Error after upgrading Confluence from 6.0.6 to 6.12.0
Asked by Tamer Sherif:

I was upgrading Confluence from 6.0.6 to 6.12.0 via ssh and the upgrade process was successfully done. After opening the the URL it redirected me to the setup page again [http://www.domain.com/setup/selectbundle.action](http://support.cequens.com/knowledge/setup/selectbundle.action)

Confluence is self-hosted on Linux server.

Please note that i am not a Linux administrator.

Any suggestions?


Answers:
author: Jonathan Smith
body: Hi [@Tamer Sherif](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1565800),

After upgrading Confluence, my SYS Admin (Linux) would update the proxyName row in **vi server.xml**on the server. This is where we tell the URL it is Confluence.

![a.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/35213i4E107F3810D304F3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "a.jpg")

I hope this helps!

Jon

comments: author: Tamer Sherif
body: Hi [@Jonathan Smith](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1254033)

I can't go to the general configuration page it always redirects to the above URL.

Now there is an error showed:

```
The SystemInformationService could not be retrieved from the container. Therefore very limited information is available in this error report. 
The SystemInformationService could not be retrieved due to the following error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set
```

### Cause {#toc-hId-1649608665}

java.lang.NullPointerException  
at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.actions.SetupPathsAction.execute(SetupPathsAction.java:41)

#### Stack Trace:\[hide\] {#toc-hId--1099061801}

```
java.lang.NullPointerException at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.actions.SetupPathsAction.execute(SetupPathsAction.java:41) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:168) at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165) at com.atlassian.confluence.core.ConfluenceLicenseInterceptor.intercept(ConfluenceLicenseInterceptor.java:66) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165) at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165) at com.atlassian.confluence.validation.MessageHolderInterceptor.intercept(MessageHolderInterceptor.java:37)
```


author: Jonathan Smith
body: [@Tamer Sherif](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1565800) Edited my first post. You might need someone to jump on the server and verify the correct URL is in vi server.xml.


author: Tamer Sherif
body: [@Jonathan Smith](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1254033) I check the server.xml file and the URL is correct.


author: Jonathan Smith
body: [@Tamer Sherif](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1565800),

Based on your supplied error message, I found this support article.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-does-not-start-due-to-spring-application-context-has-not-been-set-218278311.html>

It looks like there are many difference scenarios which could cause your issue, please go though these and see if any help.


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