Please tell me the following error when running confluence: corrupted in chunk 4079524

[Демид Ефименков]

Please tell me the following error when running confluence: IllegalStateException: File corrupted inchunk 4079524, expected page length 4..192, got -1891632960 [1.4.196 / 6]. What to do?

[Zak Laughton]

Hello!

I see you're running into an error when starting Confluence. I've typically seen this type of error before when using the embedded H2 database, which isn't supported for production purposes. But having some more information might help the community troubleshoot:

• Is this a new instance?
• Has this ever been working?
• What steps are you taking to start Confluence?
• Did you make any changes before this started happening?
• What version of Confluence are you using?
• What type of database are you using?

This thread about a similar error in Jira may also help provide some insight: Not able to connect JIRA.