stuck at the end of installation
Asked by someguy:

Hello,

I'm trying to use confluence for tests actually, and i'm stuck on the last installation step.

On every machine i tries to install it, same error appears :

Oops - an error has occurred {#toc-hId--523326305}
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[![logo](http://192.168.1.195:8090/images/logo/confluence-logo-adg3.svg "Confluence")](http://192.168.1.195:8090/)System Error {#toc-hId-1964186528}
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### Cause {#toc-hId--1640219294}

Tried to finish setup but had not run through the whole wizard? Current step: connecttojirasyncdirectory-start

### Referer URL {#toc-hId-847293539}

<http://192.168.1.195:8090/setup/setupadministrator-start.action>

i don't know in which log files i have to look at and i don't understand this error...

Sincerely.


Answers:
author: AAMIR ANSARI
body: Hi [@someguy](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5054449)

I could see the below error:

```
   Tried to finish setup but had not run through the whole wizard? Current step: connecttojirasyncdirectory-start
```

It looks COnfluence is not able to connect to the Jira for the user directory.

I'd suggest you perform the below steps and let me know if it helps.

1. Clean the Confluence install by backing up and removing the contents of \<confluence-home\>, and backing up the database.
2. Run the installation again
3. Select to Continue and Overwrite Existing Data in the database, and continue
4. Instead of choosing JIRA for User Management, select to Manage Users and Groups Within Confluence
5. Create an admin account
6. Once you are into Confluence, set up JIRA as a User Directory by following [these instructions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Connecting+to+Crowd+or+JIRA+for+User+Management)

Regards,

Aamir


author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@someguy](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5054449) ,

welcome to the Atlassian community!

Please provide logs stored in CONFLUENCE-HOME/log/atlassian-confluence.log

Fabio


author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@someguy](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5054449) Welcome to the Atlassian community

It sounds like the setup wizard had trouble writing to confluence.cfg.xml in the root of the [Confluence home](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-home-and-other-important-directories-590259707.html) directory. That's where the setup steps, database connection details and some other parameters are stored. Make sure the user running the service has the ability to write to the [Confluence home](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-home-and-other-important-directories-590259707.html) directory.


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