Symptoms
When running Tomcat 6, connecting to the database using a Tomcat-configured DataSource, Confluence will not start. During setup you see the following error message:
Or, during start-up the following stack-trace is logged:
Cause
Tomcat 6 does not allow applications to authenticate DataSource connections. You must make sure that you have supplied a username and password in the DataSource configuration in your Tomcat config files, for example:
Resolution
- Shut down Confluence
- Open the
confluence-cfg.xmlfile in your Confluence Home directory in a text editor - Delete the following lines if you find them:
- <property name="hibernate.connection.password">your-password</property>
- <property name="hibernate.connection.username">your-username</property>
- Save the modified file
- Restart Confluence
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