at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgConnection.<init>(PgConnection.java:225)
	at org.postgresql.Driver.makeConnection(Driver.java:465)
	at org.postgresql.Driver.connect(Driver.java:264)
	at java.sql/java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:677)
	at java.sql/java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:228)
	at com.atlassian.config.bootstrap.DefaultAtlassianBootstrapManager.getTestDatabaseConnection(DefaultAtlassianBootstrapManager.java:347)

      Notes

      Workaround

      1. Download the new driver from the following link: https://jdbc.postgresql.org/download/postgresql-42.2.18.jar
      2. Stop Confluence
      3. Rename the current driver
        1. Navigate to <confluence-install>/confluence/WEB-INF/lib
        2. Rename postgresql-42.2.16.jar to postgresql-42.2.16.jar.old
      4. Move the new driver into <confluence-install>/confluence/WEB-INF/lib
      5. Start Confluence

      At this point, you should be able to create a connection.

              96a63ffc20f5 jthompson2 (Inactive)
              sbrannen@atlassian.com Branno
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