Start Confluence Automatically on Linux

On Linux/Solaris, the best practice is to install, configure and run each service (including Confluence) as a dedicated user with only the permissions they require.

To install, configure and run Confluence automatically on Linux/Solaris:

Create a confluence user for instance, using the following command:

sudo useradd --create-home -c "Confluence role account" confluence

Create a directory to install Confluence into:

sudo mkdir /usr/local/confluence
sudo chown confluence: /usr/local/confluence

Log in as the confluence user to install Confluence:

sudo su - confluence
cd /usr/local/confluence/
tar zxvf /tmp/confluence-3.0.1-std.tar.gz
ln -s confluence-3.0.1-std/ current

Edit <<CONFLUENCE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY>>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/confluence-init.properties file, and set confluence.home=/usr/local/confluence/<Confluence_Data_Home> (ensure you have removed the comment '#')

Then back as root, create the file /etc/init.d/confluence (code shown below), which will be responsible for starting up Confluence after a reboot (or when manually invoked).
If you are running Ubuntu Jaunty (or later) do not perform this step. Please use the instructions further down this page.

#!/bin/sh -e
# Confluence startup script
#chkconfig: 2345 80 05
#description: Confluence

# Define some variables
# Name of app ( JIRA, Confluence, etc )
APP=confluence
# Name of the user to run as
USER=confluence
# Location of application's bin directory
CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/confluence/current
# Location of Java JDK
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun

case "$1" in
  # Start command
  start)
    echo "Starting $APP"
    /bin/su -m $USER -c "$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh &> /dev/null"
    ;;
  # Stop command
  stop)
    echo "Stopping $APP"
    /bin/su -m $USER -c "$CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh &> /dev/null"
    echo "$APP stopped successfully"
    ;;
   # Restart command
   restart)
        $0 stop
        sleep 5
        $0 start
        ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$APP {start|restart|stop}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

exit 0

Make this file executable:
```
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/confluence
```
Set this file to run at the appropriate runlevel. For example, use sudo chkconfig --add confluence on Redhat-based systems, sudo update-rc.d confluence defaults or rcconf on Debian-based systems.

You should now be able to start Confluence with the init script. A successful startup output typically looks like this:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/confluence start
Starting Confluence:
If you encounter issues starting up Confluence, please see the Installation guide at http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Installation+Guide
Using CATALINA_BASE:   /usr/local/confluence/current
Using CATALINA_HOME:   /usr/local/confluence/current
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/confluence/current/temp
Using JRE_HOME:       /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun
done.

You should then see this running at http://<server>:8090/
The port for this will be whatever is defined in your Confluence server.xml file.

Adding Confluence as a service for Ubuntu Jaunty (or later)

To continue configuring Confluence to start automatically as a service on Ubuntu Jaunty (or later):

After logging in as the confluence user to install Confluence, create start and stop scripts in /usr/local/confluence:

Example startscript:

#!/bin/bash
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.16/
export JDK_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.16/
cd /usr/local/confluence/current/bin
./startup.sh

Example stopscript:

#!/bin/bash
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.16/
export JDK_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.16/
cd /usr/local/confluence/current/bin
./shutdown.sh

Make both of these scripts executable. For example, by issuing the command: sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/confluence/start /usr/local/confluence/stop.

Karmic and later: Create two text files in /etc/init/ called confluence-up.conf and confluence-down.conf:

confluence-up:

start on runlevel [2345]

script

	date >> /tmp/confluence-startup.out
	exec sudo -u confluence /usr/local/confluence/start >> /tmp/confluence-startup.out 2>&1

end script

confluence-down:

start on runlevel [16]

expect fork
respawn

exec sudo -u confluence /usr/local/confluence/stop >> /tmp/confluence-shutdown.out 2>&1

... and make them readable to all users:
sudo chmod a+r /etc/init/confluence-up.conf /etc/init/confluence-down.conf

Jaunty, Intrepid: Create two text files in /etc/event.d/ called confluence-up and confluence-down:

confluence-up:

start on runlevel 2
start on runlevel 3
start on runlevel 4
start on runlevel 5

exec sudo -u confluence /usr/local/confluence/start >> /tmp/confluence-startup.out 2>&1

confluence-down:

start on runlevel 1
start on runlevel 6

exec sudo -u confluence /usr/local/confluence/stop >> /tmp/confluence-shutdown.out 2>&1

... and make them readable to all users:
sudo chmod a+r /etc/event.d/confluence-up /etc/event.d/confluence-down

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