Unable to Deploy Evaluation Database on Weblogic
Symptoms
It is not possible to deploy Confluence against an HSQL (embedded/evaluation) database. The setup wizard will copmlete and the UI will show as blank. Errors in the logs are like.
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.atlassian.plugin.webresource.WebResourceManagerImpl.getIncludeMode(WebResourceManagerImpl.java:261)
at com.atlassian.plugin.webresource.WebResourceManagerImpl.requireResource(WebResourceManagerImpl.java:58)
at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.webresource.DefaultConfluenceWebResourceManager.requireResource(DefaultConfluenceWebResourceManager.java:49)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor375.invoke(Unknown Source)
Cause
The plugin resources are not loaded correctly in conjunction with the in-memory database.
Resolution
Use an external database. Instructions for setup are at Installing Confluence EAR-WAR on Weblogic.
We are investigating the potential re-deployment problems at Unable to Deploy Evaluation Database on Weblogic.