Bamboo fails to start: Unable to enable plugin
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Summary
Bamboo fails to run as a Windows service, whereas it works properly from the command line through BambooConsole.bat. The logs show errors while enabling plugins.
Environment
Bamboo running as a Windows service.
Diagnosis
The logs show this:
2012-07-02 11:13:12,857 ERROR [WrapperSimpleAppMain] [PluginEnabler] Unable to enable plugin com.atlassian.activeobjects.bamboo.spi
com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.OsgiContainerException: Cannot start plugin: com.atlassian.activeobjects.bamboo.spi
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.factory.OsgiPlugin.enableInternal(OsgiPlugin.java:445)
at com.atlassian.plugin.impl.AbstractPlugin.enable(AbstractPlugin.java:237)
at com.atlassian.plugin.impl.AbstractDelegatingPlugin.enable(AbstractDelegatingPlugin.java:215)
at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.PluginEnabler.actualEnable(PluginEnabler.java:114)
...
Caused by: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Unresolved constraint in bundle com.atlassian.activeobjects.bamboo.spi [21]: Unable to resolve 21.0: missing requirement [21.0] package; (&(package=javax.sql)(version>=0.0.0.1_006_JavaSE)(version<=0.0.0.1_006_JavaSE))
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.resolveBundle(Felix.java:3409)
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.startBundle(Felix.java:1709)
at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleImpl.start(BundleImpl.java:905)
at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleImpl.start(BundleImpl.java:892)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.factory.OsgiPlugin.enableInternal(OsgiPlugin.java:417)
... 27 moreCause
An unsupported JDK gets picked up, and that's why plugins cannot be enabled.
Solution
Please verify if the JDK got changed on your machine and if the correct JDK gets picked up. Do you have your JAVA_HOME set up? If you have multiple JDKs and want to choose the one that Bamboo should use, you can edit the file conf/wrapper.conf and make changes to the line wrapper.java.command=java. An example is wrapper.java.command=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_35\bin\java
In addition, you might want to confirm that you are using a local user and that this user is allowed to run services as per this document: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BAMBOO/Running+Bamboo+service+on+Windows+as+the+local+user
Also, please verify that there are no file permission issues.