Service failed to start with error Keystore was tampered with, or password was incorrect

Products

• CA Process Automation Base

Issue/Introduction

After configuring the third party certificate, service failed to start with below error in PAM\wildfly\standalone\log\boot.log file:

ERROR [StartUpInterceptor] Failed to decrypt data
java.io.IOException: Keystore was tampered with, or password was incorrect
Caused by: java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException: Password verification failed

Environment

Release : 4.3.X / 4.4.X

Component : Process Automation

Cause

The password configured for keystore and password configured in the parameter "itpam.web.keystore.password" doesn't match.

Resolution

First, check whether the password is correct or not with keytool as below:

• In PAM server, go to command prompt
• Navigate to ..\jre.xx\bin\ directory
• Run below command:
     keytool -v -list -keystore <full path to copied keystore with filename>
     Example:  C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_161\bin>keytool -v -list -keystore "C:\CA\PAM\server\c2o\.config\c2okeystore"
• Enter password once it prompts.
• It lists all the information related to keystore if password is correct.

If the above steps are successful, then encrypt the same password and set that to "itpam.web.keystore.password" parameter as below:

• Make sure the java path is embedded in quotes in PasswordEncryption.bat(path: C:\Program Files\CA\PAM\server\c2o\) file
      Example: set JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_192"
• In the command prompt, navigate to install_dir/server/c2o/
• Run PasswordEncryption.bat <password used in the above step>
• Ignore the warnings in the output and copy the long encrypted value returned and set it for "itpam.web.keystore.password" parameter in OasisConfig.properties file.
• Start the Orchestrator service.