Problem

FTPCLIENT component fails to start after upgrade to SP17 and errors like the ones below are displayed in the IS log:

ERROR 2019-12-02 22:04:28,798 FtpClientService [RMI TCP Connection(34)-10.133.65.159] - FTPCLIENT service start failed:
de.axway.ajas.applicationadapter.AjasAdapterServiceException: de.axway.ftp.client.FtpClientException: ERR_51498:Internal error. Check log file for more details.
at de.axway.ajas.applicationadapter.AbstractFunctionCallAdapter.init(AbstractFunctionCallAdapter.java:90)
at de.axway.ajas.applicationadapter.ApplicationFunctionCallAdapter.<init>(ApplicationFunctionCallAdapter.java:59)
at de.axway.ajas.applicationadapter.ApplicationAdapter.<init>(ApplicationAdapter.java:84)
at de.axway.is.components.binding.ftp.client.lib.AdapterFactory.createApplicationAdapter(AdapterFactory.java:68)
at de.axway.is.components.binding.ftp.client.FtpClientService.<init>(FtpClientService.java:100)
at de.axway.is.components.binding.ftp.client.FtpClientService.<init>(FtpClientService.java:77)
at de.axway.is.components.binding.ftp.client.ServiceActivatorImpl.doStart(ServiceActivatorImpl.java:23)
at de.axway.is.base.api.service.ServiceActivator.start(ServiceActivator.java:118)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$1.run(BundleContextImpl.java:783)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:774)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:755)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:370)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:284)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:276)
at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.FeaturesServiceImpl.installFeatures(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:353)
at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.FeaturesServiceImpl.installFeature(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:283)
at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.FeaturesServiceImpl.installFeature(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:279)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.aries.proxy.impl.ProxyHandler$1.invoke(ProxyHandler.java:50)
at org.apache.aries.proxy.impl.DefaultWrapper.invoke(DefaultWrapper.java:31)
at org.apache.aries.proxy.impl.ProxyHandler.invoke(ProxyHandler.java:78)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy6.installFeature(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.karaf.features.management.internal.FeaturesServiceMBeanImpl.installFeature(FeaturesServiceMBeanImpl.java:172)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at sun.reflect.misc.Trampoline.invoke(MethodUtil.java:71)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor75.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at sun.reflect.misc.MethodUtil.invoke(MethodUtil.java:275)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.StandardMBeanIntrospector.invokeM2(StandardMBeanIntrospector.java:112)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.StandardMBeanIntrospector.invokeM2(StandardMBeanIntrospector.java:46)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.MBeanIntrospector.invokeM(MBeanIntrospector.java:237)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.PerInterface.invoke(PerInterface.java:138)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.MBeanSupport.invoke(MBeanSupport.java:252)
at javax.management.StandardMBean.invoke(StandardMBean.java:405)
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:819)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:801)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.doOperation(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1468)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.access$300(RMIConnectionImpl.java:76)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl$PrivilegedOperation.run(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1309)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.doPrivilegedOperation(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1408)
at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.invoke(RMIConnectionImpl.java:829)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:357)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:200)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:197)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:196)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:568)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:826)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.lambda$run$0(TCPTransport.java:683)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:682)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: de.axway.ftp.client.FtpClientException: ERR_51498:Internal error. Check log file for more details.
at de.axway.ftp.client.FtpClientApplication.initHelp(FtpClientApplication.java:214)
at de.axway.ftp.client.FtpClientApplication.init(FtpClientApplication.java:147)
at de.axway.ajas.applicationadapter.AbstractFunctionCallAdapter.init(AbstractFunctionCallAdapter.java:85)
... 66 more
Caused by: de.axway.ftp.client.FtpClientException: ERR_51083:Undefined get-directory. {partner="axway", }
at de.axway.ftp.client.MappingFactory.checkMapping(MappingFactory.java:117)
at de.axway.ftp.client.MappingFactory.<init>(MappingFactory.java:52)
at de.axway.ftp.client.config.FtpClientConnectionConfig.<init>(FtpClientConnectionConfig.java:41)
at de.axway.ftp.client.FtpClientApplication.reconfig(FtpClientApplication.java:321)
at de.axway.ftp.client.FtpClientApplication.initHelp(FtpClientApplication.java:212)
... 68 more

Resolution

The misbehavior will be observed upon FTPCLIENT component startup if the ftp_client.cfg config file contains OBJECTCLASS entries with no DIRECTORY configured.

Below is an example of OK versus NOT OK configuration: