Unable to start Bitbucket Server, with message function: not found
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Symptoms
The following appears in the command line:
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#sh start-bitbucket.sh
start-bitbucket.sh: 3: start-bitbucket.sh: function: not found
start-bitbucket.sh: 4: [: unexpected operator
start-bitbucket.sh: 7: start-bitbucket.sh: Syntax error: "}" unexpected
Cause
When you type sh start-bitbucket.sh you are probably using dash or some other shell script that does not recognize the command function.
This could be checked by issuing:
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$ which sh
$ ls -ltra <path/to/sh/returned/above>
Resolution
Use the script without
shor callbash start-bitbucket.shinstead, you should get it working as it will use bash in your environment.
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