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Installation Troubleshooting

Solutions to common issues with installing Confluence. Review your logs by opening the Confluence install directory and checking the /logs/catalina.out and /logs/catalina.out files for errors described below. Click on a problem to show the solution.

Confluence window closes immediately when started

Confluence won't start - java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError IntraHibernateAttachmentCopier

Confluence won't start - Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ...

Confluence won't start - Error creating Confluence Home directory

Confluence won't start - JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly

Confluence won't start - Port 8080 is in use

Confluence won't start - Error creating bean with name 'scheduler'

Confluence won't start - Error registering bean with name 'fileSystemAttachmentDataDao'

Confluence starts but localhost:8080 times out

Confluence starts but localhost:8080 goes to Tomcat start homepage

Confluence starts but logins fail at login screen

Post-Install Troubleshooting

If you problem is in area covered in Questions by Topic, please check there instead.

Cannot install Confluence due to 'NullPointerException in DefaultPluginManager' error
Cannot register Confluence due to 'License you entered was not valid' error
Cannot send email due to 'javax.mail.NoSuchProviderException' SMTP error
Confluence content or attachments are randomly lost
Confluence stops responding after some time
Confluence Unix and X11 Dependencies
Confluence will not start - CommandBridge ClassNotFoundException
Confluence won't start with "Error creating Home directory"
Custom HTML broken in Look and Feel after saving invalid HTML
Dynamic tasklist macro edits fail with ConversionException after JDK upgrade
Edit page fails with 'DataIntegrityViolationException... Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint'
Fix '404' errors in Space tree view
Fix 'Error using thumbnails - No image support in Java runtime'
Fix 'java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError... Unsupported major.minor version 49.0'
Fix 'Out of Memory' errors by increasing available memory
Fix 'Page Not Found' errors for pages with spaces in the title
Fix 'Too many open files' error on Linux by increasing filehandles
Fix JavaScript browser errors
PDF export fails on Linux with UnsatisfiedLinkError
Search is not finding my data AND the indexing process does not appear to be completing
Troubleshooting Character Encodings
Troubleshooting HTTPS or SSL-related problems
View page containing Chart macro throws 'NoClassDefFoundError'
What browsers are supported? I cannot see the Rich Text Editor in my browser

General Questions

Add Spell Checking To Confluence
Can Confluence retrieve search results from other sites?
Can I use CamelCaseLinks like they do on WardsWiki?
Can Users Edit Individual Sections Within a Page?
Change default font size in Confluence
Change listen port for Confluence Standalone
Copy Or Rename A Space
Disable public account signups
Enable public anonymous access
Enable user access logging
How do I change the space key?
How does Confluence differ from a wiki?
Installing Confluence Standalone
Redirect users to a page on login
Retrieve file attachments from a backup
Setup email notifications of page updates
Share users and groups between Confluence and JIRA
Start Confluence automatically on system startup
Where does Confluence store all its data?

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