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

Jordan Horwat — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 14:08:33 GMT

Current Revision posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 9/28/2018 2:08:33 PM

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.

Last Reviewed: September 2018

Tags: Tomcat, database, application server, infrastructure

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

Jordan Horwat — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:07:08 GMT

Revision 3 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 9/28/2018 10:07:08 AM

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.

Last Reviewed: September 2018

Tags: Tomcat, database, application server, infrastructure

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

Tejas Kargutkar — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:27:03 GMT

Revision 2 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Tejas Kargutkar on 9/27/2018 9:27:03 AM

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.

Last Reviewed: September 2018

Tags: Tomcat, database, application server, infrastructure

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

Tejas Kargutkar — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:13:03 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Tejas Kargutkar on 9/26/2018 7:13:03 PM

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 [C:\App183new\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.

Last Reviewed: September 2018

Tags: Tomcat, database, infrastructure