404 Error on fresh Community edition install

[mpaulin]

I am new to Alfresco and trying the Community edition.  I installed on a Windows 7 Pro (32 bit system) using the 32 bit installer downloaded from the Alfresco site yesterday - followed the wizard for the 'easy' install using all 'defaults'.  The /share gives a 404 error.  I removed the /share and verified that Tomcat is starting.  I stopped all services using the script in the Alfresco folder and then used the script to start all services - still get the 404 error, re-verified that Tomcat started.  Log file only shows a two entries about servers starting.  What might be the cause of the 404?  Thanks

[eswbitto]

More information is needed to trouble shoot the problem.

If it is just a vanilla install with no ssl setup then you should be able to go to
http://yourdomain.com:8080/share and be able to access your install.

[mpaulin]

Thanks ESWBitto for your reply.  Yes, it was just a plain vanilla install - all default settings.  I uninstalled Alfresco Community edition last evening and did a complete reinstall.  This time, I used the 'advance' wizard and changed to local host and all ports were the suggested defaults.  The same happened as in the first installation - I receive the 404 error.  I have attached all log files that had entries for your review.  Thanks

[eswbitto]

I looked at the logs and the only thing that stuck out for me is that it looks like your running Java 6 instead of Java7 which it's complaining about. What version of Java are you running?

I'm more of a linux guy so windows help will be limited for me, but the logs are pretty much the same for both concerning connection issues.

[mpaulin]

Thanks ESWBitto again for your response. I am not sure what version of Java is on my machine.  I inherited this machine.  I would assume that whatever version of Java is installed by Alfresco via the installer.  I will Google Java7 and download it - install it and then re-install the Alfresco Community edition and try again.  Holiday weekend coming up here, so I will be off line with this project at the end today through Tuesday morning.

[marsbard]

ESWBitto is right, you are trying to run it under Java 6 and it needs Java 7

2014-05-22 22:05:51,267  ERROR [solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter] [localhost-startStop-1] Could not start SOLR. Check solr/home property
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/alfresco/solr/AlfrescoCoreAdminHandler : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0

version 51.0 is J2SE 7: http://stackoverflow.com/a/11432195

The fact you are getting the error is because you are trying to run it under J2SE < 7

[mpaulin]

Thanks everyone for your response and support. This case may be closed as the issue has been resolved.  It was due to the wrong version of Java.  Once I updated Java to version 7, Alfresco came to life.