Confluence 5.0.1: Nullpointer Exception after Upgrade from 4.3

[GeraldAT]

Hi

I just upgraded a Confluence installation from4.3 to 5.0.1

(System: Windows 2008 R2 64 Bit; Oracle 11g; bundled Java)

After the upgrade I got a 500 internal server error:

the catalina log says:

SEVERE: Exception Processing ErrorPage[errorCode=500, location=/500page.jsp]
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerManager.getComponent(ContainerManager.java:33)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.sitemesh.PluginDecoratorMapper.getPluginAccessor(PluginDecoratorMapper.java:74)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.sitemesh.PluginDecoratorMapper.getDecorator(PluginDecoratorMapper.java:23)
	at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.mapper.AbstractDecoratorMapper.getDecorator(AbstractDecoratorMapper.java:45)
	at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.mapper.InlineDecoratorMapper.getDecorator(InlineDecoratorMapper.java:41)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.ConfluenceDecoratorSelector.selectDecorator(ConfluenceDecoratorSelector.java:59)
	at com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.doFilter(SiteMeshFilter.java:83)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.ProfilingPageFilter.doFilter(ProfilingPageFilter.java:44)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:71)
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:71)
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:71)
	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.DebugFilter.doFilter(DebugFilter.java:44)
	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:646)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:438)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:374)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:302)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.custom(StandardHostValve.java:421)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.status(StandardHostValve.java:342)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.throwable(StandardHostValve.java:286)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:141)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
	at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:190)
	at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:291)
	at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:776)
	at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:705)
	at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:898)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:690)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

I already tried the approaches with deleteing the directories index, bundled-plugin, plugins-cache, plugins-osgi-cache, and plugins-temp. But it did not help.

[GeraldAT · Accepted solution]

I got it. Thanks to the Atlassian Support!

During the update the database driver jar has gone. I had mine (ojdbc6.jar) in Confluence/lib. I copied the file again to the lib folder and started the service. Now it works

[Jussi Savolainen]

I'm having the same problem. Cleared the work directories but it didn't help.

Any other ideas?

Best,

Jussi

[Colin Goudie]

Is this a standalone or ear/war distribution? If war, make sure you clear out your applications work directories too to clear out compiled jsps etc..

[GeraldAT]

It's a standalone installation.