Bitbucket won't start with Error: Could not find or load main class ssl

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Problem

Bitbucket won't start with the following error: 

Error: Could not find or load main class ssl

Cause

Java arguments are not be supported by your JVM.

JAVA_OPTS="-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.connect.pool.protocol='plain ssl' -Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.connect.pool.authentication='none simple DIGEST-MD5'"


Resolution

Remove the offending Java arguments and restart Bitbucket Server.

Last modified on Feb 26, 2018

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