Confluence Startup Referencing a Different Tomcat
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Symptoms
Confluence standalone has a built in Tomcat. However, upon starting up the instance using startup.bat, it appears to point to a different Tomcat instance instead.
Cause
The CATALINA_HOME environmental variable refers to a different Tomcat instance.
Resolution
Remove the CATALINA_HOME entry.
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