CONFLUENCE Startup failed
Asked by yolanda crespo:

The start-confluence script works with the error reported below, the startup script doesn't leave us to login.

Cause  
com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: java.lang.NullPointerException  
at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:152)  

caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException  
at com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerManager.getComponent(ContainerManager.java:33)  

Stack Trace:\[hide\]  
com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: java.lang.NullPointerException  
at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:152)  
at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.get(LazyReference.java:115)  
at com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.LanguageExtractionFilter.getLocaleManager(LanguageExtractionFilter.java:63)  
at com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.LanguageExtractionFilter.doFilter(LanguageExtractionFilter.java:48)  
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)  
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)  
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)  
at com.atlassian.confluence.util.RequestCacheThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheThreadLocalFilter.java:25)  
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)  
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)  
at com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.DebugFilter.doFilter(DebugFilter.java:44)  
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)  
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)  
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)  
at com.atlassian.core.filters.HeaderSanitisingFilter.doFilter(HeaderSanitisingFilter.java:44)  
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)  
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)  
at com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.doFilter(FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.java:65)  
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)  
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)  
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)  
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)  
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)  
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)  
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)  
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)  
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:859)  
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)  
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)  
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException  
at com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerManager.getComponent(ContainerManager.java:33)  
at com.atlassian.confluence.util.LazyComponentReference$Accessor.get(LazyComponentReference.java:44)  
at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.Lazy$Strong.create(Lazy.java:88)  
at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$Sync.run(LazyReference.java:326)  
at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:146)


Answers:
author: Orkun Gedik
body: Hello [@yolanda crespo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2171687),

Can you take a look at [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/nullpointerexception-when-browsing-to-confluence-374997045.html). Hope this solves your problem.

Best Regards.