Confluence don't start

[karim DJAAFAR]

I try to start the confluence distribution (5.5.3) locally on my Mac OS 10.9 with the start-confluence.sh command but i get the following exception in my browser:

Etat HTTP 500 - Invocation of method 'getUserLocaleDefaultDatePattern' in class com.atlassian.confluence.setup.actions.SelectSetupStepAction threw exception java.lang.NullPointerException at /decorators/includes/header.vm[line 51, column 47]

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type Rapport d''exception

message Invocation of method 'getUserLocaleDefaultDatePattern' in class com.atlassian.confluence.setup.actions.SelectSetupStepAction threw exception java.lang.NullPointerException at /decorators/includes/header.vm[line 51, column 47]

description Le serveur a rencontré une erreur interne qui l''a empêché de satisfaire la requête.

exception

Here the content of my catalina.out log file:

Caused by: javax.servlet.ServletException: org.apache.velocity.exception.MethodInvocationException: Invocation of method 'getLocale' in class com.atlassian.confluence.core.ConfluenceActionSupport threw exception java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set at /decorators/includes/header.vm[line 47, column 41]
at com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.ConfluenceSitemeshDecorator$StreamingResponseWritingStrategy.renderToResponse(ConfluenceSitemeshDecorator.java:265)
at com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.ConfluenceSitemeshDecorator.applyDecoratorUsingVelocity(ConfluenceSitemeshDecorator.java:207)
at com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.ConfluenceSitemeshDecorator.applyDecorator(ConfluenceSitemeshDecorator.java:145)
at com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.ConfluenceSitemeshDecorator.renderInternal(ConfluenceSitemeshDecorator.java:132)
at com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.ConfluenceSitemeshDecorator.render(ConfluenceSitemeshDecorator.java:111)
at com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.decorator.BaseWebAppDecorator.render(BaseWebAppDecorator.java:33)
... 44 more
Caused by: org.apache.velocity.exception.MethodInvocationException: Invocation of method 'getLocale' in class com.atlassian.confluence.core.ConfluenceActionSupport threw exception java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set at /decorators/includes/header.vm[line 47, column 41]

No port conflict appear and anyway i change the port ...

help is appreciated !

Karim

[Macsis]

Hi all! Have a same problem, starting under root doesnt help :(

[Macsis]

this is solution:

Ok I've moved the entire home in my user's hierarchy, and modified /Users/myuser/confluence/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.propertiesand everything works fine now.

thanks to Nicolas Truchaud

[梁小阳]

这是怎么操作的

[Bernhard Berger]

Check you home directory entry in the file confluence-init.properties

  .../.../.../confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties

[Septa Cahyadiputra]

Hi there,

Just want to confirm, it is indeed not recommended to run Confluence as a root. Please refer to our KB here:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Confluence+Does+Not+Start+Due+to+'Spring+Application+context+has+not+been+set'+in+Linux

Cheers,
Septa Cahyadiputra 

[Karim DJAAFAR]

Hi Matheus

Thank you for your help.

I switch to root user in my Mac OS, and relauch confluence (start-confluence.sh command) but nothing change the error is always the same in the catalina.out log file:

Grave: Exception Processing ErrorPage[errorCode=500, location=/500page.jsp]
java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.servlet.ServletException: org.apache.velocity.exception.MethodInvocationException: Invocation of method 'getLocale' in class com.atlassian.confluence.core.ConfluenceActionSupport threw exception java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set at /decorators/includes/header.vm[line 47, column 41]
at com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.deco

Caused by: org.apache.velocity.exception.MethodInvocationException: Invocation of method 'getLocale' in class com.atlassian.confluence.core.ConfluenceActionSupport threw exception java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set at /decorators/includes/header.vm[line 47, column 41]
at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIdentifier.execute(ASTIdentifier.java:223)

Many thanks for your help again !

[Matheus Fernandes]

Hi Karim,

Try starting it as a root - see https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-20393:)