KB Article #192282
[INTERCHANGE] Error initializing LicenseManager / Signature is invalid
Problem
Error occurred during start of CN :
2025-10-28 09:50:01,465 - INFO [Startup] (HotfixUtil) - ****************************************************************************************
2025-10-28 09:50:01,465 - INFO [Startup] (HotfixUtil) - ****************************** Installed patches **************************************
2025-10-28 09:50:01,465 - INFO [Startup] (HotfixUtil) - ****************************************************************************************
2025-10-28 09:50:01,471 - INFO [Cluster Thread 1] (ClusterMaintenanceManager) - This node is now responsible for cluster maintenance tasks
2025-10-28 09:50:01,575 - ERROR [Startup] (LicenseManager) - Error initializing LicenseManager
com.cyclonecommerce.licensing.InvalidLicenseException: Signature is invalid
at com.cyclonecommerce.licensing.Validator.validate(Validator.java:59) ~[interchange-server.jar:26.17.0-8]
at com.cyclonecommerce.licensing.ClusterLicense.load(ClusterLicense.java:555) ~[interchange-server.jar:26.17.0-8]
at com.cyclonecommerce.licensing.ClusterLicense.<init>(ClusterLicense.java:107) ~[interchange-server.jar:26.17.0-8]
at com.cyclonecommerce.licensing.ClusterLicense.<init>(ClusterLicense.java:122) ~[interchange-server.jar:26.17.0-8]
at com.cyclonecommerce.clustercontroller.license.LicenseManager.initialize(LicenseManager.java:132) ~[interchange-server.jar:26.17.0-8]
at com.cyclonecommerce.clustercontroller.license.LicenseManager.getInstance(LicenseManager.java:65) ~[interchange-server.jar:26.17.0-8]
at com.cyclonecommerce.clustercontroller.controlnode.Node.initializeClusterLicensing(Node.java:360) ~[interchange-server.jar:26.17.0-8]
at com.cyclonecommerce.clustercontroller.controlnode.Node.<init>(Node.java:97) ~[interchange-server.jar:26.17.0-8]
at com.cyclonecommerce.clustercontroller.controlnode.ControlNode.<init>(ControlNode.java:27) ~[interchange-server.jar:26.17.0-8]
at com.axway.cluster.legacy.executive.NodeExec.getNode(NodeExec.java:58) ~[interchange-server.jar:26.17.0-8]
at com.axway.cluster.legacy.executive.NodeExec.main(NodeExec.java:48) ~[interchange-server.jar:26.17.0-8]
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103) ~[?:?]
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580) ~[?:?]
at com.axway.clusterold.startup.Boot$MainRunnable.run(Boot.java:153) ~[interchange-server.jar:26.17.0-8]
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583) [?:?]
at com.axway.cluster.extensions.thread.EventedThread.primRun(EventedThread.java:111) [interchange-threads.jar:26.17.0-8]
at com.axway.cluster.extensions.thread.EventedThread.run(EventedThread.java:89) [interchange-threads.jar:26.17.0-8]
Resolution
The license.xml file was corrupted during the transfer to the B2Bi machine.