Similar to a number of other posts, I have a server on which pki-tomcatd won't start.
I just have two servers; a master and replica. I haven't upgraded anything recently. The problem started two days ago when the server certificates renewed. The renewal appears to have been executed successfully and getcert list on both machines shows valid certs (many recently renewed). I believe it was the certificate renewal that triggered the problem because the replica's localhost_access log shows this transition: 10.1.5.8 - - [16/Oct/2024:19:30:05 -0600] "POST /ca/admin/ca/getStatus HTTP/1.1" 200 119 10.1.5.8 - - [16/Oct/2024:20:24:10 -0600] "GET /ca/admin/ca/getStatus HTTP/1.1" 404 784 the same day as the renewal (everything before was successful; everything after failed). Subsequently last night, the server restarted and pki-tomcatd would not restart. I don't think that the master has restarted since the renewal and honestly I'm afraid to try it... I started troubleshooting with https://floblanc.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/troubleshooting-freeipa-pki-tomcatd-fails-to-start/ and the cert on both machines is identical and valid. Like others, this command fails on both master and replica: $ sudo certutil -K -d /etc/pki/pki-tomcat/alias -f /tmp/pwdfile.txt -n 'subsystemCert cert-pki-ca' However, this is successful on both: $ sudo certutil -K -d /etc/pki/pki-tomcat/alias -f /tmp/pwdfile.txt and I saw mention somewhere that if the latter is successful, then everything must be fine. /var/log/pki/pki-tomcat/ca/debug log shows: 2024-10-18 12:30:38 [main] INFO: CMSEngine: initializing password store 2024-10-18 12:30:38 [main] INFO: CMSEngine: initializing password store for internaldb 2024-10-18 12:30:38 [main] INFO: CMSEngine: initializing password store for replicationdb 2024-10-18 12:30:38 [main] INFO: CMSEngine: Initializing subsystem listeners 2024-10-18 12:30:38 [main] INFO: CMSEngine: Java version: 17.0.5 2024-10-18 12:30:38 [main] INFO: CMSEngine: security providers: 2024-10-18 12:30:38 [main] INFO: PluginRegistry: Loading plugin registry from /var/lib/pki/pki-tomcat/conf/ca/registry.cfg 2024-10-18 12:30:38 [main] SEVERE: LdapBoundConnFactory: Unable to connect to LDAP server: Authentication failed netscape.ldap.LDAPException: Authentication failed (49) at netscape.ldap.LDAPSaslBind.checkForSASLBindCompletion(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPSaslBind.bind(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPSaslBind.bind(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.authenticate(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.authenticate(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.checkClientAuth(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnection.<init>(LdapBoundConnection.java:108) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnFactory.makeConnection(LdapBoundConnFactory.java:287) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnFactory.init(LdapBoundConnFactory.java:263) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnFactory.init(LdapBoundConnFactory.java:226) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnFactory.init(LdapBoundConnFactory.java:195) at org.dogtagpki.server.ca.CAEngine.initDatabase(CAEngine.java:199) at com.netscape.cmscore.apps.CMSEngine.start(CMSEngine.java:1105) at com.netscape.cmscore.apps.CMSEngine.contextInitialized(CMSEngine.java:1690) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4768) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5230) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:728) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.access$000(ContainerBase.java:129) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$PrivilegedAddChild.run(ContainerBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$PrivilegedAddChild.run(ContainerBase.java:140) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:318) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:698) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:696) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:690) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1889) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:539) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:123) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:583) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:473) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1618) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:319) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:123) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:423) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:366) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:948) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:835) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1398) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1388) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:145) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:921) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:263) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:437) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:934) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:772) 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 org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:345) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:476) 2024-10-18 12:30:38 [main] SEVERE: Unable to start CA engine: Unable to connect to LDAP server: Authentication failed Unable to connect to LDAP server: Authentication failed at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnFactory.makeConnection(LdapBoundConnFactory.java:305) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnFactory.init(LdapBoundConnFactory.java:263) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnFactory.init(LdapBoundConnFactory.java:226) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnFactory.init(LdapBoundConnFactory.java:195) at org.dogtagpki.server.ca.CAEngine.initDatabase(CAEngine.java:199) at com.netscape.cmscore.apps.CMSEngine.start(CMSEngine.java:1105) at com.netscape.cmscore.apps.CMSEngine.contextInitialized(CMSEngine.java:1690) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4768) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5230) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:728) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.access$000(ContainerBase.java:129) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$PrivilegedAddChild.run(ContainerBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$PrivilegedAddChild.run(ContainerBase.java:140) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:318) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:698) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:696) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:690) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1889) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:539) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:123) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:583) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:473) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1618) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:319) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:123) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:423) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:366) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:948) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:835) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1398) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1388) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:145) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:921) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:263) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:437) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:934) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:772) 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 org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:345) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:476) Caused by: netscape.ldap.LDAPException: Authentication failed (49) at netscape.ldap.LDAPSaslBind.checkForSASLBindCompletion(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPSaslBind.bind(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPSaslBind.bind(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.authenticate(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.authenticate(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.checkClientAuth(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnection.<init>(LdapBoundConnection.java:108) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnFactory.makeConnection(LdapBoundConnFactory.java:287) ... 51 more 2024-10-18 12:30:38 [main] INFO: Shutting down CA subsystem 2024-10-18 12:30:38 [main] INFO: RequestSubsystem: Request subsystem stopped 2024-10-18 12:30:38 [main] SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class [org.dogtagpki.server.ca.CAEngine] java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start CA engine: Unable to connect to LDAP server: Authentication failed at com.netscape.cmscore.apps.CMSEngine.contextInitialized(CMSEngine.java:1695) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4768) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5230) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:728) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.access$000(ContainerBase.java:129) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$PrivilegedAddChild.run(ContainerBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$PrivilegedAddChild.run(ContainerBase.java:140) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:318) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:698) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:696) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:690) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1889) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:539) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:123) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:583) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:473) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1618) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:319) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:123) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:423) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:366) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:948) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:835) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1398) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1388) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:145) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:921) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:263) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:437) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:934) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:772) 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 org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:345) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:476) Caused by: Unable to connect to LDAP server: Authentication failed at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnFactory.makeConnection(LdapBoundConnFactory.java:305) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnFactory.init(LdapBoundConnFactory.java:263) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnFactory.init(LdapBoundConnFactory.java:226) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnFactory.init(LdapBoundConnFactory.java:195) at org.dogtagpki.server.ca.CAEngine.initDatabase(CAEngine.java:199) at com.netscape.cmscore.apps.CMSEngine.start(CMSEngine.java:1105) at com.netscape.cmscore.apps.CMSEngine.contextInitialized(CMSEngine.java:1690) ... 45 more Caused by: netscape.ldap.LDAPException: Authentication failed (49) at netscape.ldap.LDAPSaslBind.checkForSASLBindCompletion(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPSaslBind.bind(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPSaslBind.bind(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.authenticate(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.authenticate(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.checkClientAuth(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection.connect(Unknown Source) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnection.<init>(LdapBoundConnection.java:108) at com.netscape.cmscore.ldapconn.LdapBoundConnFactory.makeConnection(LdapBoundConnFactory.java:287) ... 51 more 2024-10-18 12:30:38 [main] INFO: Shutting down CA subsystem 2024-10-18 12:30:38 [main] INFO: RequestSubsystem: Request subsystem stopped I'm not sure if this is the same issue as other threads have requested help with or not—most of them seem to fizzle out without reporting the resolution. 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