Unable to run installer

[Stack Soft JSC]

Dear Sir/Madam,

I'd like to upgrade the existing self-hosted installation of Confluence 5.9.2 to the latest version. I ran downloaded installer atlassian-confluence-6.15.2-x64.bin to upgrade, but it's crashed. Please find the output below:

Unpacking JRE ...
Starting Installer ...
An error occurred:
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Error log: /tmp/install4jError4389476290418318206.log
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.GUIHelper.invokeOnEDT(GUIHelper.java:703)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.init(AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.java:73)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.ConsoleScreenExecutor.<init>(ConsoleScreenExecutor.java:24)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.InstallerConsoleScreenExecutor.<init>(InstallerConsoleScreenExecutor.java:6)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.getScreenExecutor(Installer.java:87)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.runInProcess(Installer.java:56)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.main(Installer.java:45)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(LauncherEngine.java:85)
at com.install4j.runtime.launcher.UnixLauncher.main(UnixLauncher.java:62)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.awt.EventQueue.invokeAndWait(EventQueue.java:1349)
at java.awt.EventQueue.invokeAndWait(EventQueue.java:1324)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.GUIHelper.invokeOnEDT(GUIHelper.java:699)
... 12 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.getVersion(FontConfiguration.java:1264)
at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.readFontConfigFile(FontConfiguration.java:219)
at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.init(FontConfiguration.java:107)
at sun.awt.X11FontManager.createFontConfiguration(X11FontManager.java:774)
at sun.font.SunFontManager$2.run(SunFontManager.java:431)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.font.SunFontManager.<init>(SunFontManager.java:376)
at sun.awt.FcFontManager.<init>(FcFontManager.java:35)
at sun.awt.X11FontManager.<init>(X11FontManager.java:57)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:442)
at sun.font.FontManagerFactory$1.run(FontManagerFactory.java:83)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.font.FontManagerFactory.getInstance(FontManagerFactory.java:74)
at sun.font.SunFontManager.getInstance(SunFontManager.java:250)
at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.getMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:264)
at sun.swing.SwingUtilities2.getFontMetrics(SwingUtilities2.java:1113)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getFontMetrics(JComponent.java:1626)
at javax.swing.text.WrappedPlainView.updateMetrics(WrappedPlainView.java:318)
at javax.swing.text.WrappedPlainView.updateChildren(WrappedPlainView.java:297)
at javax.swing.text.WrappedPlainView.insertUpdate(WrappedPlainView.java:463)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI$RootView.insertUpdate(BasicTextUI.java:1610)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI$UpdateHandler.insertUpdate(BasicTextUI.java:1869)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.fireInsertUpdate(AbstractDocument.java:201)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.handleInsertString(AbstractDocument.java:748)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.insertString(AbstractDocument.java:707)
at javax.swing.text.PlainDocument.insertString(PlainDocument.java:130)
at javax.swing.text.DefaultEditorKit.read(DefaultEditorKit.java:273)
at javax.swing.JEditorPane.setText(JEditorPane.java:1416)
at javax.swing.JEditorPane.<init>(JEditorPane.java:290)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.createEditorPane(AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.java:357)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.initFontManager(AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.java:309)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.access$400(AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.java:28)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor$2.run(AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.java:77)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:301)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:74)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:205)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)

The installed OS is CentOS 6.10.

Please find below the contents of log file /tmp/install4jError4389476290418318206.log:

Exception:

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.GUIHelper.invokeOnEDT(GUIHelper.java:703)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.init(AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.java:73)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.ConsoleScreenExecutor.<init>(ConsoleScreenExecutor.java:24)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.InstallerConsoleScreenExecutor.<init>(InstallerConsoleScreenExecutor.java:6)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.getScreenExecutor(Installer.java:87)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.runInProcess(Installer.java:56)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.main(Installer.java:45)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(LauncherEngine.java:85)
at com.install4j.runtime.launcher.UnixLauncher.main(UnixLauncher.java:62)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.awt.EventQueue.invokeAndWait(EventQueue.java:1349)
at java.awt.EventQueue.invokeAndWait(EventQueue.java:1324)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.GUIHelper.invokeOnEDT(GUIHelper.java:699)
... 12 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.getVersion(FontConfiguration.java:1264)
at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.readFontConfigFile(FontConfiguration.java:219)
at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.init(FontConfiguration.java:107)
at sun.awt.X11FontManager.createFontConfiguration(X11FontManager.java:774)
at sun.font.SunFontManager$2.run(SunFontManager.java:431)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.font.SunFontManager.<init>(SunFontManager.java:376)
at sun.awt.FcFontManager.<init>(FcFontManager.java:35)
at sun.awt.X11FontManager.<init>(X11FontManager.java:57)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:442)
at sun.font.FontManagerFactory$1.run(FontManagerFactory.java:83)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.font.FontManagerFactory.getInstance(FontManagerFactory.java:74)
at sun.font.SunFontManager.getInstance(SunFontManager.java:250)
at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.getMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:264)
at sun.swing.SwingUtilities2.getFontMetrics(SwingUtilities2.java:1113)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getFontMetrics(JComponent.java:1626)
at javax.swing.text.WrappedPlainView.updateMetrics(WrappedPlainView.java:318)
at javax.swing.text.WrappedPlainView.updateChildren(WrappedPlainView.java:297)
at javax.swing.text.WrappedPlainView.insertUpdate(WrappedPlainView.java:463)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI$RootView.insertUpdate(BasicTextUI.java:1610)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI$UpdateHandler.insertUpdate(BasicTextUI.java:1869)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.fireInsertUpdate(AbstractDocument.java:201)

at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.handleInsertString(AbstractDocument.java:748)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.insertString(AbstractDocument.java:707)
at javax.swing.text.PlainDocument.insertString(PlainDocument.java:130)
at javax.swing.text.DefaultEditorKit.read(DefaultEditorKit.java:273)
at javax.swing.JEditorPane.setText(JEditorPane.java:1416)
at javax.swing.JEditorPane.<init>(JEditorPane.java:290)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.createEditorPane(AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.java:357)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.initFontManager(AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.java:309)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.access$400(AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.java:28)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor$2.run(AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.java:77)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:301)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:74)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:205)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)

System properties:

java.runtime.name=OpenJDK Runtime Environment
exe4j.moduleName=/opt/confluence/1/atlassian-confluence-6.15.2-x64.bin
sun.boot.library.path=/opt/confluence/1/atlassian-confluence-6.15.2-x64.bin.11319.dir/jre/lib/amd64
java.vm.version=25.202-b08
java.vm.vendor=Oracle Corporation
java.vendor.url=https://adoptopenjdk.net/
path.separator=:
java.vm.name=OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
file.encoding.pkg=sun.io
user.country=RU
sun.java.launcher=SUN_STANDARD
sun.os.patch.level=unknown
install4j.exeDir=/opt/confluence/1/
java.vm.specification.name=Java Virtual Machine Specification
user.dir=/opt/confluence/1/atlassian-confluence-6.15.2-x64.bin.11319.dir
java.runtime.version=1.8.0_202-b08
java.awt.graphicsenv=sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment
i4jv=0
java.endorsed.dirs=/opt/confluence/1/atlassian-confluence-6.15.2-x64.bin.11319.dir/jre/lib/endorsed
os.arch=amd64

java.io.tmpdir=/tmp
line.separator=

java.vm.specification.vendor=Oracle Corporation
os.name=Linux
exe4j.totalDataLength=619413418
sun.java2d.noddraw=true
sun.jnu.encoding=UTF-8
java.library.path=/opt/confluence/1/atlassian-confluence-6.15.2-x64.bin.11319.dir/user::/usr/java/packages/lib/amd64:/usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib
java.specification.name=Java Platform API Specification
java.class.version=52.0
sun.management.compiler=HotSpot 64-Bit Tiered Compilers
os.version=2.6.32-754.10.1.el6.x86_64
i4j.vpt=true
install4j.cwd=/opt/confluence/1
user.home=/root
user.timezone=W-SU
java.awt.printerjob=sun.print.PSPrinterJob
file.encoding=UTF-8
install4j.jvmDir=/opt/confluence/1/atlassian-confluence-6.15.2-x64.bin.11319.dir/jre
java.specification.version=1.8
java.class.path=i4jruntime.jar
user.name=root
install4j.executionMode=console
java.vm.specification.version=1.8
sun.java.command=com.install4j.runtime.launcher.UnixLauncher launch 0 0 0 com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer
java.home=/opt/confluence/1/atlassian-confluence-6.15.2-x64.bin.11319.dir/jre
sun.arch.data.model=64
user.language=ru
java.specification.vendor=Oracle Corporation
awt.toolkit=sun.awt.X11.XToolkit
java.vm.info=mixed mode
java.version=1.8.0_202
java.ext.dirs=/opt/confluence/1/atlassian-confluence-6.15.2-x64.bin.11319.dir/jre/lib/ext:/usr/java/packages/lib/ext
sun.boot.class.path=/opt/confluence/1/atlassian-confluence-6.15.2-x64.bin.11319.dir/jre/lib/resources.jar:/opt/confluence/1/atlassian-confluence-6.15.2-x64.bin.11319.dir/jre/lib/rt.jar:/opt/confluence/1/atlassi
java.awt.headless=true
install4j.appDir=/opt/confluence/1/
java.vendor=AdoptOpenJdk
file.separator=/
java.vendor.url.bug=https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk-build/issues
sun.font.fontmanager=sun.awt.X11FontManager
sun.io.unicode.encoding=UnicodeLittle
sun.cpu.endian=little
sun.cpu.isalist=

How can I resolve this issue?

I've tried to run this installer on CentOS 7.6.1810. It ran successfully.

[Daniel Eads · Accepted solution]

Hey there, welcome to the Atlassian Community!

We have seen occurrences of the installer failing due to missing system fonts. Luckily this is pretty easy to remedy by installing a font package and trying the installer again.

For CentOS 6, you can try the dejavu fonts package:

sudo yum install -y dejavu-sans-fonts

Give that a go, try the installer again, and let me know if I can help more!

Reference articles:

• Linux installer fails with "java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0" error
• Confluence Server 6.13 or later fails with FontConfiguration error when installing on Linux operating systems

Cheers,
Daniel | Atlassian Support

[Stack Soft JSC]

Hi Daniel!

Thank you! Your advice is solved that problem.

[Daniel Sonck]

@Daniel EadsI also encountered this issue which was solved by installing the dejavu font, what I find strange though is that this issue exists for the CLI version too. Is there any reason why the frontend without a GUI still requires a font to be installed?

[Daniel Eads]

Hey @Daniel Sonck ! This particular quirk only affects the CLI installers, as that's all we distribute for Linux. The underlying reason is that some distributions use font packages that don't come with the sans-serif variants pre-installed, and the issue comes up when the JDK tries to use the system's default fonts (and can't acquire the sans-serif options from the operating system). Cheers!

[Scott Dudley _Cenote_]

The above answer and the linked articles from Daniel's answer don't cover Alpine Linux (often used for Docker images). The fix there is:

apk add ttf-dejavu

[Michał Jazowski]

On Debian doesn`t work :-(

install Jira 8.5.1

[Daniel Eads]

Hey @Michał Jazowski , on Debian you'll want the fonts-dejavu package:

sudo apt-get install fonts-dejavu