Unable to start Confluence after upgrade

Bron May 14, 2013

Hi Guys,

I have just installed 3.5.17 which I am upgrading from 3.1. I get the following error when I try to start the tomcat:

Can't register valve org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve[]

java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file (unable to load class com.atlassian.confluence.logging.ConfluenceHomeLogAppender)

at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2822)

at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1159)

at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1647)

at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1526)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)

at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)

at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:164)

at org.apache.log4j.helpers.Loader.loadClass(Loader.java:179)

at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.instantiateByClassName(OptionConverter.java:320)

at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.instantiateByKey(OptionConverter.java:121)

at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseAppender(PropertyConfigurator.java:664)

at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:647)

at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configureRootCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:544)

at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:440)

at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:476)

at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.selectAndConfigure(OptionConverter.java:471)

at org.apache.log4j.LogManager.<clinit>(LogManager.java:125)

at org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory.getLogger(Log4jLoggerFactory.java:73)

at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:243)

at org.slf4j.bridge.SLF4JBridgeHandler.getSLF4JLogger(SLF4JBridgeHandler.java:159)

at org.slf4j.bridge.SLF4JBridgeHandler.publish(SLF4JBridgeHandler.java:244)

at java.util.logging.Logger.log(Logger.java:440)

at java.util.logging.Logger.doLog(Logger.java:462)

at java.util.logging.Logger.logp(Logger.java:578)

at com.sun.jmx.trace.TraceManager.send(TraceManager.java:219)

at com.sun.jmx.trace.Trace.send(Trace.java:110)

at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.RepositorySupport.trace(RepositorySupport.java:91)

at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.RepositorySupport.trace(RepositorySupport.java:96)

at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.RepositorySupport.contains(RepositorySupport.java:473)

at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.isRegistered(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:556)

at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.isRegistered(JmxMBeanServer.java:619)

at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.Registry.registerComponent(Registry.java:799)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.registerValve(StandardPipeline.java:302)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.start(StandardPipeline.java:234)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4607)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:840)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:463)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:525)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:754)

at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:595)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)

at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)

at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)

As usual the help is much appreciated :)

1 answer

1 accepted

0 votes
Answer accepted
Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
Rising Star
Rising Star
Rising Stars are recognized for providing high-quality answers to other users. Rising Stars receive a certificate of achievement and are on the path to becoming Community Leaders.
May 14, 2013

What is your Java version? Upgrade it to Java 1.6 and see if it helps.

Bron May 15, 2013

Thanks Jobin, that was my issue I was using 1.5, it works now :)

Suggest an answer

Log in or Sign up to answer
TAGS
AUG Leaders

Atlassian Community Events