Startup Failed due to Pipe Character -Dhttp.nonProxyHosts in JVM
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Problem
Jira fails to start.
The following appears in the catalina.out:
eval: 1: 127.0.0.1: not found
eval: 1: *.atlassian.com: not found
eval: 1: localhost: not found
eval: 1: 193.168.1.*: not found
Diagnosis
You are using the JVM parameter -DnonProxyHosts with a pipe character('|') to list multiple entries.
Cause
The use of the pipe character in -DnonProxyHosts needs to be escaped. See -Dhttp.nonProxyHosts Does Not Work for more details.