Issue
When upgrade from 6.2 to 2024.Q4, following error is produced in the log files:
2025-02-11 20:48:20.910 ERROR [main][ROOT:47] bundle com.liferay.journal.web:5.0.180 (1238)[com.liferay.journal.web.internal.scheduler.CheckArticleSchedulerJobConfiguration(10891)] : The activate method has thrown an exception
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Interval is either equal or less than 0
And we are also detecting that the checkInterval property in com.liferay.journal.configuration.JournalServiceConfiguration.config is automatically reset to 0 after the upgrade is executed.
Environment
- Liferay DXP 7.4+
- Upgrade from Liferay Portal 6.2
Resolution
During the upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1, the checkInterval property for web content, located in the <liferay-home>/osgi/configs/com.liferay.journal.configuration.JournalServiceConfiguration.config file, was changed from storing the time milliseconds using a long variable to store it in minutes using an integer variable. This change was introduced in LPS-73759.
An upgrade process, UpgradeCheckIntervalConfiguration, was also introduced to convert existing values from milliseconds to minutes by dividing by 60000.
If you are upgrading from 6.2 to 7.4+ and set the checkInterval property to a value like 15, the upgrade process will treat this as milliseconds and divide it by 60000. Due to rounding, this results in the checkInterval being set to 0, causing the error.
To resolve this issue, use one of the following options:
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Option 1: Do not set the
checkIntervalproperty in thecom.liferay.journal.configuration.JournalServiceConfiguration.configfile during the upgrade. Set it to the desired value in minutes after the upgrade is complete. -
Option 2: Before the upgrade, set the
checkIntervalproperty to the desired value in milliseconds during the upgrade. For example, for a 15-minute interval, set the value to 900000 (15 * 60000). The upgrade process will convert it from milliseconds to minutes.