Is it just me?

Question

I've been attempting to install Bamboo and despite several attempts and maybe three days off and on I still have not managed it.

I tried on CentOS7 and MySQL 5.7 and ended up with issues.

I tried on CentOS8 and MySQL 5.7, same

I tried with Windows 2016 and MSSQL 2017, all links of issues

Is it just me? I've installed/upgraded Azure DevOps server and Jenkins in the past and not had any issues at all. I'm just pulling my teeth out with Bamboo.

Steve

Steve Cuthbertson · Answer

I have finally managed to get over the installation and configuration steps... In the end I dropped the MySQL database and started again with the aid of this article, then this article suggested I remove or rename / bamboo.cfg.xml. Once I had done that, the configuration wizard went through. I used the connection string: jdbc:mysql://:3306/bamboo?autoReconnect=true&useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf8&nullCatalogMeansCurrent=true I haven't got my Windows bamboo server running yet, but as long as I have one server I can learn with that will be OK.

Steve Cuthbertson · Answer

I have "Driver class can not be found in the class path" now. I fixed that once before. Can't remember how now...

Eduardo Alvarenga · Answer

Hello @Steve Cuthbertson

Both Java 8 and Java 11 are supported by Bamboo.

I'd recommend you review your MySQL connector version and the Database URL. As stated on the Bamboo supported platforms and MySQL pages:

Good to know:

* MySQL is supported only with the InnoDB storage engine.

* For MySQL 5.7 use MySQL Connector/J 5.1.49.   
* For MySQL 8 use MySQL Connector/J 8.0.26.

* In MySQL 8, the com.mysql.jdbc.Driver class implementing
java.sql.Driver in MySQL Connector/J was deprecated. 
Instead, you should use the com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver class.

* If you use MySQL Connector 8.0 with MySQL database 5.7, AO tables will not be created and Bamboo will not be able to start. To prevent this, include the nullCatalogMeansCurrent=true flag in your Database URL.  
Your Database URL should look similar to:

jdbc:mysql://instenv-2787-y7fe.c7uydxwwuprf.eu-west-1.rds.amazonaws.com:3306/bamboo?autoReconnect=true&useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf8&nullCatalogMeansCurrent=true

Sincerely,

Eduardo Alvarenga
Atlassian Support APAC

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