Confluence Does Not Start Due to NullPointerException in FelixOsgiContainerManager
Symptoms
Confluence will not start. The following error occurs in the atlassian-confluence.log:
2009-12-04 18:11:43,303 WARN [main] [sf.hibernate.cache.EhCacheProvider] buildCache Could not find configuration [com.atlassian.confluence.pages.attachments.ImageDetailsDto]; using defaults.
2009-12-04 18:11:45,315 INFO [main] [com.atlassian.confluence.lifecycle] <init> Loading EhCache cache manager
2009-12-04 18:12:04,323 INFO [main] [springframework.web.context.ContextLoader] initWebApplicationContext Root WebApplicationContext: initialization completed in 27116 ms
2009-12-04 18:12:04,671 INFO [main] [atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager] init Initialising the plugin system
2009-12-04 18:12:06,513 ERROR [Felix:Startup] [osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager] doLog Unable to start system bundle.
java.lang.NullPointerException: Specified service reference cannot be null.
at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleContextImpl.getService(BundleContextImpl.java:320)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager$BundleRegistration.start(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:480)
at org.apache.felix.framework.util.SecureAction$Actions.run(SecureAction.java:1206)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.apache.felix.framework.util.SecureAction.startActivator(SecureAction.java:630)
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix$SystemBundleActivator.start(Felix.java:4095)
at org.apache.felix.framework.util.SecureAction$Actions.run(SecureAction.java:1206)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.apache.felix.framework.util.SecureAction.startActivator(SecureAction.java:630)
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.init(Felix.java:642)
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.start(Felix.java:683)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager$2.run(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:269)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Cause
You have not added "grant {permission java.security.AllPermission;}" to the "(TOMCAT)/conf/catalina.policy" file, which is usually there by default.
Resolution
Compare your catalina.policy file to the default to check which ones you have customised. Revert back to the default and check which one of your customised policy settings have denied felix the correct permission that will allow it to start up.
Last modified on Mar 30, 2016
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