Change atlassian.recovery.password when installed as a Windows service
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Summary
When Bitbucket Server is installed as a Windows service, the Bitbucket home directory location the setenv.bat is not used. This page outlines how to change this parameter when starting/stopping Bitbucket Server as a Windows service.
Solution
How to change BITBUCKET_HOME for the Windows service
Stop the Bitbucket Server service.
Open the command window from
Start >> Run >> type in 'cmd' >> Entercdto thebindirectory the Bitbucket Server Installation (<Bitbucket Server Installation dir>/bin).Run from there:
1tomcat8w //ES//AtlassianBitbucket ServerA window will pop up. Click on the Java tab to see the list of current start-up options. Under "Java Options:" form, input the value:
1-Datlassian.recovery.password=temporarypassword
Restart Bitbucket Server Service. From here the service will use the parameter as defined above.
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