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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-1540 Appian Data Server fails to start due to expired license</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>KB-1540 Appian Data Server fails to start due to expired license</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2019 06:07:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ba7636b1-1ae1-4e22-89d3-5fcad767aa6d</guid><dc:creator>Parmida Borhani</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 9/2/2019 6:07:40 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When attempting to start the Appian Data Server, the startup fails with the following error in the terminal:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;$ ./start.sh|bat
0 [main] INFO com.appian.data.TopologyFactory  - Could not find /appian/data-server/conf/appian-topology.xml. The &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;default&lt;/span&gt; topology configuration will be used.
70 [main] WARN com.appian.data.server.config.CustomPropertiesConfiguration  - Failed to load configuration file custom.properties. Default settings will be used. Cause: &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;
85 [main] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog  - Initializing log4j (processName=wd-5400, logsDir=/appian/data-server/../logs/data-server) from /appian/data-server/conf/log4j.properties
2018-03-26 17:31:00,900 wd-5400 [main] INFO  com.appian.data.server.JvmStarter - Starting JVM: /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_131/jre/bin/java -server -Duser.timezone=GMT -Xms64m -Xmx128m -Dds.home=/appian/data-server -cp /appian/data-server/lib/appian-data-server-classpath-0.72.2.jar com.appian.data.server.Watchdog -f
Killed&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On Windows, &lt;code&gt;Killed&lt;/code&gt; does not appear, but the output is otherwise the same.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This error appears&amp;nbsp;in the Appian Data Server log, located in&amp;nbsp;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/logs/data-server/data-server.log&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,849 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402)...&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,849 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] INFO com.appian.data.server.QStarter - Starting q process: /appian/data-server/engine/bin/q/l64/q /appian/data-server/engine/load.q_ -file hs.q -p 5402 -P 16&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;2018.03.26T10:31:02.855 exp&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,868 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting RTS-0 (port=5405)...&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,868 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] INFO com.appian.data.server.QStarter - Starting q process: /appian/data-server/engine/bin/q/l64/q /appian/data-server/engine/load.q_ -file rts.q -p 5405 -P 16 -rts 0&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;2018.03.26T10:31:02.872 exp&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,954 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,970 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting RTS-0 (port=5405) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5405. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,971 wd-5400 [main] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Start up failed. Shutting down... Cause: &lt;br /&gt;java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: com.appian.data.server.UnrecoverableError: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Cause&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue is caused by an expired&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file is used by Appian Data Server, and an expired license file&amp;nbsp;will prevent&amp;nbsp;Appian Data Server from starting up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Replace the expired&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file with a new temporary license. Steps to request and install new temporary license can be found in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/latest/Requesting_and_Installing_a_license.html"&gt;documentation&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;Once service has been restored using the temporary license, continue to request and install a long-term license for Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please note that if the environment was previously running Appian 17.4 or earlier, it is possible that the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file required by the Data Server is a temporary license while the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k3.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;license required by the Appian Engines is a valid long-term license that was previously generated. In this case, both long-term licenses should be renewed at the same time to avoid one unintentionally expiring before the other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 18.1 and later.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last Reviewed: April 2018&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: administration, license, installation, linux, scripts&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>KB-1540 Appian Data Server fails to start due to expired license</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license/revision/10</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 03:51:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ba7636b1-1ae1-4e22-89d3-5fcad767aa6d</guid><dc:creator>Parmida Borhani</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license#comments</comments><description>Revision 10 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 4/6/2018 3:51:50 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When attempting to start the Appian Data Server, the startup fails with the following error in the terminal:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;$ ./start.sh|bat
0 [main] INFO com.appian.data.TopologyFactory  - Could not find /appian/data-server/conf/appian-topology.xml. The &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;default&lt;/span&gt; topology configuration will be used.
70 [main] WARN com.appian.data.server.config.CustomPropertiesConfiguration  - Failed to load configuration file custom.properties. Default settings will be used. Cause: &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;
85 [main] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog  - Initializing log4j (processName=wd-5400, logsDir=/appian/data-server/../logs/data-server) from /appian/data-server/conf/log4j.properties
2018-03-26 17:31:00,900 wd-5400 [main] INFO  com.appian.data.server.JvmStarter - Starting JVM: /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_131/jre/bin/java -server -Duser.timezone=GMT -Xms64m -Xmx128m -Dds.home=/appian/data-server -cp /appian/data-server/lib/appian-data-server-classpath-0.72.2.jar com.appian.data.server.Watchdog -f
Killed&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On Windows, &lt;code&gt;Killed&lt;/code&gt; does not appear, but the output is otherwise the same.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This error appears&amp;nbsp;in the Appian Data Server log, located in&amp;nbsp;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/logs/data-server/data-server.log&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,849 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402)...&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,849 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] INFO com.appian.data.server.QStarter - Starting q process: /appian/data-server/engine/bin/q/l64/q /appian/data-server/engine/load.q_ -file hs.q -p 5402 -P 16&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;2018.03.26T10:31:02.855 exp&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,868 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting RTS-0 (port=5405)...&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,868 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] INFO com.appian.data.server.QStarter - Starting q process: /appian/data-server/engine/bin/q/l64/q /appian/data-server/engine/load.q_ -file rts.q -p 5405 -P 16 -rts 0&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;2018.03.26T10:31:02.872 exp&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,954 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,970 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting RTS-0 (port=5405) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5405. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,971 wd-5400 [main] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Start up failed. Shutting down... Cause: &lt;br /&gt;java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: com.appian.data.server.UnrecoverableError: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Cause&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue is caused by an expired&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file is used by Appian Data Server, and an expired license file&amp;nbsp;will prevent&amp;nbsp;Appian Data Server from starting up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Replace the expired&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file with a new temporary license. Steps to request and install new temporary license can be found in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/18.1/Requesting_and_Installing_a_license.html" target="_blank"&gt;Appian 18.1 Product Documentation.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Once service has been restored using the temporary license, continue to request and install a long-term license for Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please note that if the environment was previously running Appian 17.4 or earlier, it is possible that the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file required by the Data Server is a temporary license while the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k3.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;license required by the Appian Engines is a valid long-term license that was previously generated. In this case, both long-term licenses should be renewed at the same time to avoid one unintentionally expiring before the other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last Reviewed: April 2018&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: administration, license, installation, linux, scripts&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>DRAFT KB-xxxx Appian Data Server fails to start due to expired license</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license/revision/9</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:45:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ba7636b1-1ae1-4e22-89d3-5fcad767aa6d</guid><dc:creator>Jussi Lundstedt</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license#comments</comments><description>Revision 9 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jussi Lundstedt on 4/3/2018 9:45:33 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When attempting to start the Appian Data Server, the startup fails with the following error in the terminal:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;$ ./start.sh|bat
0 [main] INFO com.appian.data.TopologyFactory  - Could not find /appian/data-server/conf/appian-topology.xml. The &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;default&lt;/span&gt; topology configuration will be used.
70 [main] WARN com.appian.data.server.config.CustomPropertiesConfiguration  - Failed to load configuration file custom.properties. Default settings will be used. Cause: &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;
85 [main] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog  - Initializing log4j (processName=wd-5400, logsDir=/appian/data-server/../logs/data-server) from /appian/data-server/conf/log4j.properties
2018-03-26 17:31:00,900 wd-5400 [main] INFO  com.appian.data.server.JvmStarter - Starting JVM: /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_131/jre/bin/java -server -Duser.timezone=GMT -Xms64m -Xmx128m -Dds.home=/appian/data-server -cp /appian/data-server/lib/appian-data-server-classpath-0.72.2.jar com.appian.data.server.Watchdog -f
Killed&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On Windows, &lt;code&gt;Killed&lt;/code&gt; does not appear, but the output is otherwise the same.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This error appears&amp;nbsp;in the Appian Data Server log, located in&amp;nbsp;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/logs/data-server/data-server.log&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,849 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402)...&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,849 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] INFO com.appian.data.server.QStarter - Starting q process: /appian/data-server/engine/bin/q/l64/q /appian/data-server/engine/load.q_ -file hs.q -p 5402 -P 16&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;2018.03.26T10:31:02.855 exp&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,868 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting RTS-0 (port=5405)...&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,868 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] INFO com.appian.data.server.QStarter - Starting q process: /appian/data-server/engine/bin/q/l64/q /appian/data-server/engine/load.q_ -file rts.q -p 5405 -P 16 -rts 0&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;2018.03.26T10:31:02.872 exp&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,954 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,970 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting RTS-0 (port=5405) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5405. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,971 wd-5400 [main] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Start up failed. Shutting down... Cause: &lt;br /&gt;java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: com.appian.data.server.UnrecoverableError: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Cause&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue is caused by an expired&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file is used by Appian Data Server, and an expired license file&amp;nbsp;will prevent&amp;nbsp;Appian Data Server from starting up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Replace the expired&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file with a new temporary license. Steps to request and install new temporary license can be found in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/18.1/Requesting_and_Installing_a_license.html" target="_blank"&gt;Appian 18.1 Product Documentation.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Once service has been restored using the temporary license, continue to request and install a long-term license for Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please note that if the environment was previously running Appian 17.4 or earlier, it is possible that the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file required by the Data Server is a temporary license while the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k3.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;license required by the Appian Engines is a valid long-term license that was previously generated. In this case, both long-term licenses should be renewed at the same time to avoid one unintentionally expiring before the other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last Reviewed: April 2018&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: administration, license, installation, linux, scripts&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>DRAFT KB-xxxx Appian Data Server fails to start due to expired license</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license/revision/8</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:43:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ba7636b1-1ae1-4e22-89d3-5fcad767aa6d</guid><dc:creator>Jussi Lundstedt</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license#comments</comments><description>Revision 8 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jussi Lundstedt on 4/3/2018 9:43:36 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When attempting to start the Appian Data Server, the startup fails with the following error in the terminal:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;$ ./start.sh
0 [main] INFO com.appian.data.TopologyFactory  - Could not find /appian/data-server/conf/appian-topology.xml. The &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;default&lt;/span&gt; topology configuration will be used.
70 [main] WARN com.appian.data.server.config.CustomPropertiesConfiguration  - Failed to load configuration file custom.properties. Default settings will be used. Cause: &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;
85 [main] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog  - Initializing log4j (processName=wd-5400, logsDir=/appian/data-server/../logs/data-server) from /appian/data-server/conf/log4j.properties
2018-03-26 17:31:00,900 wd-5400 [main] INFO  com.appian.data.server.JvmStarter - Starting JVM: /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_131/jre/bin/java -server -Duser.timezone=GMT -Xms64m -Xmx128m -Dds.home=/appian/data-server -cp /appian/data-server/lib/appian-data-server-classpath-0.72.2.jar com.appian.data.server.Watchdog -f
Killed&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This error appears&amp;nbsp;in the Appian Data Server log, located in&amp;nbsp;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/logs/data-server/data-server.log&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,849 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402)...&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,849 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] INFO com.appian.data.server.QStarter - Starting q process: /appian/data-server/engine/bin/q/l64/q /appian/data-server/engine/load.q_ -file hs.q -p 5402 -P 16&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;2018.03.26T10:31:02.855 exp&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,868 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting RTS-0 (port=5405)...&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,868 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] INFO com.appian.data.server.QStarter - Starting q process: /appian/data-server/engine/bin/q/l64/q /appian/data-server/engine/load.q_ -file rts.q -p 5405 -P 16 -rts 0&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;2018.03.26T10:31:02.872 exp&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,954 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,970 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting RTS-0 (port=5405) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5405. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,971 wd-5400 [main] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Start up failed. Shutting down... Cause: &lt;br /&gt;java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: com.appian.data.server.UnrecoverableError: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Cause&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue is caused by an expired&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file is used by Appian Data Server, and an expired license file&amp;nbsp;will prevent&amp;nbsp;Appian Data Server from starting up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Replace the expired&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file with a new temporary license. Steps to request and install new temporary license can be found in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/18.1/Requesting_and_Installing_a_license.html" target="_blank"&gt;Appian 18.1 Product Documentation.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Once service has been restored using the temporary license, continue to request and install a long-term license for Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please note that if the environment was previously running Appian 17.4 or earlier, it is possible that the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;file required by the Data Server is a temporary license while the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;k3.lic&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;license required by the Appian Engines is a valid long-term license that was previously generated. In this case, both long-term licenses should be renewed at the same time to avoid one unintentionally expiring before the other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last Reviewed: March 2018&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: administration, license, installation, linux, scripts&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>DRAFT KB-xxxx Appian Data Server fails to start due to expired license</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license/revision/7</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:43:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ba7636b1-1ae1-4e22-89d3-5fcad767aa6d</guid><dc:creator>Jussi Lundstedt</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license#comments</comments><description>Revision 7 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jussi Lundstedt on 4/3/2018 9:43:25 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When attempting to start the Appian Data Server, the startup fails with the following error in the terminal:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;$ ./start.sh
0 [main] INFO com.appian.data.TopologyFactory  - Could not find /appian/data-server/conf/appian-topology.xml. The &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;default&lt;/span&gt; topology configuration will be used.
70 [main] WARN com.appian.data.server.config.CustomPropertiesConfiguration  - Failed to load configuration file custom.properties. Default settings will be used. Cause: &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;
85 [main] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog  - Initializing log4j (processName=wd-5400, logsDir=/appian/data-server/../logs/data-server) from /appian/data-server/conf/log4j.properties
2018-03-26 17:31:00,900 wd-5400 [main] INFO  com.appian.data.server.JvmStarter - Starting JVM: /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_131/jre/bin/java -server -Duser.timezone=GMT -Xms64m -Xmx128m -Dds.home=/appian/data-server -cp /appian/data-server/lib/appian-data-server-classpath-0.72.2.jar com.appian.data.server.Watchdog -f
Killed&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This error appears&amp;nbsp;in the Appian Data Server log, located in &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/logs/data-server/data-server.log&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,849 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402)...&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,849 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] INFO com.appian.data.server.QStarter - Starting q process: /appian/data-server/engine/bin/q/l64/q /appian/data-server/engine/load.q_ -file hs.q -p 5402 -P 16&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;2018.03.26T10:31:02.855 exp&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,868 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting RTS-0 (port=5405)...&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,868 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] INFO com.appian.data.server.QStarter - Starting q process: /appian/data-server/engine/bin/q/l64/q /appian/data-server/engine/load.q_ -file rts.q -p 5405 -P 16 -rts 0&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;2018.03.26T10:31:02.872 exp&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,954 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,970 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-2] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting RTS-0 (port=5405) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5405. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;br /&gt;2018-03-26 17:31:02,971 wd-5400 [main] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Start up failed. Shutting down... Cause: &lt;br /&gt;java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: com.appian.data.server.UnrecoverableError: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check for earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Cause&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue is caused by an expired &lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt; file. The &lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt; file is used by Appian Data Server, and an expired license file&amp;nbsp;will prevent&amp;nbsp;Appian Data Server from starting up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Replace the expired &lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt; file with a new temporary license. Steps to request and install new temporary license can be found in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/18.1/Requesting_and_Installing_a_license.html" target="_blank"&gt;Appian 18.1 Product Documentation.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Once service has been restored using the temporary license, continue to request and install a long-term license for Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please note that if the environment was previously running Appian 17.4 or earlier, it is possible that the &lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt; file required by the Data Server is a temporary license while the &lt;strong&gt;k3.lic&lt;/strong&gt; license required by the Appian Engines is a valid long-term license that was previously generated. In this case, both long-term licenses should be renewed at the same time to avoid one unintentionally expiring before the other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last Reviewed: March 2018&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: administration, license, installation, linux, scripts&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>DRAFT KB-xxxx Appian Data Server fails to start with "Killed"</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license/revision/6</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:59:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ba7636b1-1ae1-4e22-89d3-5fcad767aa6d</guid><dc:creator>Parmida Borhani</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license#comments</comments><description>Revision 6 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 3/27/2018 8:59:17 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When attempting to start the Appian Data Server, the startup fails with the following error in the terminal:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;$ ./start.sh
0 [main] INFO com.appian.data.TopologyFactory  - Could not find /appian/data-server/conf/appian-topology.xml. The &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;default&lt;/span&gt; topology configuration will be used.
70 [main] WARN com.appian.data.server.config.CustomPropertiesConfiguration  - Failed to load configuration file custom.properties. Default settings will be used. Cause: &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;
85 [main] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog  - Initializing log4j (processName=wd-5400, logsDir=/appian/data-server/../logs/data-server) from /appian/data-server/conf/log4j.properties
2018-03-26 17:31:00,900 wd-5400 [main] INFO  com.appian.data.server.JvmStarter - Starting JVM: /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_131/jre/bin/java -server -Duser.timezone=GMT -Xms64m -Xmx128m -Dds.home=/appian/data-server -cp /appian/data-server/lib/appian-data-server-classpath-0.72.2.jar com.appian.data.server.Watchdog -f
Killed&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One or more errors similar to this appear in the Appian Data Server log, located in &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/logs/data-server/data-server.log&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;2018-03-26 17:52:07,275 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Cause&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue is caused by an expired &lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt; file. The &lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt; file is used by Appian Data Server, and an expired license file&amp;nbsp;will prevent&amp;nbsp;Appian Data Server from starting up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Replace the expired &lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt; file with a new temporary license. Steps to request and install new temporary license can be found in &lt;a href="/support/w/kb/524/kb-1316-how-to-request-an-appian-product-license" target="_blank"&gt;KB-1316&lt;/a&gt;. Once service has been restored using the temporary license, continue to follow the steps in &lt;a href="/support/w/kb/524/kb-1316-how-to-request-an-appian-product-license"&gt;KB-1316&lt;/a&gt; to request and install a long-term license for Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please note that if the environment was previously running Appian 17.4 or earlier, it is possible that the &lt;strong&gt;k4.lic&lt;/strong&gt; file required by the Data Server is a temporary license while the &lt;strong&gt;k3.lic&lt;/strong&gt; license required by the Appian Engines is a valid long-term license that was previously generated. In this case, both long-term licenses should be renewed at the same time to avoid one unintentionally expiring before the other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last Reviewed: March 2018&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: administration, license, installation, linux, scripts&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>DRAFT KB-xxxx Appian Data Server fails to start with "Killed"</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license/revision/5</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:56:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ba7636b1-1ae1-4e22-89d3-5fcad767aa6d</guid><dc:creator>Parmida Borhani</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license#comments</comments><description>Revision 5 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Parmida Borhani on 3/27/2018 8:56:25 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When attempting to start the Appian Data Server, the startup fails with the following error in the terminal:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;$ ./start.sh
0 [main] INFO com.appian.data.TopologyFactory  - Could not find /appian/data-server/conf/appian-topology.xml. The &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;default&lt;/span&gt; topology configuration will be used.
70 [main] WARN com.appian.data.server.config.CustomPropertiesConfiguration  - Failed to load configuration file custom.properties. Default settings will be used. Cause: &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;
85 [main] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog  - Initializing log4j (processName=wd-5400, logsDir=/appian/data-server/../logs/data-server) from /appian/data-server/conf/log4j.properties
2018-03-26 17:31:00,900 wd-5400 [main] INFO  com.appian.data.server.JvmStarter - Starting JVM: /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_131/jre/bin/java -server -Duser.timezone=GMT -Xms64m -Xmx128m -Dds.home=/appian/data-server -cp /appian/data-server/lib/appian-data-server-classpath-0.72.2.jar com.appian.data.server.Watchdog -f
Killed&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One or more errors similar to this appear in the Appian Data Server log, located in &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/logs/data-server/data-server.log&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;2018-03-26 17:52:07,275 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Cause&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue is caused by an expired &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file. The &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file is used by Appian Data Server, and an expired license file&amp;nbsp;will prevent&amp;nbsp;Appian Data Server from starting up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Action&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Replace the expired &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file with a new temporary license. Steps to request and install new temporary license can be found in &lt;a href="/support/w/kb/524/kb-1316-how-to-request-an-appian-product-license" target="_blank"&gt;KB-1316&lt;/a&gt;. Once service has been restored using the temporary license, continue to follow the steps in &lt;a href="/support/w/kb/524/kb-1316-how-to-request-an-appian-product-license"&gt;KB-1316&lt;/a&gt; to request and install a long-term license for Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please note that if the environment was previously running Appian 17.4 or earlier, it is possible that the &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file required by the Data Server is a temporary license while the &lt;code&gt;k3.lic&lt;/code&gt; license required by the Appian Engines is a valid long-term license that was previously generated. In this case, both long-term licenses should be renewed at the same time to avoid one unintentionally expiring before the other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last Reviewed: March 2018&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: administration, license, installation, linux, scripts&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>DRAFT KB-xxxx Appian Data Server fails to start with "Killed"</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license/revision/1</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 20:30:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ba7636b1-1ae1-4e22-89d3-5fcad767aa6d</guid><dc:creator>Jussi Lundstedt</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jussi Lundstedt on 3/26/2018 8:30:52 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When attempting to start the Appian Data Server, the startup fails with the following error:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;$ ./start.sh
0 [main] INFO com.appian.data.TopologyFactory  - Could not find /appian/data-server/conf/appian-topology.xml. The &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;default&lt;/span&gt; topology configuration will be used.
70 [main] WARN com.appian.data.server.config.CustomPropertiesConfiguration  - Failed to load configuration file custom.properties. Default settings will be used. Cause: &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;
85 [main] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog  - Initializing log4j (processName=wd-5400, logsDir=/appian/data-server/../logs/data-server) from /appian/data-server/conf/log4j.properties
2018-03-26 17:31:00,900 wd-5400 [main] INFO  com.appian.data.server.JvmStarter - Starting JVM: /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_131/jre/bin/java -server -Duser.timezone=GMT -Xms64m -Xmx128m -Dds.home=/appian/data-server -cp /appian/data-server/lib/appian-data-server-classpath-0.72.2.jar com.appian.data.server.Watchdog -f
Killed&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the Appian Data Server log, one or more errors similar to this appear:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;2018-03-26 17:52:07,275 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Cause&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue is caused by an expired &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file. The &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file is used by Appian Data Server, and an expired license file may not be used to start Appian Data Server.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Action&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Replace the expired &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file with a new temporary license. Steps to request and install new temporary license can be found in &lt;a href="/support/w/kb/524/kb-1316-how-to-request-an-appian-product-license" target="_blank"&gt;KB-1316&lt;/a&gt;. Once service has been restored using the temporary license, continue to follow the steps in &lt;a href="/support/w/kb/524/kb-1316-how-to-request-an-appian-product-license"&gt;KB-1316&lt;/a&gt; to request and install a long-term license for Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please note that if the environment was previously running Appian 17.4 or earlier, it is possible that the &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file required by the Data Server is a temporary license while the &lt;code&gt;k3.lic&lt;/code&gt; license required by the Appian Engines is a valid long-term license that was previously generated. In this case, both long-term licenses should be renewed at the same time to avoid one unintentionally expiring before the other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last reviewed: March 2018&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: administration, license, installation, linux, scripts&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>DRAFT KB-xxxx Appian Data Server fails to start with "Killed"</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license/revision/4</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:34:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ba7636b1-1ae1-4e22-89d3-5fcad767aa6d</guid><dc:creator>Jussi Lundstedt</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jussi Lundstedt on 3/26/2018 4:34:40 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When attempting to start the Appian Data Server, the startup fails with the following error in the terminal:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;$ ./start.sh
0 [main] INFO com.appian.data.TopologyFactory  - Could not find /appian/data-server/conf/appian-topology.xml. The &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;default&lt;/span&gt; topology configuration will be used.
70 [main] WARN com.appian.data.server.config.CustomPropertiesConfiguration  - Failed to load configuration file custom.properties. Default settings will be used. Cause: &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;
85 [main] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog  - Initializing log4j (processName=wd-5400, logsDir=/appian/data-server/../logs/data-server) from /appian/data-server/conf/log4j.properties
2018-03-26 17:31:00,900 wd-5400 [main] INFO  com.appian.data.server.JvmStarter - Starting JVM: /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_131/jre/bin/java -server -Duser.timezone=GMT -Xms64m -Xmx128m -Dds.home=/appian/data-server -cp /appian/data-server/lib/appian-data-server-classpath-0.72.2.jar com.appian.data.server.Watchdog -f
Killed&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One or more errors similar to this appear in the Appian Data Server log, located in &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/logs/data-server/data-server.log&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;2018-03-26 17:52:07,275 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Cause&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue is caused by an expired &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file. The &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file is used by Appian Data Server, and an expired license file&amp;nbsp;will prevent&amp;nbsp;Appian Data Server from starting up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Action&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Replace the expired &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file with a new temporary license. Steps to request and install new temporary license can be found in &lt;a href="/support/w/kb/524/kb-1316-how-to-request-an-appian-product-license" target="_blank"&gt;KB-1316&lt;/a&gt;. Once service has been restored using the temporary license, continue to follow the steps in &lt;a href="/support/w/kb/524/kb-1316-how-to-request-an-appian-product-license"&gt;KB-1316&lt;/a&gt; to request and install a long-term license for Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please note that if the environment was previously running Appian 17.4 or earlier, it is possible that the &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file required by the Data Server is a temporary license while the &lt;code&gt;k3.lic&lt;/code&gt; license required by the Appian Engines is a valid long-term license that was previously generated. In this case, both long-term licenses should be renewed at the same time to avoid one unintentionally expiring before the other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last reviewed: March 2018&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: administration, license, installation, linux, scripts&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>DRAFT KB-xxxx Appian Data Server fails to start with "Killed"</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license/revision/3</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:33:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ba7636b1-1ae1-4e22-89d3-5fcad767aa6d</guid><dc:creator>Jussi Lundstedt</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jussi Lundstedt on 3/26/2018 4:33:25 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When attempting to start the Appian Data Server, the startup fails with the following error in the terminal:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;$ ./start.sh
0 [main] INFO com.appian.data.TopologyFactory  - Could not find /appian/data-server/conf/appian-topology.xml. The &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;default&lt;/span&gt; topology configuration will be used.
70 [main] WARN com.appian.data.server.config.CustomPropertiesConfiguration  - Failed to load configuration file custom.properties. Default settings will be used. Cause: &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;
85 [main] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog  - Initializing log4j (processName=wd-5400, logsDir=/appian/data-server/../logs/data-server) from /appian/data-server/conf/log4j.properties
2018-03-26 17:31:00,900 wd-5400 [main] INFO  com.appian.data.server.JvmStarter - Starting JVM: /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_131/jre/bin/java -server -Duser.timezone=GMT -Xms64m -Xmx128m -Dds.home=/appian/data-server -cp /appian/data-server/lib/appian-data-server-classpath-0.72.2.jar com.appian.data.server.Watchdog -f
Killed&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One or more errors similar to this appear in the Appian Data Server log, located in &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/logs/data-server/data-server.log&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;2018-03-26 17:52:07,275 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Cause&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue is caused by an expired &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file. The &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file is used by Appian Data Server, and an expired license file may not be used to start Appian Data Server.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Action&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Replace the expired &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file with a new temporary license. Steps to request and install new temporary license can be found in &lt;a href="/support/w/kb/524/kb-1316-how-to-request-an-appian-product-license" target="_blank"&gt;KB-1316&lt;/a&gt;. Once service has been restored using the temporary license, continue to follow the steps in &lt;a href="/support/w/kb/524/kb-1316-how-to-request-an-appian-product-license"&gt;KB-1316&lt;/a&gt; to request and install a long-term license for Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please note that if the environment was previously running Appian 17.4 or earlier, it is possible that the &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file required by the Data Server is a temporary license while the &lt;code&gt;k3.lic&lt;/code&gt; license required by the Appian Engines is a valid long-term license that was previously generated. In this case, both long-term licenses should be renewed at the same time to avoid one unintentionally expiring before the other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last reviewed: March 2018&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: administration, license, installation, linux, scripts&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>DRAFT KB-xxxx Appian Data Server fails to start with "Killed"</title><link>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license/revision/2</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:33:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ba7636b1-1ae1-4e22-89d3-5fcad767aa6d</guid><dc:creator>Jussi Lundstedt</dc:creator><comments>https://community.appian.com/support/w/kb/887/kb-1540-appian-data-server-fails-to-start-due-to-expired-license#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jussi Lundstedt on 3/26/2018 4:33:05 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Symptoms&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When attempting to start the Appian Data Server, the startup fails with the following error in the terminal:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;$ ./start.sh
0 [main] INFO com.appian.data.TopologyFactory  - Could not find /appian/data-server/conf/appian-topology.xml. The &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;default&lt;/span&gt; topology configuration will be used.
70 [main] WARN com.appian.data.server.config.CustomPropertiesConfiguration  - Failed to load configuration file custom.properties. Default settings will be used. Cause: &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;null&lt;/span&gt;
85 [main] INFO com.appian.data.server.Watchdog  - Initializing log4j (processName=wd-5400, logsDir=/appian/data-server/../logs/data-server) from /appian/data-server/conf/log4j.properties
2018-03-26 17:31:00,900 wd-5400 [main] INFO  com.appian.data.server.JvmStarter - Starting JVM: /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_131/jre/bin/java -server -Duser.timezone=GMT -Xms64m -Xmx128m -Dds.home=/appian/data-server -cp /appian/data-server/lib/appian-data-server-classpath-0.72.2.jar com.appian.data.server.Watchdog -f
Killed&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One or more errors similar to this appear on the Appian Data Server log, located in &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;APPIAN_HOME&amp;gt;/logs/data-server/data-server.log&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre class="code-java"&gt;2018-03-26 17:52:07,275 wd-5400 [ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-1] ERROR com.appian.data.server.Watchdog - Starting HS (port=5402) FAILED: Could not establish WebSocket connection with localhost:5402. The target q process exited abnormally. Check &lt;span class="code-keyword"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; earlier errors (e.g. license or startup errors).&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Cause&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This issue is caused by an expired &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file. The &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file is used by Appian Data Server, and an expired license file may not be used to start Appian Data Server.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Action&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Replace the expired &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file with a new temporary license. Steps to request and install new temporary license can be found in &lt;a href="/support/w/kb/524/kb-1316-how-to-request-an-appian-product-license" target="_blank"&gt;KB-1316&lt;/a&gt;. Once service has been restored using the temporary license, continue to follow the steps in &lt;a href="/support/w/kb/524/kb-1316-how-to-request-an-appian-product-license"&gt;KB-1316&lt;/a&gt; to request and install a long-term license for Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please note that if the environment was previously running Appian 17.4 or earlier, it is possible that the &lt;code&gt;k4.lic&lt;/code&gt; file required by the Data Server is a temporary license while the &lt;code&gt;k3.lic&lt;/code&gt; license required by the Appian Engines is a valid long-term license that was previously generated. In this case, both long-term licenses should be renewed at the same time to avoid one unintentionally expiring before the other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Affected Versions&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This article applies to Appian 18.1 and above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last reviewed: March 2018&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: administration, license, installation, linux, scripts&lt;/div&gt;
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