Post Confluence 6.x Upgrade : Confluence throw error creating bean with name: licenseReceiptValidator
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Problem
After upgrading Confluence to version 6 and above, the following appears in the atlassian-confluence.log :
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ERROR [ThreadPoolAsyncTaskExecutor::Thread 7] [plugin.osgi.factory.OsgiPlugin] onPluginContainerFailed Unable to start the plugin container for plugin 'com.atlassian.upm.plugin-license-storage-plugin'
org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'licenseReceiptValidator' defined in URL [bundle://204.0:0/META-INF/spring/atlassian-plugins-components.xml]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor argument wit
h index 0 of type [com.atlassian.upm.license.internal.PluginLicenseRepository]: Error creating bean with name 'pluginLicenseRepository' defined in URL [bundle://204.0:0/META-INF/spring/atlassian-plugins-components.xml]:
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Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'pluginLicenseRepository' defined in URL [bundle://204.0:0/META-INF/spring/atlassian-plugins-components.xml]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor a
rgument with index 0 of type [com.atlassian.upm.license.internal.HostLicenseProvider]: Error creating bean with name 'confluenceHostLicenseProvider' defined in URL [bundle://204.0:0/META-INF/spring/atlassian-plugins-components.xml]:
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Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'confluenceHostLicenseProvider' defined in URL [bundle://204.0:0/META-INF/spring/atlassian-plugins-components.xml]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constru
ctor argument with index 1 of type [com.atlassian.upm.license.internal.LicenseManagerProvider]: Error creating bean with name 'licenseManagerProvider' defined in URL [bundle://204.0:0/META-INF/spring/atlassian-plugins-components.xml]:
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Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'licenseManagerProvider' defined in URL [bundle://204.0:0/META-INF/spring/atlassian-plugins-components.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [com.atlassian.upm.license.internal.impl.LicenseManagerProviderImpl]:
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Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [com.atlassian.upm.license.internal.impl.LicenseManagerProviderImpl]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.of([Ljava/lang/Object;)Lcom/google/common/collect/ImmutableSet;
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Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.of([Ljava/lang/Object;)Lcom/google/common/collect/ImmutableSet;Cause
The java.lang.NoSuchMethodError error was originated from Confluence's Universal Plugin Manager - Plugin License Storage Plugin which have been deprecated in Confluence version 6.x.
Resolution
Shut Down Confluence
Restart Confluence
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If you're not able to remove the plugin from UI, please remove the plugin from the database :
Shut Down Confluence
Run the following queries in the database :
1 2select PLUGINDATAID, PLUGINKEY, FILENAME, LASTMODDATE from PLUGINDATA WHERE PLUGINKEY = 'com.atlassian.upm.plugin-license-storage-plugin'; delete from PLUGINDATA where PLUGINDATAID='<INSERT-ID-HERE>';Always back up your data before making any database modifications. If possible, test any alter, insert, update, or delete SQL commands on a staging server first.
Restart Confluence
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