KB-1265 "java.lang.IllegalStateException: /search-server/ss.ear/ss.war/WEB-INF/elasticsearch.yml is required (must be accessible from the filesystem)" error thrown in application server log preventing environment access

Parmida Borhani — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 04:06:49 GMT

Current Revision posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 7/30/2018 4:06:49 AM

Symptoms

The following error is seen in the application server log which prevents the environment from being accessible:

ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/ss]] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 51) JBWEB000287: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.appian.es.webapp.NodeInitListener: java.lang.IllegalStateException: <APPIAN_HOME>/search-server/ss.ear/ss.war/WEB-INF/elasticsearch.yml is required (must be accessible from the filesystem)

Cause

The path to the search-server directory is incorrectly defined in path.properties. This file does not need manual edits, however if you changed the location of <APPIAN_HOME> this file might still be pointing to the old location causing the problem described in this article.

Action

Open path.properties in <APPIAN_HOME>/search-server/conf.
Change the paths to reflect the correct <APPIAN_HOME> directory.
Restart the application server.

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 7.8 and earlier.

Last Reviewed: March 2017

Tags: installation, search server, infrastructure