Symptoms

Unable to create pages from template and the following appears in the atlassian-confluence.log:

2014-06-26 18:19:01,131 ERROR [http-8090-15] [atlassian.confluence.servlet.ConfluenceServletDispatcher] serviceAction There is no Action mapped for namespace /pages and action name docreatepagefromtemplate

Cause

xwork.xml file possibly has been corrupted which uses to calling action to create space or page for example.

Workaround

• Replace the xwork.xml file to the original.
• The file can be found in Confluence Installation ZIP, referring to the following steps for example
  • Go to atlassian-confluence-5.1.5> Confluence > WEB-INF > lib

  • Find confluence-5.1.5.jar and copy the file to an temporary directory

  • Unpack the jar file

  • Locate xwork.xml, and copy it to atlassian-confluence-5.1.5 > Confluence > WEB-INF > classes