Confluence is not accessible after installation on CentOS 7
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Problem
After following the instructions for Installing Confluence on Linux when using CentOS 7, you may find that Confluence is not accessible, and there are no errors in the logs to suggest why Confluence is not accessible.
Diagnosis
- Is the Confluence service listening on IPv4? Running
netstat -awill determine what protocol Confluence is listening on, as well as what port it's listening on. - Is a system firewall, such as
firewalldoriptablesrunning?- If so, try stopping those firewalls temporarily to see if they're blocking connection to Confluence
- Can external machines
telnetto Confluence on the connection port (8090 by default)?
Cause #1
Confluence may not be listening on an IPv4 address, and instead will be listening on an IPv6 address.
Resolution #1
Add
-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=trueto your JVM Parameters. See Configuring System Properties; and restart Confluence for the changes to take effect
Cause #2
Connections to Confluence may be blocked by firewalld, which is included in CentOS 7 by default.
Resolution #2
- Configure your firewall software to permit connections to Confluence on the port(s) defined in
server.xml. Consult your firewall documentation for details.