KB-1728 Tomcat fails with "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Input byte array has wrong 4-byte ending unit"

Symptoms

Tomcat fails to deploy Appian with the following error seen in the <APPIAN_HOME>\logs\tomcat-stdOut.log:

INFO [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor Deploying configuration descriptor [<APPIAN_HOME>\tomcat\apache-tomcat\conf\Catalina\localhost\suite.xml]
WARNING [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup Unexpected exception resolving reference
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Input byte array has wrong 4-byte ending unit
at java.util.Base64$Decoder.decode0(Base64.java:704)
at java.util.Base64$Decoder.decode(Base64.java:526)
at java.util.Base64$Decoder.decode(Base64.java:549)
at com.appiancorp.tomcat.encoding.EncodingCryptographer.decodePassword(EncodingCryptographer.java:25)

Cause

The encoded password configured in <APPIAN_HOME>\tomcat\apache-tomcat\conf\Catalina\localhost\suite.xml is incorrect.

Action

Encode the correct database password as described in this step and make sure it is updated in the suite.xml.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 18.3 and later.