Confluence setup error: Spring Application context has not been set

Here’s the error:
HTTP Status 500 – java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set

You’re trying to set up Confluence, but after “trying stuff”, you eventually get this error.

Here’s the fix:
Restart the Confluence setup wizard. How? Go to the following directory and delete the file confluence.cfg.xml:
/var/atlassian/application-data/confluence

That makes Confluenc run the setup wizard the next time you get there.

Here’s more of what you’ve likely been starting at on the error page. Hopefully this helped:

HTTP Status 500 – java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set

type Exception report

message java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set

description The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set
com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:149)
com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.get(LazyReference.java:112)
com.atlassian.confluence.setup.webwork.ConfluenceXWorkTransactionInterceptor.getTransactionManager(ConfluenceXWorkTransactionInterceptor.java:34)
com.atlassian.xwork.interceptors.XWorkTransactionInterceptor.intercept(XWorkTransactionInterceptor.java:56)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
com.atlassian.confluence.xwork.SetupIncompleteInterceptor.intercept(SetupIncompleteInterceptor.java:40)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
com.atlassian.confluence.security.interceptors.NosniffSecurityHeaderInterceptor.intercept(NosniffSecurityHeaderInterceptor.java:21)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
com.atlassian.confluence.security.interceptors.XXSSSecurityHeaderInterceptor.intercept(XXSSSecurityHeaderInterceptor.java:21)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
com.atlassian.confluence.setup.actions.SetupCheckInterceptor.intercept(SetupCheckInterceptor.java:32)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:165)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionProxy.execute(DefaultActionProxy.java:115)
com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.ConfluenceServletDispatcher.serviceAction(ConfluenceServletDispatcher.java:58)
com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.service(ServletDispatcher.java:199)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)