Problem with MS SQL prohibits accessing JIRA

Lukasz Miroslaw June 9, 2015

After successful installation I tried to switch from HQSQL to MS SQL. At some point the server was restarted and now I cannot access JIRA anymore (see below for LOG files). 

Where can I find the config files where can provide the endpoint to my DB? I cannot access the UI interface anymore.

HTTP Status 500 - Could not determine database type. (Login failed for user 'jiradbuser'.)


type Exception report

message Could not determine database type. (Login failed for user 'jiradbuser'.)

description The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

org.ofbiz.core.util.GeneralRuntimeException: Could not determine database type. (Login failed for user 'jiradbuser'.)
	org.ofbiz.core.entity.config.DatasourceInfo.getDatabaseTypeFromJDBCConnection(DatasourceInfo.java:409)
	org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericDAO.selectListIteratorByCondition(GenericDAO.java:826)
	org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericDAO.selectByAnd(GenericDAO.java:725)
	org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericHelperDAO.findByAnd(GenericHelperDAO.java:150)
	org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericDelegator.findByAnd(GenericDelegator.java:901)
	org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericDelegator.findByAnd(GenericDelegator.java:879)
	org.ofbiz.core.entity.GenericDelegator.findByAnd(GenericDelegator.java:848)
	com.opensymphony.module.propertyset.ofbiz.OFBizPropertySet.findPropertyEntry(OFBizPropertySet.java:298)
	com.opensymphony.module.propertyset.ofbiz.OFBizPropertySet.exists(OFBizPropertySet.java:170)
	com.atlassian.jira.propertyset.JiraCachingPropertySet.exists(JiraCachingPropertySet.java:744)
	com.atlassian.jira.propertyset.BootstrapOfBizPropertyEntryStore.getEntry(BootstrapOfBizPropertyEntryStore.java:60)
	com.atlassian.jira.propertyset.CachingOfBizPropertySet.get(CachingOfBizPropertySet.java:196)
	com.opensymphony.module.propertyset.AbstractPropertySet.getString(AbstractPropertySet.java:305)
	com.atlassian.jira.config.properties.ApplicationPropertiesStore.getStringFromDb(ApplicationPropertiesStore.java:271)
	com.atlassian.jira.config.properties.ApplicationPropertiesImpl.getString(ApplicationPropertiesImpl.java:56)
	com.atlassian.jira.config.properties.ApplicationPropertiesImpl.getEncoding(ApplicationPropertiesImpl.java:119)
	com.atlassian.jira.config.properties.ApplicationPropertiesImpl.getContentType(ApplicationPropertiesImpl.java:141)
	com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.JiraEncodingFilter.getContentType(JiraEncodingFilter.java:59)
	com.atlassian.core.filters.encoding.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:39)
	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
	com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.PathMatchingEncodingFilter.doFilter(PathMatchingEncodingFilter.java:49)
	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
	com.atlassian.jira.startup.JiraStartupChecklistFilter.doFilter(JiraStartupChecklistFilter.java:79)
	com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.MultipartBoundaryCheckFilter.doFilter(MultipartBoundaryCheckFilter.java:41)
	com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.steps.ChainedFilterStepRunner.doFilter(ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:87)
	com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.JiraFirstFilter.doFilter(JiraFirstFilter.java:60)

In the log files :

 

un 09, 2015 12:59:00 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet [default] in context with path [] threw exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.atlassian.jira.security.login.JiraElevatedSecurityGuard.performElevatedSecurityCheck(JiraElevatedSecurityGuard.java:25)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.PasswordBasedLoginFilter.runAuthentication(PasswordBasedLoginFilter.java:116)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.PasswordBasedLoginFilter.login(PasswordBasedLoginFilter.java:77)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.BaseLoginFilter.doFilter(BaseLoginFilter.java:134)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.JiraLoginFilter.doFilter(JiraLoginFilter.java:70)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:71)
at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.AbstractJohnsonFilter.doFilter(AbstractJohnsonFilter.java:71)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.handleRewrite(RuleChain.java:176)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.doRules(RuleChain.java:145)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriter.processRequest(UrlRewriter.java:92)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:394)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at com.atlassian.gzipfilter.GzipFilter.doFilterInternal(GzipFilter.java:88)
at com.atlassian.gzipfilter.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:59)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.gzip.JiraGzipFilter.doFilter(JiraGzipFilter.java:55)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:71)
at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.steps.ChainedFilterStepRunner.doFilter(ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:87)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.cache.AbstractCachingFilter.doFilter(AbstractCachingFilter.java:33)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.encoding.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:41)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.PathMatchingEncodingFilter.doFilter(PathMatchingEncodingFilter.java:45)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at com.atlassian.jira.startup.JiraStartupChecklistFilter.doFilter(JiraStartupChecklistFilter.java:79)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.MultipartBoundaryCheckFilter.doFilter(MultipartBoundaryCheckFilter.java:41)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.steps.ChainedFilterStepRunner.doFilter(ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:87)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.JiraFirstFilter.doFilter(JiraFirstFilter.java:60)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:501)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:950)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:408)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1070)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:611)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:314)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

2 answers

1 vote
Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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June 9, 2015

Depends on the version of JIRA, but the more recent ones use dbconfig.xml in the JIRA home directory

Lukasz Miroslaw June 10, 2015

Thank you for the answer. It also turned out the JIRA Config tool was not able to setup the connection string correctly for the following case:

  <name>defaultDS</name>

  <delegator-name>default</delegator-name>
  <database-type>mssql</database-type>
  <schema-name>dbo</schema-name>
  <jdbc-datasource>
</...>
Therefore I had to set it up manually.
0 votes
CruzinUSA
Atlassian Team
Atlassian Team members are employees working across the company in a wide variety of roles.
June 10, 2015

Hi Lukasz,

Not sure what version of MS SQL you're running into but we do have documentation that should help with setting up MS-SQL.

Taking a look at your connector it looks like you're using a named instance. There is a known issue with using a named instance with MS SQL and JIRA. Here's the KB Article we have on resolving it if you or anyone else runs into it. 

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