Unable to start managed server from WebLogic console, starting from back-end works fine

Unable to start managed server from WebLogic console. Managed server was in a starting state for long time then state gets changed to Failed

Starting service with startManagedWebLogic.sh script was completing successfully.

Cause: the config.xml file was having wrong weblogic credential under start section for WLS_FORMS manged service. The same information can be seen by going to console

Managed Server > Configuration > Server start

Right bottom of the page

Resolution: Remove these credential entries or correct it. It can be done using console with above given path

Errors in different log files

BEA-290014

BEA-150035

BEA-090402

Adminserver log was showing <Invalid user name or password>

Adminserver.log

Managed server log was showing

Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid. The user name or password or both from the boot identity file (boot.properties) is not valid…………………………

WLS_FORMS.log

####<May 1, 2023 4:11:15,406 PM AST> <Critical> <Security> < tficapps.test.com> <WLS_FORMS> <[STANDBY] ExecuteThread: '2' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <4e219171-4c74-4acf-8c93-fb466666d76b-00000004> <1682946675406> <[severity-value: 4] [rid: 0] [partition-id: 0] [partition-name: DOMAIN] > <BEA-090402> <Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid. The user name or password or both from the boot identity file (boot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have been changed since the boot identity file was created. Please edit and update the boot identity file with the proper values of username and password. The first time the updated boot identity file is used to start the server, these new values are encrypted.>

####<May 1, 2023 4:11:15,581 PM AST> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <tficapps.test.com> <WLS_FORMS> <main> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <4e219171-4c74-4acf-8c93-fb466666d76b-00000005> <1682946675581> <[severity-value: 4] [rid: 0] [partition-id: 0] [partition-name: DOMAIN] > <BEA-000386> <Server subsystem failed. Reason: A MultiException has 6 exceptions. They are:

1. weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid. The user name or password or both from the boot identity file (boot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have been changed since the boot identity file was created. Please edit and update the boot identity file with the proper values of username and password. The first time the updated boot identity file is used to start the server, these new values are encrypted.

2. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to perform operation: post construct on weblogic.security.SecurityService

3. java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: While attempting to resolve the dependencies of weblogic.jndi.internal.RemoteNamingService errors were found

4. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to perform operation: resolve on weblogic.jndi.internal.RemoteNamingService

5. java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: While attempting to resolve the dependencies of weblogic.deployment.DeploymentRegistrationService errors were found

6. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to perform operation: resolve on weblogic.deployment.DeploymentRegistrationService

A MultiException has 6 exceptions. They are:

2. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to perform operation: post construct on weblogic.security.SecurityService

3. java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: While attempting to resolve the dependencies of weblogic.jndi.internal.RemoteNamingService errors were found

4. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to perform operation: resolve on weblogic.jndi.internal.RemoteNamingService

5. java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: While attempting to resolve the dependencies of weblogic.deployment.DeploymentRegistrationService errors were found

6. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to perform operation: resolve on weblogic.deployment.DeploymentRegistrationService

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.Collector.throwIfErrors(Collector.java:89)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ClazzCreator.resolveAllDependencies(ClazzCreator.java:250)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ClazzCreator.create(ClazzCreator.java:358)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.SystemDescriptor.create(SystemDescriptor.java:487)

at org.glassfish.hk2.runlevel.internal.AsyncRunLevelContext.findOrCreate(AsyncRunLevelContext.java:305)

at org.glassfish.hk2.runlevel.RunLevelContext.findOrCreate(RunLevelContext.java:85)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.Utilities.createService(Utilities.java:2126)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ServiceHandleImpl.getService(ServiceHandleImpl.java:116)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ServiceHandleImpl.getService(ServiceHandleImpl.java:90)

at org.glassfish.hk2.runlevel.internal.CurrentTaskFuture$QueueRunner.oneJob(CurrentTaskFuture.java:1237)

at org.glassfish.hk2.runlevel.internal.CurrentTaskFuture$QueueRunner.run(CurrentTaskFuture.java:1168)

at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:681)

at weblogic.invocation.ComponentInvocationContextManager._runAs(ComponentInvocationContextManager.java:352)

at weblogic.invocation.ComponentInvocationContextManager.runAs(ComponentInvocationContextManager.java:337)

at weblogic.work.LivePartitionUtility.doRunWorkUnderContext(LivePartitionUtility.java:57)

at weblogic.work.PartitionUtility.runWorkUnderContext(PartitionUtility.java:41)

at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.runWorkUnderContext(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:655)

at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:420)

at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:360)

Caused By: weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid. The user name or password or both from the boot identity file (boot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have been changed since the boot identity file was created. Please edit and update the boot identity file with the proper values of username and password. The first time the updated boot identity file is used to start the server, these new values are encrypted.

at weblogic.security.service.CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.doBootAuthorization(CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.java:1152)

at weblogic.security.service.CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.postInitialize(CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.java:1272)

at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.postInitialize(SecurityServiceManager.java:586)

at weblogic.security.SecurityService.start(SecurityService.java:130)

at weblogic.server.AbstractServerService.postConstruct(AbstractServerService.java:76)

at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor16.invoke(Unknown Source)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)

at org.glassfish.hk2.utilities.reflection.ReflectionHelper.invoke(ReflectionHelper.java:1287)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ClazzCreator.postConstructMe(ClazzCreator.java:333)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ClazzCreator.create(ClazzCreator.java:375)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.SystemDescriptor.create(SystemDescriptor.java:487)

at org.glassfish.hk2.runlevel.internal.AsyncRunLevelContext.findOrCreate(AsyncRunLevelContext.java:305)

at org.glassfish.hk2.runlevel.RunLevelContext.findOrCreate(RunLevelContext.java:85)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.Utilities.createService(Utilities.java:2126)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ServiceHandleImpl.getService(ServiceHandleImpl.java:116)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ServiceLocatorImpl.getService(ServiceLocatorImpl.java:698)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ThreeThirtyResolver.resolve(ThreeThirtyResolver.java:78)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ClazzCreator.resolve(ClazzCreator.java:212)

at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ClazzCreator.resolveAllDependencies(ClazzCreator.java:235)