OVD 11g - Exception In Thread "main" Java.lang.RuntimeException: Error Parsing XML File. (Doc ID 2390644.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

On : 11.1.1.9.0 version, Virtual Directory Server 

When attempting to apply Patch Request 22061776,
the following error occurs.

ERROR
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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Error parsing XML file.
  at com.octetstring.vde.config.ConfigHandler.getInstance(ConfigHandler.java:172)
  at com.octetstring.vde.VDEServer.main(VDEServer.java:343)
Caused by: oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParseException; lineNumber: 0; columnNumber: 0; Element 'ssl' not expected.
  at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLError.flushErrors(XMLError.java:271)
  at com.octetstring.vde.config.parsers.ConfigParser.parseConfiguration(ConfigParser.java:444)
  at com.octetstring.vde.config.parsers.ConfigParser.parseConfiguration(ConfigParser.java:404)
  at com.octetstring.vde.config.parsers.ConfigParser.parseConfiguration(ConfigParser.java:389)
  at com.octetstring.vde.config.ConfigHandler.getProvisionedAdapters(ConfigHandler.java:371)
  at com.octetstring.vde.config.ConfigHandler.(ConfigHandler.java:196)
  at com.octetstring.vde.config.ConfigHandler.getInstance(ConfigHandler.java:167)
  ... 1 more

STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Apply Patch Request 22061776
2. Start OVD instance


BUSINESS IMPACT
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The issue has the following business impact:
Due to this issue, users cannot successfully start OVD after applying Patch Request 22061776.

Cause

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