After Changing Weblogic Password in boot.properties, Admin Server Fails to Startup.
Below error is reported in Admin Server Logfile.
<May 10, 2017 10:10:18 AM CDT> <Critical> <Security> <BEA-090402> <Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid; The user name and/or password 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.>
Solution
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1.Shutdown Admin Server and Nodemanager
2.Go to $DOMAIN_HOME/servers/Admin Server>/data
3.Delete the boot.properties
4.Delete the whole ldap folder
5.Start the node-manager
6.Start Admin Server
Below error is reported in Admin Server Logfile.
<May 10, 2017 10:10:18 AM CDT> <Critical> <Security> <BEA-090402> <Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid; The user name and/or password 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.>
Solution
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1.Shutdown Admin Server and Nodemanager
2.Go to $DOMAIN_HOME/servers/Admin Server>/data
3.Delete the boot.properties
4.Delete the whole ldap folder
5.Start the node-manager
6.Start Admin Server