Could not retrieve SSO Configuration when integrating Bitbucket Server with Crowd

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Symptoms

Crowd integration with Bitbucket Server is not working properly.

The following appears in the atlassian-bitbucket.log:

1 2 3 2014-10-10 14:00:00,000 DEBUG [ajp-bio-9014-exec-6] 895x37x1 127.0.0.1 "GET /rest/capabilities HTTP/1.1" c.a.s.p.a.c.i.CachingRetryingSupplier Failed to retrieve the value (Could not retrieve SSO Configuration ( {1})), not retrying before Tue Sep 23 14:55:23 EDT 2014 2014-10-10 14:00:00,001 DEBUG [ajp-bio-9014-exec-6] 895x37x1 127.0.0.1 "GET /rest/capabilities HTTP/1.1" c.a.s.p.a.c.i.CrowdSsoAuthenticationHandler Skipping Crowd SSO as it is not enabled

Cause

Crowd URL may have been mistakenly configured (e.g. http://localhost:8095/crowd/services/).

Resolution

Updated on April 8, 2025

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