Unable to configure LDAP Due to error "Error: General error has occured. Cannot invoke "java.lang.Boolean.booleanValue()" because the return value of "com.vmware.nsxapi.ldapidentitysources.dto.ActiveDirectoryIdentitySourceDto.getResolveNestedGroups()" is"

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

 When trying to add a new LDAP Identity source to NSX this will fail with a similar error: 

NSXapi.log:

2026-03-10T16:41:22.813Z ERROR http-nio-127.0.0.1-7440-exec-2 NsxBaseRestController 79106 SYSTEM [nsx@4413 comp="nsx-manager" errorCode="MP100" level="ERROR" subcomp="manager"] Cannot invoke "java.lang.Boolean.booleanValue()" because the return value of "com.vmware.nsxapi.ldapidentitysources.dto.ActiveDirectoryIdentitySourceDto.getResolveNestedGroups()" is null
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.lang.Boolean.booleanValue()" because the return value of "com.vmware.nsxapi.ldapidentitysources.dto.ActiveDirectoryIdentitySourceDto.getResolveNestedGroups()" is null
        at com.vmware.nsx.management.ldapidentitysources.converter.ActiveDirectoryIdentitySourceConverter.toDO(ActiveDirectoryIdentitySourceConverter.java:33) ~[?:?]
        at com.vmware.nsx.management.ldapidentitysources.converter.LdapIdentitySourceConverter.toDO(LdapIdentitySourceConverter.java:35) ~[?:?]
        at com.vmware.nsx.management.ldapidentitysources.facade.LdapIdentitySourcesFacadeImpl.createOrUpdateLdapIdentitySource_aroundBody4(LdapIdentitySourcesFacadeImpl.java:76) ~[?:?]
        at com.vmware.nsx.management.ldapidentitysources.facade.LdapIdentitySourcesFacadeImpl$AjcClosure5.run(LdapIdentitySourcesFacadeImpl.java:1) ~[?:?]
        at org.aspectj.runtime.reflect.JoinPointImpl.proceed(JoinPointImpl.java:149) ~[?:?]
        at com.vmware.nsx.management.container.application.FacadeInterceptorHelperImpl.proceed(FacadeInterceptorHelperImpl.java:172) ~[?:?]
        at com.vmware.nsx.management.container.application.FacadeInterceptorHelperImpl.proceed(FacadeInterceptorHelperImpl.java:441) ~[?:?]
        at com.vmware.nsx.management.common.api.FacadeInterceptorAspect.annotatedMethod(FacadeInterceptorAspect.java:100) ~[?:?]
        at com.vmware.nsx.management.ldapidentitysources.facade.LdapIdentitySourcesFacadeImpl.createOrUpdateLdapIdentitySource(LdapIdentitySourcesFacadeImpl.java:72) ~[?:?]
        at com.vmware.nsxapi.ldapidentitysources.controller.LdapIdentitySourcesController.createOrUpdateLdapIdentitySource(LdapIdentitySourcesController.java:178) ~[?:?]
        at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor6483.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:?]
        at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:?]
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:?]
        at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:205) ~[?:?]
        at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:150) ~[?:?]
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:117) ~[?:?]

Environment

VMware NSX-T

 

Cause

The NSX Manager is in "Pinned Mode" during an active upgrade, which maintains legacy version behavior until the upgrade process successfully completes.

Resolution

Finish the upgrade, after that add the LDAP identity source