java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set
Asked by Yoandro G. Vizoso:

I recently just finished installing confluence w/ mysql. I populated the server with the demo site. When It got to the part of connecting with JIRA to pull the users. I noticed JIRA was not running correctly. I restarted JIRA w/ root. It turned on and worked fine. When I went back to the confluence tab to continue the process. I got an error (SEE BELOW). I tried restart confluence and it would not start and keep getting the same error.  

I tried resolving it with the following suggestions: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Confluence+Does+Not+Start+Due+to+%27Spring+Application+context+has+not+been+set%27+in+Linux>  

It still does not work as the confluence users has both read and write. I also tried starting it up with the confluence user and STILL DOES NOT TURN ON.

HTTP Status 500 - java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set {#toc-hId-1680874558}
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**type** Exception report

**message** ++java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set++

**description** ++The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.++

**exception**

```
com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set	com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:149)	com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.get(LazyReference.java:112)	com.atlassian.confluence.setup.webwork.ConfluenceXWorkTransactionInterceptor.getTransactionManager(ConfluenceXWorkTransactionInterceptor.java:34)	com.atlassian.xwork.interceptors.XWorkTransactionInterceptor.intercept(XWorkTransactionInterceptor.java:56)	com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)	com.atlassian.confluence.xwork.SetupIncompleteInterceptor.intercept(SetupIncompleteInterceptor.java:40)	com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)	com.atlassian.confluence.security.interceptors.NosniffSecurityHeaderInterceptor.intercept(NosniffSecurityHeaderInterceptor.java:21)	com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)	com.atlassian.confluence.security.interceptors.XXSSSecurityHeaderInterceptor.intercept(XXSSSecurityHeaderInterceptor.java:21)	com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)	com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)	com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)	com.atlassian.confluence.setup.actions.SetupCheckInterceptor.intercept(SetupCheckInterceptor.java:32)	com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)	com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionProxy.execute(DefaultActionProxy.java:115)	com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.ConfluenceServletDispatcher.serviceAction(ConfluenceServletDispatcher.java:58)	com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.service(ServletDispatcher.java:199)	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.DebugFilter.doFilter(DebugFilter.java:50)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:71)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)	com.atlassian.confluence.security.websudo.MessagesDecoratorFilter.doFilter(MessagesDecoratorFilter.java:59)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.obtainContent(SiteMeshFilter.java:129)	com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.doFilter(SiteMeshFilter.java:77)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.ProfilingPageFilter.doFilter(ProfilingPageFilter.java:45)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:71)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)	com.atlassian.confluence.jmx.JmxFilter.doFilter(JmxFilter.java:115)	com.atlassian.confluence.cache.TransactionalCacheFactoryCleanupFilter.doFilter(TransactionalCacheFactoryCleanupFilter.java:68)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.core.filters.ServletContextThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(ServletContextThreadLocalFilter.java:21)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.LoggingContextFilter.doFilter(LoggingContextFilter.java:41)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.UserNameHeaderFilter.doFilter(UserNameHeaderFilter.java:26)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.UserThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(UserThreadLocalFilter.java:42)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ConfluenceTimeoutFilter.doFilter(ConfluenceTimeoutFilter.java:63)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:88)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ConfluenceSecurityFilter.doFilter(ConfluenceSecurityFilter.java:27)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ThreadLocalCacheFilter.doFilter(ThreadLocalCacheFilter.java:30)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter$SwapOnBootstrapFilter.doFilter(AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.java:48)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.doFilter(AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.java:35)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.seraph.filter.BaseLoginFilter.doFilter(BaseLoginFilter.java:148)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:71)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.ClusterHeaderFilter.doFilter(ClusterHeaderFilter.java:65)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.johnson.filters.AbstractJohnsonFilter.doFilter(AbstractJohnsonFilter.java:72)	com.atlassian.spring.filter.FlushingSpringSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(FlushingSpringSessionInViewFilter.java:26)	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.ConfluenceErrorFilter.doFilter(ConfluenceErrorFilter.java:29)	com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:99)	com.atlassian.confluence.core.datetime.RequestTimeThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(RequestTimeThreadLocalFilter.java:43)	com.atlassian.core.filters.cache.AbstractCachingFilter.doFilter(AbstractCachingFilter.java:33)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:71)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)	com.atlassian.confluence.tenant.TenantGateFilter$1.call(TenantGateFilter.java:47)	com.atlassian.confluence.tenant.TenantGateFilter$1.call(TenantGateFilter.java:43)	com.atlassian.confluence.tenant.TenantGate$3.call(TenantGate.java:167)	com.atlassian.confluence.tenant.TenantGateFilter.doFilter(TenantGateFilter.java:42)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.validateparam.RequestParamValidationFilter.doFilter(RequestParamValidationFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.TranslationModeFilter.doFilter(TranslationModeFilter.java:44)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.servlet.filter.ActionContextCleanUp.doFilter(ActionContextCleanUp.java:73)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.LanguageExtractionFilter.doFilter(LanguageExtractionFilter.java:53)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.RequestCacheThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheThreadLocalFilter.java:32)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ResponseOutputStreamFilter.doFilter(ResponseOutputStreamFilter.java:25)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.core.filters.encoding.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:41)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.core.filters.HeaderSanitisingFilter.doFilter(HeaderSanitisingFilter.java:44)	com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.doFilter(FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.java:71)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.DebugFilter.doFilter(DebugFilter.java:50)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
```

**root cause**

```
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set	com.atlassian.spring.container.SpringContainerContext.getComponent(SpringContainerContext.java:48)	com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerManager.getComponent(ContainerManager.java:33)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.LazyComponentReference$Accessor.get(LazyComponentReference.java:46)	com.atlassian.util.concurrent.Lazy$Strong.create(Lazy.java:85)	com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$Sync.run(LazyReference.java:321)	com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:143)	com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.get(LazyReference.java:112)	com.atlassian.confluence.setup.webwork.ConfluenceXWorkTransactionInterceptor.getTransactionManager(ConfluenceXWorkTransactionInterceptor.java:34)	com.atlassian.xwork.interceptors.XWorkTransactionInterceptor.intercept(XWorkTransactionInterceptor.java:56)	com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)	com.atlassian.confluence.xwork.SetupIncompleteInterceptor.intercept(SetupIncompleteInterceptor.java:40)	com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)	com.atlassian.confluence.security.interceptors.NosniffSecurityHeaderInterceptor.intercept(NosniffSecurityHeaderInterceptor.java:21)	com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)	com.atlassian.confluence.security.interceptors.XXSSSecurityHeaderInterceptor.intercept(XXSSSecurityHeaderInterceptor.java:21)	com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)	com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)	com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)	com.atlassian.confluence.setup.actions.SetupCheckInterceptor.intercept(SetupCheckInterceptor.java:32)	com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)	com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionProxy.execute(DefaultActionProxy.java:115)	com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.ConfluenceServletDispatcher.serviceAction(ConfluenceServletDispatcher.java:58)	com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.service(ServletDispatcher.java:199)	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.DebugFilter.doFilter(DebugFilter.java:50)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:71)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)	com.atlassian.confluence.security.websudo.MessagesDecoratorFilter.doFilter(MessagesDecoratorFilter.java:59)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.obtainContent(SiteMeshFilter.java:129)	com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.doFilter(SiteMeshFilter.java:77)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.profiling.ProfilingPageFilter.doFilter(ProfilingPageFilter.java:45)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:71)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)	com.atlassian.confluence.jmx.JmxFilter.doFilter(JmxFilter.java:115)	com.atlassian.confluence.cache.TransactionalCacheFactoryCleanupFilter.doFilter(TransactionalCacheFactoryCleanupFilter.java:68)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.core.filters.ServletContextThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(ServletContextThreadLocalFilter.java:21)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.LoggingContextFilter.doFilter(LoggingContextFilter.java:41)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.UserNameHeaderFilter.doFilter(UserNameHeaderFilter.java:26)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.UserThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(UserThreadLocalFilter.java:42)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ConfluenceTimeoutFilter.doFilter(ConfluenceTimeoutFilter.java:63)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:88)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ConfluenceSecurityFilter.doFilter(ConfluenceSecurityFilter.java:27)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ThreadLocalCacheFilter.doFilter(ThreadLocalCacheFilter.java:30)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter$SwapOnBootstrapFilter.doFilter(AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.java:48)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.doFilter(AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.java:35)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.seraph.filter.BaseLoginFilter.doFilter(BaseLoginFilter.java:148)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:71)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.ClusterHeaderFilter.doFilter(ClusterHeaderFilter.java:65)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.johnson.filters.AbstractJohnsonFilter.doFilter(AbstractJohnsonFilter.java:72)	com.atlassian.spring.filter.FlushingSpringSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(FlushingSpringSessionInViewFilter.java:26)	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.ConfluenceErrorFilter.doFilter(ConfluenceErrorFilter.java:29)	com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:99)	com.atlassian.confluence.core.datetime.RequestTimeThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(RequestTimeThreadLocalFilter.java:43)	com.atlassian.core.filters.cache.AbstractCachingFilter.doFilter(AbstractCachingFilter.java:33)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:71)	com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)	com.atlassian.confluence.tenant.TenantGateFilter$1.call(TenantGateFilter.java:47)	com.atlassian.confluence.tenant.TenantGateFilter$1.call(TenantGateFilter.java:43)	com.atlassian.confluence.tenant.TenantGate$3.call(TenantGate.java:167)	com.atlassian.confluence.tenant.TenantGateFilter.doFilter(TenantGateFilter.java:42)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.validateparam.RequestParamValidationFilter.doFilter(RequestParamValidationFilter.java:58)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.TranslationModeFilter.doFilter(TranslationModeFilter.java:44)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.servlet.filter.ActionContextCleanUp.doFilter(ActionContextCleanUp.java:73)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.LanguageExtractionFilter.doFilter(LanguageExtractionFilter.java:53)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.confluence.util.RequestCacheThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheThreadLocalFilter.java:32)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ResponseOutputStreamFilter.doFilter(ResponseOutputStreamFilter.java:25)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.core.filters.encoding.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:41)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)	com.atlassian.core.filters.HeaderSanitisingFilter.doFilter(HeaderSanitisingFilter.java:44)	com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.doFilter(FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.java:71)	com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.DebugFilter.doFilter(DebugFilter.java:50)	com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
```


Answers:
author: Pablo Albrecht
body: Same problem, haven't found a solution yet


author: LASER
body: I am getting the same error.


author: Boz? Norbert
body: I got this error too. Configured the server.xml config to port 8090 (for SSO IIS was fully configured). If I start install without port number then install ran failed. After correct the link, the setup was success.


author: Scott Beeson
body: @Ann Kristin I think you're definitely on to something. As I hinted, I had used the same database as JIRA. I later created a new database and the install went fine.


author: Ann Kristin
body: I got this error too, but it seemed to have something to do with a failed database-setup earlier. After I deleted the "old" database and created a new one and started the wizard again, it works fine.


author: centralhubb
body: nobody knows how to install this damn thing


author: centralhubb
body: The confluence installer is completely stupid, what the help this time?


author: Steve Harper
body: I am having the same problem but I am installing Confluence using its embedded database. It is not connecting to the same database that Jira uses.


author: Scott Beeson
body: Is it possible this was caused by using the same DB as Jira?


author: Scott Beeson
body: Same problem on windows, shouldn't be read/write permissions...


author: Chander Inguva
body: Please check the folder read/write permissions.


author: Grant Winney
body: I'm getting the same error message after attempting to install Confluence on a new PC.