Jira Software 7 Start - Java Check Version Problem

[Daniel Kist]

Hi,

I'm trying to start a new JIRA 7 Standalone installation but i'm having a few issues with the start-jira.sh.

The script doesn't detect my Java installation.

I'm having this message:

Using CATALINA_BASE: /root/atlassian/jira-software-7.0.4
Using CATALINA_HOME: /root/atlassian/jira-software-7.0.4
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /root/atlassian/jira-software-7.0.4/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /usr
Using CLASSPATH: /root/atlassian/jira-software-7.0.4/bin/bootstrap.jar:/root/atlassian/jira-software-7.0.4/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
Using CATALINA_PID: /root/atlassian/jira-software-7.0.4/work/catalina.pid
***********************************************************************************************************************
********** Wrong JVM version! You are running with .. but JIRA requires at least 1.8 to run. **********
***********************************************************************************************************************

This is what I receive when I check my Java version:

# java -version

openjdk version "1.8.0_65"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_65-b17)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.65-b01, mixed mode)

[Edmund Craske]

This is because Atlassian/JIRA does not support using any JDK other than the Oracle one, and you are using OpenJDK. You can work around it by editing bin/check-java.sh as per https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-46152 but be aware that you may encounter issues with JIRA not functioning correctly due to differences in the JDK, and Atlassian will not support any issues that you have.

[Deleted user]

Check the JAVA_HOME variable in your "setenv.sh" which can be found in the bin directory. Make sure it's pointing to your JDK 1.8

[Daniel Kist]

I've checked and is correct. If you look at the result of checking the script, apparently it is not finding any version of the JVM.