KB-1620 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

This issue has been addressed via AN-107866 in the following hotfixes/versions:

• Appian 18.2 Hotfix Package A
• Appian 18.3

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.

Last Reviewed: July 2018