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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>KB-1004 "Premature end of file" error returned during application server startup</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/230/kb-1004-premature-end-of-file-error-returned-during-application-server-startup</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>KB-1004 "Premature end of file" error returned during application server startup</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/230/kb-1004-premature-end-of-file-error-returned-during-application-server-startup</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 03:43:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:05fb0a4c-45a1-4e07-a671-a16458358e0c</guid><dc:creator>Parmida Borhani</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/230/kb-1004-premature-end-of-file-error-returned-during-application-server-startup#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 7/30/2018 3:43:54 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="row content_container"&gt;
&lt;table style="background-color:#bcedaf;"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;This issue has been resolved in an Appian hotfix/new Appian version. Please apply the latest hotfix to your Appian installation or upgrade to the latest version of Appian.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2 id="symptoms"&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Application server fails to start during the deployment of Appian. The logs indicate a parse exception due to Premature end of file.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following error message appears in the logs:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/suite]] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 70) JBWEB000287: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigurationLoader: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at com.appiancorp.process.security.InitializeAdministrator.finish(InitializeAdministrator.java:68) [appian-process.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObject.init(ConfigObject.java:65) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.initConfigObject(ConfigObjectRepository.java:372) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.initConfigObject(ConfigObjectRepository.java:263) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.init(ConfigObjectRepository.java:223) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.create(ConfigObjectRepository.java:95) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.create(ConfigObjectRepository.java:89) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigurationLoader.contextInitialized(ConfigurationLoader.java:47) [appian-common.jar:]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3339) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3780) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:163) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:61) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:96) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException
 - with linked exception:
[org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; Premature end of file.]
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h2 id="cause"&gt;Cause&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As part of running the configure script, there will be &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files generated in &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/ear/suite.ear/conf&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/search-server/conf&lt;/code&gt;. These files are copies of the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml.example&lt;/strong&gt; file. The default configuration is commented out within this example file. This causes the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files to be created without the proper configuration.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="action"&gt;Action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue has been corrected in Appian 7.9 Hotfix Package B. Please apply the latest cumulative hotfix package to resolve this issue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="workaround"&gt;Workaround&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use either of the following options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Remove the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files from &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/ear/suite.ear/conf&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/search-server/conf&lt;/code&gt; to use the default topology configuration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Modify the files to include the desired engine and search server configuration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id="affected-versions"&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 7.9.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last Reviewed:&amp;nbsp;February 2017&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: known issues, application server, fixed issues, infrastructure&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>KB-1004 "Premature end of file" error returned during application server startup</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/230/kb-1004-premature-end-of-file-error-returned-during-application-server-startup/revision/5</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 16:32:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:05fb0a4c-45a1-4e07-a671-a16458358e0c</guid><dc:creator>Nick Vigilante</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/230/kb-1004-premature-end-of-file-error-returned-during-application-server-startup#comments</comments><description>Revision 5 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Nick Vigilante on 7/13/2017 4:32:20 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="row content_container"&gt;
&lt;table style="background-color:#bcedaf;"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;This issue has been resolved in an Appian hotfix/new Appian version. Please apply the latest hotfix to your Appian installation or upgrade to the latest version of Appian.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2 id="symptoms"&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Application server fails to start during the deployment of Appian. The logs indicate a parse exception due to Premature end of file.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following error message appears in the logs:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/suite]] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 70) JBWEB000287: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigurationLoader: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at com.appiancorp.process.security.InitializeAdministrator.finish(InitializeAdministrator.java:68) [appian-process.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObject.init(ConfigObject.java:65) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.initConfigObject(ConfigObjectRepository.java:372) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.initConfigObject(ConfigObjectRepository.java:263) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.init(ConfigObjectRepository.java:223) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.create(ConfigObjectRepository.java:95) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.create(ConfigObjectRepository.java:89) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigurationLoader.contextInitialized(ConfigurationLoader.java:47) [appian-common.jar:]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3339) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3780) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:163) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:61) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:96) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException
 - with linked exception:
[org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; Premature end of file.]
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h2 id="cause"&gt;Cause&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As part of running the configure script, there will be &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files generated in &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/ear/suite.ear/conf&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/search-server/conf&lt;/code&gt;. These files are copies of the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml.example&lt;/strong&gt; file. The default configuration is commented out within this example file. This causes the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files to be created without the proper configuration.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="action"&gt;Action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue has been corrected in Appian 7.9 Hotfix Package B. Please apply the latest cumulative hotfix package to resolve this issue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="workaround"&gt;Workaround&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use either of the following options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Remove the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files from &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/ear/suite.ear/conf&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/search-server/conf&lt;/code&gt; to use the default topology configuration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Modify the files to include the desired engine and search server configuration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id="affected-versions"&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 7.9.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last Reviewed:&amp;nbsp;February 2017&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: known issues, application server, fixed issues&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>KB-1004 "Premature end of file" error returned during application server startup</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/230/kb-1004-premature-end-of-file-error-returned-during-application-server-startup/revision/4</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 10:59:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:05fb0a4c-45a1-4e07-a671-a16458358e0c</guid><dc:creator>Nick Vigilante</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/230/kb-1004-premature-end-of-file-error-returned-during-application-server-startup#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Nick Vigilante on 2/10/2017 10:59:04 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="row content_container"&gt;
&lt;h2 id="symptoms"&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Application server fails to start during the deployment of Appian. The logs indicate a parse exception due to Premature end of file.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following error message appears in the logs:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/suite]] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 70) JBWEB000287: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigurationLoader: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at com.appiancorp.process.security.InitializeAdministrator.finish(InitializeAdministrator.java:68) [appian-process.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObject.init(ConfigObject.java:65) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.initConfigObject(ConfigObjectRepository.java:372) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.initConfigObject(ConfigObjectRepository.java:263) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.init(ConfigObjectRepository.java:223) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.create(ConfigObjectRepository.java:95) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.create(ConfigObjectRepository.java:89) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigurationLoader.contextInitialized(ConfigurationLoader.java:47) [appian-common.jar:]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3339) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3780) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:163) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:61) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:96) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException
 - with linked exception:
[org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; Premature end of file.]
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h2 id="cause"&gt;Cause&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As part of running the configure script, there will be &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files generated in &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/ear/suite.ear/conf&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/search-server/conf&lt;/code&gt;. These files are copies of the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml.example&lt;/strong&gt; file. The default configuration is commented out within this example file. This causes the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files to be created without the proper configuration.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="action"&gt;Action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue has been corrected in Appian 7.9 Hotfix Package B. Please apply the latest cumulative hotfix package to resolve this issue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="workaround"&gt;Workaround&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use either of the following options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Remove the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files from &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/ear/suite.ear/conf&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/search-server/conf&lt;/code&gt; to use the default topology configuration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Modify the files to include the desired engine and search server configuration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id="affected-versions"&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 7.9.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last Reviewed:&amp;nbsp;February 2017&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: known issues, application server, fixed issues&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>KB-1004 "Premature end of file" error returned during application server startup</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/230/kb-1004-premature-end-of-file-error-returned-during-application-server-startup/revision/1</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 22:17:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:05fb0a4c-45a1-4e07-a671-a16458358e0c</guid><dc:creator>Nick Vigilante</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/230/kb-1004-premature-end-of-file-error-returned-during-application-server-startup#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Nick Vigilante on 2/9/2017 10:17:08 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="row content_container"&gt;
&lt;h2 id="symptoms"&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Application server fails to start during the deployment of Appian. The logs indicate a parse exception due to Premature end of file.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following error message appears in the logs:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;15:50:25,072 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/suite]] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 70) JBWEB000287: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigurationLoader: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at com.appiancorp.process.security.InitializeAdministrator.finish(InitializeAdministrator.java:68) [appian-process.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObject.init(ConfigObject.java:65) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.initConfigObject(ConfigObjectRepository.java:372) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.initConfigObject(ConfigObjectRepository.java:263) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.init(ConfigObjectRepository.java:223) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.create(ConfigObjectRepository.java:95) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.create(ConfigObjectRepository.java:89) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigurationLoader.contextInitialized(ConfigurationLoader.java:47) [appian-common.jar:]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3339) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3780) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:163) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:61) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:96) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException
 - with linked exception:
[org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; Premature end of file.]
&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h2 id="cause"&gt;Cause&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As part of running the configure script, there will be &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files generated in &lt;span style="background-color:#f2f2f2;font-family:&amp;#39;courier new&amp;#39;, courier;"&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/ear/suite.ear/conf&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="background-color:#f2f2f2;font-family:&amp;#39;courier new&amp;#39;, courier;"&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/search-server/conf&lt;/span&gt;. These files are copies of the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml.example&lt;/strong&gt; file. The default configuration is commented out within this example file. This causes the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files to be created without the proper configuration.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="action"&gt;Action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue has been corrected in Appian 7.9 Hotfix Package B. Please apply the latest cumulative hotfix package to resolve this issue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="workaround"&gt;Workaround&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use either of the following options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Remove the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files from &lt;span style="font-family:&amp;#39;courier new&amp;#39;, courier;background-color:#f2f2f2;"&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/ear/suite.ear/conf&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="background-color:#f2f2f2;font-family:&amp;#39;courier new&amp;#39;, courier;"&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/search-server/conf&lt;/span&gt; to use the default topology configuration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Modify the files to include the desired engine and search server configuration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id="affected-versions"&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 7.9.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last Reviewed:&amp;nbsp;February 2017&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: application server&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>KB-1004 "Premature end of file" error returned during application server startup</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/230/kb-1004-premature-end-of-file-error-returned-during-application-server-startup/revision/3</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:43:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:05fb0a4c-45a1-4e07-a671-a16458358e0c</guid><dc:creator>Nick Vigilante</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/230/kb-1004-premature-end-of-file-error-returned-during-application-server-startup#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Nick Vigilante on 2/9/2017 5:43:09 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="row content_container"&gt;
&lt;h2 id="symptoms"&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Application server fails to start during the deployment of Appian. The logs indicate a parse exception due to Premature end of file.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following error message appears in the logs:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/suite]] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 70) JBWEB000287: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigurationLoader: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at com.appiancorp.process.security.InitializeAdministrator.finish(InitializeAdministrator.java:68) [appian-process.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObject.init(ConfigObject.java:65) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.initConfigObject(ConfigObjectRepository.java:372) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.initConfigObject(ConfigObjectRepository.java:263) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.init(ConfigObjectRepository.java:223) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.create(ConfigObjectRepository.java:95) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.create(ConfigObjectRepository.java:89) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigurationLoader.contextInitialized(ConfigurationLoader.java:47) [appian-common.jar:]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3339) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3780) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:163) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:61) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:96) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException
 - with linked exception:
[org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; Premature end of file.]
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h2 id="cause"&gt;Cause&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As part of running the configure script, there will be &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files generated in &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/ear/suite.ear/conf&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/search-server/conf&lt;/code&gt;. These files are copies of the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml.example&lt;/strong&gt; file. The default configuration is commented out within this example file. This causes the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files to be created without the proper configuration.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="action"&gt;Action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue has been corrected in Appian 7.9 Hotfix Package B. Please apply the latest cumulative hotfix package to resolve this issue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="workaround"&gt;Workaround&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use either of the following options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Remove the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files from &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/ear/suite.ear/conf&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/search-server/conf&lt;/code&gt; to use the default topology configuration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Modify the files to include the desired engine and search server configuration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id="affected-versions"&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 7.9.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last Reviewed:&amp;nbsp;February 2017&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: application server&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>KB-1004 "Premature end of file" error returned during application server startup</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/230/kb-1004-premature-end-of-file-error-returned-during-application-server-startup/revision/2</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:17:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:05fb0a4c-45a1-4e07-a671-a16458358e0c</guid><dc:creator>Nick Vigilante</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/230/kb-1004-premature-end-of-file-error-returned-during-application-server-startup#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Nick Vigilante on 2/9/2017 5:17:55 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="row content_container"&gt;
&lt;h2 id="symptoms"&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Application server fails to start during the deployment of Appian. The logs indicate a parse exception due to Premature end of file.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following error message appears in the logs:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/suite]] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 70) JBWEB000287: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigurationLoader: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at com.appiancorp.process.security.InitializeAdministrator.finish(InitializeAdministrator.java:68) [appian-process.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObject.init(ConfigObject.java:65) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.initConfigObject(ConfigObjectRepository.java:372) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.initConfigObject(ConfigObjectRepository.java:263) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.init(ConfigObjectRepository.java:223) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.create(ConfigObjectRepository.java:95) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigObjectRepository.create(ConfigObjectRepository.java:89) [appian-common.jar:]
at com.appiancorp.common.config.ConfigurationLoader.contextInitialized(ConfigurationLoader.java:47) [appian-common.jar:]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3339) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3780) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:163) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:61) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:96) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_51]
at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException
 - with linked exception:
[org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; Premature end of file.]
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h2 id="cause"&gt;Cause&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As part of running the configure script, there will be &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files generated in &lt;span style="background-color:#f2f2f2;font-family:&amp;#39;courier new&amp;#39;, courier;"&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/ear/suite.ear/conf&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="background-color:#f2f2f2;font-family:&amp;#39;courier new&amp;#39;, courier;"&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/search-server/conf&lt;/span&gt;. These files are copies of the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml.example&lt;/strong&gt; file. The default configuration is commented out within this example file. This causes the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files to be created without the proper configuration.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="action"&gt;Action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue has been corrected in Appian 7.9 Hotfix Package B. Please apply the latest cumulative hotfix package to resolve this issue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="workaround"&gt;Workaround&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use either of the following options:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Remove the &lt;strong&gt;appian-topology.xml&lt;/strong&gt; files from &lt;span style="font-family:&amp;#39;courier new&amp;#39;, courier;background-color:#f2f2f2;"&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/ear/suite.ear/conf&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="background-color:#f2f2f2;font-family:&amp;#39;courier new&amp;#39;, courier;"&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/search-server/conf&lt;/span&gt; to use the default topology configuration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Modify the files to include the desired engine and search server configuration.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id="affected-versions"&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 7.9.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last Reviewed:&amp;nbsp;February 2017&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: application server&lt;/div&gt;
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