DRAFT KB-XXXX Configure script fails to create repository when executed on a server without internet connection

Symptoms

The configure script fails to create a repository, throwing the following error:

Exception in thread "main" java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out (Connection timed out)
 at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
 at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:350)
 at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206)
 at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188)
 at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
 at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589)
 at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(SSLSocketImpl.java:673)
 at sun.security.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.connect(BaseSSLSocketImpl.java:173)
 at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:180)
 at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:463)
 at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:558)
 at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(HttpsClient.java:264)
 at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(HttpsClient.java:367)
 at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:191)
 at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(HttpURLConnection.java:1156)
 at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:1050)
 at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:177)
 at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1564)
 at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1492)
 at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:263)
 at org.gradle.wrapper.Download.downloadInternal(Download.java:66)
 at org.gradle.wrapper.Download.download(Download.java:51)
 at org.gradle.wrapper.Install$1.call(Install.java:62)
 at org.gradle.wrapper.Install$1.call(Install.java:48)
 at org.gradle.wrapper.ExclusiveFileAccessManager.access(ExclusiveFileAccessManager.java:69)
 at org.gradle.wrapper.Install.createDist(Install.java:48)
 at org.gradle.wrapper.WrapperExecutor.execute(WrapperExecutor.java:107)
 at org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain.main(GradleWrapperMain.java:61)
Failed to update to the new repository

Cause

Action

Apply the latest hotfix to your Appian installation or upgrade to the latest version of Appian.

Workaround

1. Navigate to the gradle-wrapper.properties file located in: <APPIAN_HOME>\_admin_scripts\configure\gradle\wrapper
2. In the gradle-wrapper.properties file, change the distributionUrl property value from distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.6-bin.zip 
   to distributionUrl=dists/gradle-4.6-bin/4jp4stjndanmxuerzfseyb6wo/gradle-4.6-bin.zip
3. Save the changes made to the gradle-wrapper.properties file.
4. Run the configure script and create a repository.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 18.2.20.0

Last Reviewed: July 2018