KB-1821 Tomcat starts with "Misconfigured STATIC_SERVER_AND_PORT/DYNAMIC_SERVER_AND_PORT property in custom.properties" warning

Symptoms

Tomcat is able to start successfully, but one or both of the following warnings are seen in <APPIAN_HOME>/logs/tomcat-stdOut.log:

WARN com.appiancorp.suite.SuiteConfiguration - Misconfigured STATIC_SERVER_AND_PORT property in custom.properties - The static content hostname cannot use the same domain as SERVER_AND_PORT or DYNAMIC_SERVER_AND_PORT. Some Appian features will not be available.
WARN com.appiancorp.suite.SuiteConfiguration - Misconfigured DYNAMIC_SERVER_AND_PORT property in custom.properties - The dynamic content hostname cannot use the same domain as SERVER_AND_PORT or STATIC_SERVER_AND_PORT. Some Appian features will not be available.

Cause

One or both of the following fields are not configured properly in <APPIAN_HOME>/conf/custom.properties:

conf.suite.STATIC_SERVER_AND_PORT

conf.suite.DYNAMIC_SERVER_AND_PORT

Common misconfigurations include:

1. conf.suite.STATIC_SERVER_AND_PORT/conf.suite.DYNAMIC_SERVER_AND_PORT and conf.suite.SERVER_AND_PORT have the same value.
2. The URL subdomain of the conf.suite.STATIC_SERVER_AND_PORT and/or conf.suite.DYNAMIC_SERVER_AND_PORT is unique, rather than the URL domain. For example:

conf.suite.SERVER_AND_PORT=subdomain.domain.com
conf.suite.STATIC_SERVER_AND_PORT=subdomain-static.domain.com
conf.suite.DYNAMIC_SERVER_AND_PORT=subdomain-dynamic.domain.com

Action

Ensure the URL domains in conf.suite.STATIC_SERVER_AND_PORT, conf.suite.DYNAMIC_SERVER_AND_PORT, and conf.suite.SERVER_AND_PORT are all unique.

For more information about these fields, read the Configuring Static and Dynamic Content URLs section in the Post-Install Configurations documentation.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 18.3 and later.

Last Reviewed: December 2018