Blackstone-spring.service fails to start with error java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

• Content management in Aria suite lifecycle gets "Connection Refused" error.
  
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• Error: Could not find or load main class org.springframework.boot.loader.PropertiesLauncher
  Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.boot.loader.PropertiesLauncher
  
  
  

Environment

Aria suite lifecycle 8.16

Cause

Version in the blackstone launch script different from the .jar file version causing service to fail to start.

Resolution

Compare and update the launch-blackstone-spring file as per the working setup of same version of Aria suite lifecycle.