Confluence Datacenter Clustering page stuck with configure your cluster message
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Summary
The Clustering page is stuck with the following message:
Environment
Confluence Datacenter
Diagnosis
Confluence Datacenter offers the clustering option for your installation. After installing Confluence and configuring the cluster, you may navigate to the Clustering page as a Confluence administrator to check the configuration after the installation. However, the clustering page is stuck with the message – Cluster mode is now enabled. Restart Confluence to create and configure your cluster.
Following the message guidance, restarting Confluence should allow you to complete the cluster configuration but the same message is presented. The Clustering page should present the following when configured:
Cause
The root cause is unknown but the Clustering option is set in the confluence.cfg.xml file and if the values of the properties are wrong, this problem will appear. In this case, the problem is with two parameters:
<property name="cluster.setup.ready">true</property>
<property name="confluence.cluster">false</property>
After completing the cluster configuration, the property – cluster.setup.ready – shouldn't exist. Also, the property – confluence.cluster – should be set to true.
Solution
The solution is only available to an installation that already completed the clustering configuration during the setup process.
- Shutdown Confluence
- Navigate to <confluence-home-folder>
- Find and edit the confluence.cfg.xml file
- Not to be confused with the confluence.cfg.xml file that exists in the shared-home. The file we're going to edit is from the home folder of a node, each node has its own home folder and a unique shared-home folder exists for the cluster.
Delete the following property:
<property name="cluster.setup.ready">true</property>Change the following property value from false to true:
<property name="confluence.cluster">true</property>Save the change
Restart Confluence