HELP HELP HELP! Confluence doesnt start!!
Asked by iamjustice@list.ru:

Confluence starting, but tomcat is not runnig. If I restart confluence

```
Aug 11, 2017 1:19:10 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina stopServer
SEVERE: Could not contact localhost:8005. Tomcat may not be running.
Aug 11, 2017 1:19:10 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina stopServer
SEVERE: Catalina.stop:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused)
 at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
 at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:350)
 at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206)
 at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188)
 at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
 at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589)
 at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:538)
 at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:434)
 at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:211)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.stopServer(Catalina.java:450)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.stopServer(Bootstrap.java:400)
 at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:487)

The stop command failed. Attempting to signal the process to stop through OS signal.
Tomcat stopped.
```


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What does the log say? Look at the ones in \<confluence home\>/logs and the \<confluence install\>/log/catalina.out

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, you've added the log.

That implies that either Tomcat is already running, or it is crashing hard during startup, or you've got a networking problem.

The hard crash is most likely, you'll need to look at catalina.out to diagnose it


author: iamjustice@list.ru
body: Nothing

```
11-Aug-2017 13:40:57.049 WARNING [main] org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule.begin [SetPropertiesRule]{Server} Setting property 'debug' to '0' did not find a matching property.
11-Aug-2017 13:40:57.130 WARNING [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.SetAllPropertiesRule.begin [SetAllPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Connector} Setting property 'debug' to '0' did not find a matching property.
11-Aug-2017 13:40:57.137 WARNING [main] org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule.begin [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine} Setting property 'debug' to '0' did not find a matching property.
11-Aug-2017 13:40:57.140 WARNING [main] org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule.begin [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Host} Setting property 'debug' to '0' did not find a matching property.
11-Aug-2017 13:40:57.165 WARNING [main] org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule.begin [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context} Setting property 'debug' to '0' did not find a matching property.
11-Aug-2017 13:40:57.180 WARNING [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.SetAllPropertiesRule.begin [SetAllPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Connector} Setting property 'sslProtocols' to 'TLS' did not find a matching property.
11-Aug-2017 13:40:57.419 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.init Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-8080"]
11-Aug-2017 13:40:57.430 INFO [main] org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioSelectorPool.getSharedSelector Using a shared selector for servlet write/read
11-Aug-2017 13:40:57.431 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.init Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-8443"]
11-Aug-2017 13:40:57.731 INFO [main] org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioSelectorPool.getSharedSelector Using a shared selector for servlet write/read
11-Aug-2017 13:40:57.731 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load Initialization processed in 747 ms
11-Aug-2017 13:40:57.737 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal Starting service Tomcat-Standalone
11-Aug-2017 13:40:57.737 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/8.0.43
2017-08-11 13:41:00,337 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] [com.atlassian.confluence.lifecycle] contextInitialized Starting Confluence 6.2.1 [build 7111 based on commit hash a907385b66baaca023118cdaeb4d4b0e6dac0f88] - synchrony version 0.3.1-release-confluence_6.1-e20fb944
2017-08-11 13:41:02,208 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] [atlassian.confluence.cluster.DefaultClusterConfigurationHelper] lambda$populateExistingClusterSetupConfig$1 Populating setup configuration if running with Cluster mode...
```


author: iamjustice@list.ru
body: Okay. Tomcat is starting after 10-15 minutes after Confluence. Why? I don't know. OS and VM isnt changed configurations. May be plugins?


author: iamjustice@list.ru
body: I think problem in RefinedWiki Mobile plugin. He wontenabled


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm stuck, I don't know what is happening, as there's only bits of log and no description of what is happening.


author: Sebastian Cichocki
body: I had this same problem and I've stopped confluence app then on DB server I've restarted postgresql and I've started confluence app. Maybe that's will help you.


author: ben Pittens
body: Yes I have exactly the same problem, but after restart confluence its fixed but it is annoying it happens times after times again

Maybe Atlassian wakes up and can tell us what the problem is ?