Unable to start Registry after upgrade to DevTest 10.8.4 - nested exception is org.xml.sax.SAXParseException

Products

• Service Virtualization

Issue/Introduction

After upgrading from DevTest 10.7.0 to 10.8.4, get this error after starting the Registry:

2025-08-13T14:59:57,721Z (10:59) [main] ERROR com.itko.lisa.coordinator.TestRegistryImpl - Line 6 in XML document from class path resource [applicationContext-security.xml] is invalid; nested exception is org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 6; columnNumber: 68; cvc-elt.1.a: Cannot find the declaration of element 'beans'.
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException: Line 6 in XML document from class path resource [applicationContext-security.xml] is invalid; nested exception is org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 6; columnNumber: 68; cvc-elt.1.a: Cannot find the declaration of element 'beans'.
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:402) ~[spring-beans-5.3.42.jar:5.3.42]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:338) ~[spring-beans-5.3.42.jar:5.3.42]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:310) ~[spring-beans-5.3.42.jar:5.3.42]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:196) ~[spring-beans-5.3.42.jar:5.3.42]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:232) ~[spring-beans-5.3.42.jar:5.3.42]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:203) ~[spring-beans-5.3.42.jar:5.3.42]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:265) ~[spring-beans-5.3.42.jar:5.3.42]
at org.springframework.context.support.GenericXmlApplicationContext.load(GenericXmlApplicationContext.java:130) ~[spring-context-5.3.42.jar:5.3.42]
at com.itko.lisa.test.LisaSecurityManager.initializeSpringSecurity(LisaSecurityManager.java:805) ~[lisa-core-10.8.4.jar:?]
at com.itko.lisa.coordinator.TestRegistryImpl.initialize(TestRegistryImpl.java:284) ~[lisa-core-10.8.4.jar:?]
at com.itko.lisa.coordinator.TestRegistryImpl.<init>(TestRegistryImpl.java:251) ~[lisa-core-10.8.4.jar:?]
at com.itko.lisa.coordinator.TestRegistryImpl.main(TestRegistryImpl.java:2254) [lisa-core-10.8.4.jar:?]
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:?]
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77) ~[?:?]
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[?:?]
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568) ~[?:?]
at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(LauncherEngine.java:84) [i4jruntime.jar:?]
at com.install4j.runtime.launcher.UnixLauncher.start(UnixLauncher.java:71) [i4jruntime.jar:?]
at install4j.com.itko.lisa.coordinator.TestRegistryImpl_RegistryService.main(Unknown Source) [launcher3b723c2d.jar:?]
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: cvc-elt.1.a: Cannot find the declaration of element 'beans'.
at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(Unknown Source) ~[xercesImpl-2.12.2.jar:?]

Environment

DevTest 10.8.4

RHEL 9.4

Resolution

Use the binaries attached in Attachments and follow the below instructions.

 

1)  Take Backup of DevTest_Home/bin/Registry and DevTest_Home/bin/RegistryService.

2)  Download the attached files and copy into in DevTest_Home/bin directory.

3)  Run below command: 
     chmod +x Registry RegistryService

4)  Start Registry or RegistryService.