Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid (OBIEE service startup issue)

 

If getting any of the below error in log–

<Critical> <Security> <BEA-090402> <Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid; The user name and/or password from the boot identity file (boot.properties) is not valid.

Caused By: javax.security.auth.login.FailedLoginException: [Security:090304]Authentication Failed: User weblogic javax.security.auth.login.FailedLoginException: [Security:090302]Authentication Failed: User weblogic denied

<Critical> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000386> <Server subsystem failed. Reason: weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid; The user name and/or password from the boot identity file (boot.properties) is not valid.

Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid

Then check the boot.properties file under security folder and data/nodemanager folder if they have been changed recently, edit boot.properties and change the password.

Boot.properties location –

/<MiddlewareHome>/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/servers/AdminServer/security/boot.properties

/<MiddlewareHome>/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/servers/bi_server1/security/boot.properties

/<MiddlewareHome>/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/servers/bi_server1/data/nodemanager/boot.properties 

Backup and remove ldap folder from -

 /<MiddlewareHome>/user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/servers/bi_server1/data/