nexus-3.78.2-04 ERROR bootstrap jetty -- Data store not found

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Dear Community Members,

Upgrading from nexus-3.59.0-01 to nexus-3.78.2-04

I’ve got the following error message:

2025-03-31 11:27:51,242+0200 ERROR [jetty-main-1]  *SYSTEM org.sonatype.nexus.bootstrap.jetty.JettyServer - Failed to start
org.sonatype.nexus.datastore.api.DataStoreNotFoundException: Data store not found: 'nexus'
        at org.sonatype.nexus.datastore.internal.DataStoreManagerImpl.lambda$openSession$0(DataStoreManagerImpl.java:145)
        at java.base/java.util.Optional.orElseThrow(Optional.java:403)
        . . .

Is anyone encountered the same behavior ? Any advice ?

nb: Imagine I would like to follow an upgrade path like upgrading from 3.59 up to 3.60 and then up to the 3.78; where can I donwload the proper tar.gz archives ?

ps: The steps I followed are basically:

  1. stop service (nginx && nexus)
  2. archive nexus-3.59.0-01
  3. create nexus-3.78.2-04
  4. copy the relevant data from the previous ./etc/ files
  5. check|set the proper ownership
  6. start service (nexus && nginx)
  7. check service status
  8. check webui
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Do you have the built-in OrientDB or do you use an external database? If you are using OrientDB, I recommend you read this:

https://help.sonatype.com/en/upgrading-to-nexus-repository-3-71-0-and-beyond.html

In short: You probably need to upgrade to 3.70.x, migrate the database, then upgrade to 3.78.x.

Edit: I see you have read the Nexus Repository Upgrade Paths, so this is probably not relevant, but in case you have missed that step.

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Typically when this occurs you’ll see other errors before it which may provide more information.

As Tor suggested if you were using OrientDB you’ll need to follow the linked document.