Confluence Standalone fails to start with init Unable to set up application config: no home set error

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Problem

When starting Confluence Standalone for the first time, both atlassian-confluence.log and catalina.out show the error

2015-09-22 02:30:04,915 WARN [localhost-startStop-1] [atlassian.config.bootstrap.DefaultAtlassianBootstrapManager] init Unable to set up application config: no home set

Diagnosis

Environment

  • Confluence Standalone was started for the first time (either from a fresh install or upgrade).

Diagnostic Steps

  • Comment out the value confluence.home in <confluence-install>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties.
  • Start Confluence and the error will appear in the logs.

Cause

The value confluence.home in <confluence-install>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties is not set.

Resolution

The value for confleunce.home has to be set in <confluence-install>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties.

Depending on what operating system you are installing for, please follow the steps in Installing Confluence.

Last modified on Mar 30, 2016

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