JIRA Service Stops Working after Upgrading from 6.x to 7.x in Windows
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Summary
Symptoms
After upgrading JIRA from 6.x to 7.x (e.g. 6.4.12 to 7.2) in Windows using Rapid method, JIRA service stops working.
Diagnosis
Manually starting the service throws an error that the service's Executable Path is not found.
Cause
JIRA 7.x is bundled with Tomcat 8 while JIRA 6.x doesn't support Tomcat 8. During the upgrade, Tomcat 7 which is used by JIRA 6.x. is removed and replaced by Tomcat 8, causing the service to be unable to find the path to Tomcat 7.
Solution
Resolution
Open cmd as Admin and run this command to delete the service
1sc delete ServiceNameServiceName can be found from Service Manager (right click the Service -> Properties):
Still in cmd, cd to
JIRA_Install/binand run this command to register a new service:1service.bat install AnyUniqueServiceNameThis will register a new JIRA service pointing to the executable Tomcat 8 (as in the above image)
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