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

The configure script is searching for the gradle distribution in an erroneous location. This issue has been reported to the Appian Product Team. The reference number for this issue is AN-107866.

Action

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