Just upgraded to Jira 6.4.7 (Windows, sigh), using Okta authenticator 1.0.9 (the most recent).
Jira startup was fine before re-enabling Okta. After re-enabling, it was throwing errors like:
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authenticationController' defined in URL [bundle://133.0:0/META-INF/spring/atlassian-plugins-components.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [com.atlassian.sal.core.auth.SeraphAuthenticationController]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError
leading to, of course:
2015-06-27 16:39:45,789 localhost-startStop-1 ERROR [atlassian.jira.startup.LauncherContextListener] Unable to start JIRA due to Java Error.
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.xml.serializer.Encodings.isRecognizedEncoding(Ljava/lang/String;)Z
I have a ticket open with Okta, but the short-term fix was to remove the serializer-2.7.2.jar from C:\Program Files\Atlassian\JIRA\atlassian-jira\WEB-INF\lib, and replace the xalan-2.7.2.jar there with xalan-2.7.0.jar (taken from the backup of the previous Jira version's install directory).
This does not appear to cause any issues, but please be wary of a crazy stranger's internet advice. If you try this fix, please watch your logs carefully.
Jira startup was fine before re-enabling Okta. After re-enabling, it was throwing errors like:
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'authenticationController' defined in URL [bundle://133.0:0/META-INF/spring/atlassian-plugins-components.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [com.atlassian.sal.core.auth.SeraphAuthenticationController]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError
leading to, of course:
2015-06-27 16:39:45,789 localhost-startStop-1 ERROR [atlassian.jira.startup.LauncherContextListener] Unable to start JIRA due to Java Error.
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.xml.serializer.Encodings.isRecognizedEncoding(Ljava/lang/String;)Z
I have a ticket open with Okta, but the short-term fix was to remove the serializer-2.7.2.jar from C:\Program Files\Atlassian\JIRA\atlassian-jira\WEB-INF\lib, and replace the xalan-2.7.2.jar there with xalan-2.7.0.jar (taken from the backup of the previous Jira version's install directory).
This does not appear to cause any issues, but please be wary of a crazy stranger's internet advice. If you try this fix, please watch your logs carefully.
This fix was inspired by: http://gazelle.ihe.net/jira/browse/HLSEVENCMN-45
Hopefully Okta will rewrite the authenticator to match this latest version of Jira. I hopped from 6.3.7 to 6.4.7, so I'm not sure at precisely which version these jars were introducted.Okta claims to be compatible with "Jira 6.4", so I'm guessing 6.4.x. Update: My support ticket to Okta revealed that they do not intend to support 6.4.x until the next release of the authenticator.
Hopefully Okta will rewrite the authenticator to match this latest version of Jira. I hopped from 6.3.7 to 6.4.7, so I'm not sure at precisely which version these jars were introducted.
