"Home is not configured properly" error message due to corrupted confluence.cfg.xml

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Symptoms

The following appears in the atlassian-confluence.log:

ERROR [main] [atlassian.config.bootstrap.DefaultAtlassianBootstrapManager] init Home is not configured properly: com.atlassian.config.ConfigurationException: Failed to parse config file: Error on line 34 of document  : The markup in the document following the root element must be well-formed. Nested exception: The markup in the document following the root element must be well-formed.
ERROR [main] [atlassian.confluence.setup.ConfluenceConfigurationListener] contextInitialized An error was encountered while bootstrapping Confluence (see below): 
Unable to bootstrap application: Failed to parse config file: Error on line 34 of document  : The markup in the document following the root element must be well-formed. Nested exception: The markup in the document following the root element must be well-formed.

Cause

The Confluence.cfg.xml file is probably corrupted and malformed.

There is a another documentation about this located here.

Resolution

Restore the file to the last known working state.

Last modified on Nov 2, 2018

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