Access Manager 6.1 self service console throws connection exception 'Severe: exception sending context initialized listener....'
3 years ago
Originally Published: 2009-11-30
Article Number
000050487
Applies To
Apache Tomcat
Access Manager 6.1
RSA User Self Service Console
Issue
Access Manager 6.1 self service console throws connection exception "Severe: exception sending context initialized listener...."

Tomcat logs contain the following exception:

SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class sirrus.selfservice.common.listeners.SelfServiceContextListener
sirrus.selfservice.common.exception.ClearTrustFatalError: COMMON_FAILED_ADMINAPI_CONNECTION
404 error page when trying to access the self service console

Cause
In selfservice.conf, the values for the following parameters are in clear text:

com.rsa.axm.selfservice.adapi.user_id and com.rsa.axm.selfservice.adapi.user_password

The encrypted value for parameter com.rsa.axm.selfservice.adapi.user_password correspond to an expired password

Resolution
In case of an expired password,  use axm-admin-gui to update the administrator password, then see instructions on how to encrypt values for selfservice.conf

To encrypt values for selfservice.conf:

See install guide section "Configuring the Access Manager User Self-Service Console" -> "Running the EncryptUtil Tool"

Notes
In selfservice.conf, the values for the parameters com.rsa.axm.selfservice.adapi.user_id and com.rsa.axm.selfservice.adapi.user_password must be encrypted using the EncryptUtil tool