Application Not Starting After Increasing JVM Memory Settings

Products

• CA Release Automation - Release Operations Center (Nolio)
• CA Release Automation - DataManagement Server (Nolio)

Issue/Introduction

We used the steps outlined here to increase the java memory settings:

Mid to Large-Scale Deployment Software Requirements

After following the steps above the login page does not appear. 

Environment

CA Release Automation v6.6 and above

Cause

There was a database connection error introduced by removing/re-adding the Nolio Release Automation Server service. Removing/Re-adding the Nolio Release Automation Server service are steps in the URL above. The steps that accomplish this are: 

• nolio_server_remove_service.cmd
• ​nolio_server_install_service.cmd

The reason why these steps introduce a database connection error is because these steps were run on a management server that had been configured to use integratedSecurity=true. This means that the management server relies on the account specified in the LogOn properties tab of the Nolio Release Automation Server service to authenticate against the database and connect. In these environments: 

1. ​The webapps/datamanagement/WEB-INF/distributed.properties does not have a username and password filled out for the database. Those values are left blank.
2. The webapps/datamanagement/WEB-INF/database.properties has "integratedSecurity=true" appended to the jdbc connection url.

Resolution

1. Open the properties of the Nolio Release Automation Server service. 
2. Click the LogOn tab.
3. Configure it to use the Windows account you want it to use to authenticate and connect to your database. 

WARNING:
The solution described above should only be done if:

1. You expect the management server to use a Windows account to authenticate against the database and establish the connection
2. Your distributed.properties and database.properties is already configured as described above. If these files are not configured as described above then this solution does not apply.