Bamboo fails to start up due to misconfigured JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS

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Note that this KB was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center KBs for non-Data-Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.

*Except Fisheye and Crucible

Summary

Bamboo fails to start up and the following types of errors can be seen inside the <bamboo-home>/logs/atlassian-bamboo.log file:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 2022-11-16 10:35:15,326 WARN [main] [ExportsBuilder] Cannot deep scan non file 'jar:file:<bamboo-install>/atlassian-bamboo/WEB-INF/lib/rome-1.18.0.jar!/rome-utils-1.18.0.jar' 2022-11-16 10:35:15,890 ERROR [main] [AsynchronousAbleEventDispatcher] There was an exception thrown trying to dispatch event [com.atlassian.plugin.event.events.PluginFrameworkStartingEvent@67562186] from the invoker [com.atlassian.event.internal.ComparableListenerInvoker@57d43b14] java.lang.RuntimeException: For input string: "300,". Listener: com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager event: com.atlassian.plugin.event.events.PluginFrameworkStartingEvent at com.atlassian.event.internal.SingleParameterMethodListenerInvoker.invoke(SingleParameterMethodListenerInvoker.java:53) ~[atlassian-event-5.0.1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.event.internal.ComparableListenerInvoker.invoke(ComparableListenerInvoker.java:48) ~[atlassian-event-5.0.1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.event.internal.AsynchronousAbleEventDispatcher.lambda$null$0(AsynchronousAbleEventDispatcher.java:37) ~[atlassian-event-5.0.1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.event.internal.AsynchronousAbleEventDispatcher.dispatch(AsynchronousAbleEventDispatcher.java:85) ~[atlassian-event-5.0.1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.bamboo.event.spi.BambooEventDispatcher.dispatch(BambooEventDispatcher.java:34) ~[atlassian-bamboo-core-9.0.0-rc1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.event.internal.EventPublisherImpl.publish(EventPublisherImpl.java:114) ~[atlassian-event-5.0.1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.bamboo.event.TxAwareEventPublisher.publish(TxAwareEventPublisher.java:20) ~[atlassian-bamboo-core-9.0.0-rc1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.event.impl.DefaultPluginEventManager.broadcast(DefaultPluginEventManager.java:90) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.broadcastIgnoreError(DefaultPluginManager.java:1972) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.lambda$earlyStartup$5(DefaultPluginManager.java:534) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.PluginTransactionContext.wrap(PluginTransactionContext.java:63) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.earlyStartup(DefaultPluginManager.java:528) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.lambda$init$3(DefaultPluginManager.java:520) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.PluginTransactionContext.wrap(PluginTransactionContext.java:63) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.init(DefaultPluginManager.java:519) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.bamboo.container.BambooContainer.init(BambooContainer.java:231) ~[atlassian-bamboo-core-9.0.0-rc1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.bamboo.container.BambooContainer.initialise(BambooContainer.java:218) ~[atlassian-bamboo-core-9.0.0-rc1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.bamboo.upgrade.UpgradeLauncher.initialiseBambooContainer(UpgradeLauncher.java:181) ~[atlassian-bamboo-web-9.0.0-rc1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.bamboo.upgrade.UpgradeLauncher.upgradeAndStartBamboo(UpgradeLauncher.java:105) ~[atlassian-bamboo-web-9.0.0-rc1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.bamboo.upgrade.UpgradeLauncher.contextInitialized(UpgradeLauncher.java:52) ~[atlassian-bamboo-web-9.0.0-rc1.jar:?] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4768) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5230) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1396) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1386) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) ~[?:?] ... Caused by: java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "300," at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65) ~[?:?] at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:652) ~[?:?] at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:770) ~[?:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.util.PluginUtils.getDefaultEnablingWaitPeriod(PluginUtils.java:142) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager.getRuntimeEnvironment(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:505) ~[atlassian-plugins-osgi-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager.validateConfiguration(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:320) ~[atlassian-plugins-osgi-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager.start(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:278) ~[atlassian-plugins-osgi-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager.onStart(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:197) ~[atlassian-plugins-osgi-7.0.6.jar:?] at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:?] at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[?:?] at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[?:?] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566) ~[?:?] at com.atlassian.event.internal.SingleParameterMethodListenerInvoker.invoke(SingleParameterMethodListenerInvoker.java:42) ~[atlassian-event-5.0.1.jar:?] ... 49 more 2022-11-16 10:35:16,332 ERROR [main] [ScanningPluginLoader] Unable to deploy plugin 'com.atlassian.activeobjects.activeobjects-plugin' from 'Unit: <bamboo-install>/atlassian-bamboo/WEB-INF/atlassian-bundled-plugins/activeobjects-plugin-4.0.4.jar (1660204720000)'. 2022-11-16 10:35:16,332 ERROR [main] [ScanningPluginLoader] Because of the following exception: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to create a tracker when osgi is not running at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager.getServiceTracker(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:444) ~[atlassian-plugins-osgi-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager.getServiceTracker(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:436) ~[atlassian-plugins-osgi-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.factory.OsgiChainedModuleDescriptorFactoryCreator.create(OsgiChainedModuleDescriptorFactoryCreator.java:58) ~[atlassian-plugins-osgi-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.factory.OsgiPluginFactory.getChainedModuleDescriptorFactory(OsgiPluginFactory.java:304) ~[atlassian-plugins-osgi-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.factory.OsgiPluginFactory.create(OsgiPluginFactory.java:216) ~[atlassian-plugins-osgi-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.loaders.ScanningPluginLoader.deployPluginFromUnit(ScanningPluginLoader.java:144) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.loaders.ScanningPluginLoader.loadAllPlugins(ScanningPluginLoader.java:89) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.loaders.PermissionCheckingPluginLoader.loadAllPlugins(PermissionCheckingPluginLoader.java:26) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.lambda$earlyStartup$5(DefaultPluginManager.java:543) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.PluginTransactionContext.wrap(PluginTransactionContext.java:63) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.earlyStartup(DefaultPluginManager.java:528) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.lambda$init$3(DefaultPluginManager.java:520) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.PluginTransactionContext.wrap(PluginTransactionContext.java:63) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.init(DefaultPluginManager.java:519) ~[atlassian-plugins-core-7.0.6.jar:?] at com.atlassian.bamboo.container.BambooContainer.init(BambooContainer.java:231) ~[atlassian-bamboo-core-9.0.0-rc1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.bamboo.container.BambooContainer.initialise(BambooContainer.java:218) ~[atlassian-bamboo-core-9.0.0-rc1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.bamboo.upgrade.UpgradeLauncher.initialiseBambooContainer(UpgradeLauncher.java:181) ~[atlassian-bamboo-web-9.0.0-rc1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.bamboo.upgrade.UpgradeLauncher.upgradeAndStartBamboo(UpgradeLauncher.java:105) ~[atlassian-bamboo-web-9.0.0-rc1.jar:?] at com.atlassian.bamboo.upgrade.UpgradeLauncher.contextInitialized(UpgradeLauncher.java:52) ~[atlassian-bamboo-web-9.0.0-rc1.jar:?] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4768) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5230) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1396) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1386) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) ~[?:?]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2022-11-16 10:47:28,953 ERROR [main] [ContextLoader] Context initialization failed org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'decoratingErrorAccessor' defined in class path resource [applicationContext.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'decoratedErrorDetailsFactory' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'decoratedErrorDetailsFactory' defined in class path resource [applicationContext.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'agentManager' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'agentManager' defined in class path resource [applicationContextManagers.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'com.atlassian.bamboo.buildqueue.manager.AgentManagerImpl#45a24ad5' of type [com.atlassian.bamboo.buildqueue.manager.AgentManagerImpl] while setting bean property 'target'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'broker' defined in class path resource [applicationContextJMSServer.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService#3bfa9e44' of type [org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService] while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService#3bfa9e44' defined in class path resource [applicationContextJMSServer.xml]: Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.TypeMismatchException: Failed to convert property value of type 'java.lang.String' to required type 'boolean' for property 'deleteAllMessagesOnStartup'; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid boolean value [true,] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:342) ~[spring-beans-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:113) ~[spring-beans-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveConstructorArguments(ConstructorResolver.java:707) ~[spring-beans-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:198) ~[spring-beans-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1372) ~[spring-beans-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1222) ~[spring-beans-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:582) ~[spring-beans-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:542) ~[spring-beans-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:335) ~[spring-beans-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:234) ~[spring-beans-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:333) ~[spring-beans-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:208) ~[spring-beans-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:955) ~[spring-beans-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:918) ~[spring-context-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:583) ~[spring-context-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:401) ~[spring-web-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:292) ~[spring-web-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:103) ~[spring-web-5.3.21.jar:5.3.21] at com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContainerContextLoaderListener.java:32) ~[atlassian-spring-2.0.8.jar:?] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4768) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5230) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1396) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1386) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.64] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) ~[?:?] ...

The exception will vary a little depending on what arguments have been added to the <bamboo-install>/bin/setenv.sh or setenv.bat file. Bamboo will throw a slightly different exception depending on what type of argument (e.g. boolean, numeric, and etc) it's trying to read from the JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS section of the file.

It might also be worth looking at the <bamboo-install>/log/catalina.out file as you might find messages like these:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Tomcat started. @argument files one or more argument files containing options -disable-@files prevent further argument file expansion --enable-preview allow classes to depend on preview features of this release To specify an argument for a long option, you can use --<name>=<value> or --<name> <value>. <bamboo-install>/bin/catalina.sh: line 504: -Datlassian.plugins.enable.wait=300: command not found

Environment

This problem was observed on Bamboo 8 and 9 but will likely affect other versions as well.

Diagnosis

  1. Follow the instructions inside the "Configuring your system properties" page to find the JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS section in your Bamboo installation.

    1. For Linux this will be <bamboo-install>/bin/setenv.sh and for Windows (starting from .bat file) this will be <bamboo-install>/bin/setenv.bat.

  2. Locate the JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS section and check whether it's empty. If this section is not empty it means it's been customized so there's a chance you're running into the problem described in this kb article.

  3. If there are multiple arguments in the JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS section check if they have been separated by a comma, semicolon, or any other characters.

Cause

The arguments inside the JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS section of the <bamboo-install>/bin/setenv.sh or setenv.bat filehave been separated using commas, semicolon, or any other characters so Java fails to read the properties during startup. For example:

1 2 3 4 # # Occasionally Atlassian Support may recommend that you set some specific JVM arguments. You can use this variable below to do that. # : ${JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS:="-Dbamboo.ignore.server.state.on.restart=true, -Datlassian.plugins.enable.wait=300"}

Solution

  1. Stop Bamboo.

  2. Follow the instructions inside the "Configuring your system properties" page to find the JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS section in your Bamboo installation.

    1. For Linux this will be <bamboo-install>/bin/setenv.sh and for Windows (starting from .bat file) this will be <bamboo-install>/bin/setenv.bat.

  3. Ensure that there are no commas or any other characters separating each argument. They should be separated with spaces like in the following example:

    1 2 3 4 # # Occasionally Atlassian Support may recommend that you set some specific JVM arguments. You can use this variable below to do that. # : ${JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS:="-Dbamboo.ignore.server.state.on.restart=true -Datlassian.plugins.enable.wait=300 -Dmail.smtp.ssl.protocols=TLSv1.2"}

  4. Start Bamboo.

Updated on March 14, 2025
Platform
Data Center only
Product
Bamboo Data Center
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