Prevent "JIRA is Locked " Errors

[daniel_f]

What do you do to prevent this?

My idea is to delete the lock file automatically (if it exists), before the jira start.

Could this cause any problems?

[Harry Chan · Accepted solution]

Hi, one possibility is unclean shutdown. Have you checked the logs for what errors there may be on shutdown?

[daniel_f]

Yes, it's happening because of unclean shutdowns (our playground server gets often too hot and shuts down automatically)

ATM we're only evaluating jira and stash, that's why we got only the 10$ package and installed it on the test server" and not the production machine.

[Harry Chan]

The unclean shutdowns need to be fixed. Otherwise not much can be done. A server that keeps shutting down doesn't seem right, even if a development server.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Do not just remove it automatically - it's there to stop you damaging your installation by running two installations simultaneously. You need to find out why it's hanging around and deal with whatever that problem is.

[Bharadwaj Jannu]

you remove the files from .m2/repository/com/atlassian/ and try again.

[Norman Abramovitz]

Which version of Jira are you running? There is a problem that Jira takes a long time to shutdown and it could leave lock file if an outside influence kills the Jira process.