Error starting Confluence plugin system due to missing or unreadable atlassian-bundled-plugins.zip

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Symptoms

Confluence does not load the plugin system, causing Confluence to not initialize the main context. When trying to access Confluence, it shows a startup error like the one shown below:

The following appears in the atlassian-confluence.log:

2013-08-07 14:44:21,167 ERROR [main] [springframework.web.context.ContextLoader] initWebApplicationContext Context initialization failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'pluginManager' defined in class path resource [services/pluginServiceContext.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'bundledPluginLoader' while setting constructor argument with key [57]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'bundledPluginLoader': FactoryBean threw exception on object creation; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:275)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:104)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveManagedList(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:287)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:126)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveConstructorArguments(ConstructorResolver.java:479)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:162)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:925)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:835)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:440)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBeansOfType(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:308)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBeansOfType(AbstractApplicationContext.java:947)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.registerListeners(AbstractApplicationContext.java:701)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:377)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:255)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:199)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:45)
	at com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContainerContextLoaderListener.java:32)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.ConfluenceBootstrappedContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ConfluenceBootstrappedContextLoaderListener.java:32)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4206)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4705)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1057)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:840)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1057)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:463)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:525)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:754)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:595)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'bundledPluginLoader': FactoryBean threw exception on object creation; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport$1.run(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:127)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.doGetObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:116)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.getObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:91)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getObjectForBeanInstance(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1288)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:275)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:269)
	... 40 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.atlassian.plugin.util.zip.UrlUnzipper.entries(UrlUnzipper.java:47)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.BundledPluginLoaderFactory.extractExtraPluginsFromZipToDirectory(BundledPluginLoaderFactory.java:128)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.BundledPluginLoaderFactory.getObject(BundledPluginLoaderFactory.java:81)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport$1.run(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:121)
	... 48 more
2013-08-07 14:44:21,171 ERROR [main] [atlassian.config.bootstrap.BootstrappedContextLoaderListener] contextInitialized Failed to initialize the main Confluence context
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'pluginManager' defined in class path resource [services/pluginServiceContext.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'bundledPluginLoader' while setting constructor argument with key [57]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'bundledPluginLoader': FactoryBean threw exception on object creation; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:275)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:104)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveManagedList(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:287)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:126)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveConstructorArguments(ConstructorResolver.java:479)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:162)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:925)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:835)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:440)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBeansOfType(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:308)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBeansOfType(AbstractApplicationContext.java:947)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.registerListeners(AbstractApplicationContext.java:701)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:377)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:255)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:199)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:45)
	at com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContainerContextLoaderListener.java:32)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.ConfluenceBootstrappedContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ConfluenceBootstrappedContextLoaderListener.java:32)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4206)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4705)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1057)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:840)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1057)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:463)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:525)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:754)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:595)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'bundledPluginLoader': FactoryBean threw exception on object creation; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport$1.run(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:127)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.doGetObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:116)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.getObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:91)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getObjectForBeanInstance(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1288)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:275)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:269)
	... 40 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.atlassian.plugin.util.zip.UrlUnzipper.entries(UrlUnzipper.java:47)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.BundledPluginLoaderFactory.extractExtraPluginsFromZipToDirectory(BundledPluginLoaderFactory.java:128)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.BundledPluginLoaderFactory.getObject(BundledPluginLoaderFactory.java:81)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport$1.run(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:121)
	... 48 more
 

Cause

The file atlassian-bundled-plugins.zip is either not present in <CONFLUENCE-INSTALL>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/com/atlassian/confluence/setup, or is not readable by the user running Confluence. This has been reported to occur when using Solaris's tar to extract the Confluence tarball.

Resolution

  • If you used Solaris's tar to extract Confluence, try using GNU tar instead.
  • If the file is not readable by the user running Confluence, grant read permissions for atlassian-bundled-plugins.zip, and execute permissions for all directories up to and including confluence/WEB-INF/classes/com/atlassian/confluence/setup
  • If the file is missing, re-extract confluence/WEB-INF/classes/com/atlassian/confluence/setup/atlassian-bundled-plugins.zip from the tarball (atlassian-confluence-version.tar.gz) or zip file (atlassian-confluence-version.zip)

Last modified on Mar 30, 2016

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