Symptoms

When a user logs into Confluence, a 'Page Not Found' screen is shown instead of the Dashboard screen. However, when accessing <baseUrl>/homepage.action the Site Homepage/Dashboard is shown successfully.

Diagnosis

Try to access the site via <base url>/index.action. If it works, then proceed to the Resolution. Otherwise, the issue might be occurring due to a different root cause.

Cause

The configuration in <confluence-installation>\confluence\WEB-INF\web.xml file has been modified. 

<welcome-file>index.action</welcome-file> does not exist.

Resolution

1. Stop Confluence

2. Add the following in <confluence-installation>\confluence\WEB-INF\web.xml


   <welcome-file-list>
           ...
           <welcome-file>index.action</welcome-file>
   </welcome-file-list>

3. Start Confluence