Confluence won't start with java.io.IOException: No locks available
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Summary
Problem
Confluence installation would not start with the following error in catalina.out
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ERROR: Error creating bundle cache.
(java.lang.Exception: Unable to lock bundle cache: java.io.IOException: No locks available)java.lang.Exception: Unable to lock bundle cache: java.io.IOException: No locks available
at org.apache.felix.framework.cache.BundleCache.<init>(BundleCache.java:176)
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.init(Felix.java:640)
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.start(Felix.java:893)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager$4.run(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:417)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Exception in thread "Felix:Startup" com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.OsgiContainerException: Unable to start felix
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager$4.run(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:422)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Error creating bundle cache.
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.init(Felix.java:645)
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.start(Felix.java:893)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager$4.run(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:417)
... 1 more
Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Unable to lock bundle cache: java.io.IOException: No locks available
at org.apache.felix.framework.cache.BundleCache.<init>(BundleCache.java:176)
at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.init(Felix.java:640)
... 3 more
And the following error message in atlassian-confluence.log
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ERROR [localhost-startStop-1] [atlassian.plugin.loaders.ScanningPluginLoader] deployPluginFromUnit Because of the following exception:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to create a tracker when osgi is not running
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager.getServiceTracker(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:606)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.container.felix.FelixOsgiContainerManager.getServiceTracker(FelixOsgiContainerManager.java:596)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.factory.RemotablePluginFactory$1.create(RemotablePluginFactory.java:60)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.factory.OsgiChainedModuleDescriptorFactoryCreator.create(OsgiChainedModuleDescriptorFactoryCreator.java:68)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.factory.RemotablePluginFactory.getChainedModuleDescriptorFactory(RemotablePluginFactory.java:133)
at com.atlassian.plugin.osgi.factory.RemotablePluginFactory.create(RemotablePluginFactory.java:99)
at com.atlassian.plugin.loaders.ScanningPluginLoader.deployPluginFromUnit(ScanningPluginLoader.java:155)
at com.atlassian.plugin.loaders.ScanningPluginLoader.loadAllPlugins(ScanningPluginLoader.java:89)
at com.atlassian.plugin.loaders.PermissionCheckingPluginLoader.loadAllPlugins(PermissionCheckingPluginLoader.java:24)
at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.earlyStartup(DefaultPluginManager.java:461)
at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.ConfluencePluginManager.earlyStartup(ConfluencePluginManager.java:138)
at com.atlassian.plugin.manager.DefaultPluginManager.init(DefaultPluginManager.java:436)
at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.SetupPluginManager.init(SetupPluginManager.java:44)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
...Diagnosis
Environment
You are hosting either the Confluence home or installation directory on an NFS mount
Cause
This error is usually caused by the NFS lockd not running or malfunctioning. Other NFS daemons not running/malfunctioning may cause similar errors too.
Solution
Resolution
Restart and verify functionality of all NFS related daemons on your system, most importantly lockd. See the following page for further reference: http://osr507doc.sco.com/en/NetAdminG/nfsC.daemons.html
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