Atlassian Dragon Slayer - Confluence does not start (ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED)

[Shawn Wallack]

Running Windows 10 as the ADMIN on my personal laptop.

• Oracle JDK 8u181-windows-x64 installed in folder C:\Java\jdk1.8.0_181
• PostgreSQL 8.4 installed and pgAdmin III running.
• Jira Server (6.3.15) is running/accessible at localhost:8080
• Confluence Server (5.10.9-x64) is installed, but will not start when I navigate to http://localhost:8090/confluence (or http://localhost:8090).

The error is: 

This site can’t be reached

localhost refused to connect.

• Search Google for localhost 8090 confluence

ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

I updated the server.xml file so that the SERVER/ENGINE/HOST/CONTEXT/PATH value is: 

Context path="/confluence" docBase="../confluence" debug="0" reloadable="false" useHttpOnly="true"

I cleared Chrome cache. 

I tried Incognito mode.

I tried IE.

I tried uninstalling Confluence and reinstalling Confluence.

I tried rebooting.

All roads lead to this error.

Please help!

[Shawn Wallack · Accepted solution]

I found and resolved the problem... I had a silly typo in the server.xml file. I corrected that mistake and was able to log into and configure Confluence successfully. 

[Daniel Eads]

Hey Shawn,

The context path in the server.xml file is where the application server will be listening. Since it's set to /confluence in the example you've pasted, it's likely that the address you'll need to use is http://localhost:8090/confluence - give that a try with Confluence started and see if it serves up.

Cheers,
Daniel

[Shawn Wallack]

Thanks, Daniel, but that did not work. Neither http://localhost:8090/confluence nor http://localhost:8090/ work. Same error.