FileNet Configuration Manager fails to connect to WebSphere Application Server - filenet-p8

Question

I have an issue with FileNet configuration manager connecting to WAS when configuring CPE. Details are below
OS : Windows 10 Enterprise (This is where CPE 5.5 is installed)
WAS : 8.5.5.13
WAS Java : 1.8_64_bundled
FN Config Details
I'm able to login to WAS console and the SOAP port is also correct.
Things that I tried,
adding -Dhttps.protocols="TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2" in configmgr.ini of FileNet configuration manager
Verified SSL configuration on WAS
But noting seems to work. I see below error message on the FileNet configuration manager logs
!ENTRY com.ibm.ecm.configmgr.engine 4 0 2018-06-27 15:45:09.289
!MESSAGE An invalid profile path was specified. C:\IBM\FileNet\ContentEngine\tools\configure\profiles\dotnetclient does not contain any configuration information.
!SESSION 2018-06-27 16:05:40.995 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=unknown
java.fullversion=JRE 1.7.0 IBM J9 2.6 Windows 8 x86-32 20170718_357001 (JIT disabled, AOT disabled)
J9VM - R26_Java726_SR10_20170718_1208_B357001
GC - R26_Java726_SR10_20170718_1208_B357001
J9CL - 20170718_357001
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Framework arguments: gui
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86 gui
!ENTRY com.ibm.ecm.configmgr.app.ce 4 0 2018-06-27 16:13:56.518
!MESSAGE Connection error: The connection to the application server cannot be established. Ensure the application server is running and that the SOAP connector port and host name are correct.
!STACK 0
com.ibm.ecm.configmgr.engine.ConfigurationManagerException: Connection error: The connection to the application server cannot be established. Ensure the application server is running and that the SOAP connector port and host name are correct.
at com.ibm.ecm.configmgr.engine.jmx.JMXInvoker.invokeConnectMethodAndMethods(JMXInvoker.java:243)
at com.ibm.ecm.configmgr.engine.jmx.JMXInvoker.invokeConnectMethodAndMethod(JMXInvoker.java:142)
at com.ibm.ecm.configmgr.engine.jmx.WebSphereJMXInvoker.connect(WebSphereJMXInvoker.java:86)
at com.ibm.ecm.configmgr.app.ce.applicationserver.WebsphereApplicationServer$TestActivity.testWork(WebsphereApplicationServer.java:371)
at com.ibm.ecm.configmgr.engine.profile.EnvironmentTestActivity.test(EnvironmentTestActivity.java:64)
at com.ibm.ecm.configmgr.ui.wizards.NewProfileWizardPageGetProfileEnvironmentProps$7.widgetSelected(NewProfileWizardPageGetProfileEnvironmentProps.java:604)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:240)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4165)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3754)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:825)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:801)
at com.ibm.ecm.configmgr.app.ce.handlers.ProfileNewHandler.execute(ProfileNewHandler.java:67)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerProxy.execute(HandlerProxy.java:293)
at org.eclipse.core.commands.Command.executeWithChecks(Command.java:476)
at org.eclipse.core.commands.ParameterizedCommand.executeWithChecks(ParameterizedCommand.java:508)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerService.executeCommand(HandlerService.java:169)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.SlaveHandlerService.executeCommand(SlaveHandlerService.java:241)
at org.eclipse.ui.menus.CommandContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(CommandContributionItem.java:829)
at org.eclipse.ui.menus.CommandContributionItem.access$19(CommandContributionItem.java:815)
at org.eclipse.ui.menus.CommandContributionItem$5.handleEvent(CommandContributionItem.java:805)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4165)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3754)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2701)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2665)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2499)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:679)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:668)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at com.ibm.ecm.configmgr.app.ce.rcp.Application.start(Application.java:86)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:344)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:95)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:56)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:620)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410)
Caused by: java.lang.Exception: The connection to the application server cannot be established. Ensure the application server is running and that the SOAP connector port and host name are correct.
at com.ibm.ecm.configmgr.utils.websphere.WebSphereJMXUtil.connect(WebSphereJMXUtil.java:227)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:95)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:56)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:620)
at com.ibm.ecm.configmgr.engine.jmx.JMXInvoker.invokeConnectMethodAndMethods(JMXInvoker.java:191)
... 45 more
*************************telenet response**************************
When did telenet and after a few seconds, I see the below error
HTTP/1.1 408 Request Timeout Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 117 Connection: close <HTML><TITLE>408 - Request Timeout</TITLE><BODY><h1>408 Connection timed out while reading request</h1></BODY></HTML> Connection to host lost. C:\Windows\system32>
*****************************workaround*****************************
Ok once the profile is created and ran first steps, I disabled global security and restarted websphere. Configuration manager is able to connect to WAS now (looks like issue with security. I verified Quality of protection (QoP) settings
with ssl.client.properties and it was selected as TLSv2. Then I changed it to TSLv1.2 and modified ssl.client.properties also. Still it did not work) I will updated this topic later.

Answer 1

Check default path Webshere.
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\your_profile
VS
C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\your_profile

Answer 2

The Configuration Manager right now seems to support only older protocols. If you specify TLSv1 in WebSphere console, as opposed to TLSv1.2 for example, Test Connection will work. That will create you another problem though. Newer browsers don't support older protocols and you will not be able to open your WebSphere console in say, Firefox. On Windows, you can use your old but still included IE configured to use these older protocols - Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Security -> Use * . You'll get your console back that way.