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I'm working with IBM MobileFirst 7.1, and trying to get integration for ISAM working. So far I've been working with the sample application provided here, but I'm having issues with it when working with 7.1 MobileFirst client-side tools.

If I download and unzip the v3.5 integration package, and unzip the ISAMforMobileFirst test project, and I build it with the v7.0 CLI, it builds successfully. However, if I build it with the v7.1 CLI, I get an error like this:

Migrating project from version 7.0.0.00.20150211-0917 to version 7.1.0.00.20150807-0630.
[Error:
BUILD FAILED
/Applications/IBM/MobileFirst-CLI-7.1/mobilefirst-cli/node_modules/generator-worklight-server/lib/build.xml:497: com.worklight.upgrader.UpgradeEngineException: FWLPL0019E: Migrating the ISAMforMobileFirst project from version 7.0.0.00.20150211-0917 to version 7.1.0.00.20150807-0630 has failed because Cannot parse /Users/ferriera/Downloads/AmWorklightAdapter-3.5/sample/ISAMforMobileFirst/server/conf/authenticationConfig.xml
    at com.worklight.upgrader.WLUpgradeEngine.upgradeProject(WLUpgradeEngine.java:271)
    at com.worklight.upgrader.ant.UpgraderTask.execute(UpgraderTask.java:100)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:292)
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4.invoke(Unknown Source)

A colleague also sees this exact error in MobileFirst Studio 7.1 (in Eclipse) so I'm guessing it's not a CLI-specific error.

I would assume that support for something has changed in authenticationConfig.xml in 7.1, and this hasn't been reflected in the migrator.

A few questions:

  1. Is ISAM integration supported in 7.1?

  2. Whilst I realise the sample application isn't technically supported in 7.1, if/since ISAM integration is, in theory it should be feasible to make it work. What's changed in authenticationConfig.xml syntax?

Andrew Ferrier
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  • Did you compare the authenticationConfig.xml of old with new? – Idan Adar Oct 15 '15 at 10:19
  • It's the *same* `authenticationConfig.xml` - exactly the same project. The problem I think is that the migrator for 7.1 can't parse the 7.0 `authenticationConfig.xml` format. – Andrew Ferrier Oct 15 '15 at 10:27
  • In case it helps, I've uploaded the `authenticationConfig.xml` exactly as it comes from the package when we download it here: https://gist.github.com/andrewferrier/4aa16a18639628f054a8 – Andrew Ferrier Oct 15 '15 at 10:33
  • Failing as well here, bug. Open a PMR. – Idan Adar Oct 15 '15 at 10:33
  • I will as soon as I can. But I was wondering if there was any way to guess/theorise as to what was wrong inside the `authenticationConfig.xml` so I could manually fix it. On the assumption the LTPA/HTTP Header support hasn't been completed removed, I think it should still be possible to make it work. – Andrew Ferrier Oct 15 '15 at 10:41
  • There are no developer resources to debug it w/out a PMR. – Idan Adar Oct 15 '15 at 10:49

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Edit: looks like the failure happens due to the following: <parameter name="embedded-pki-bridge-ca-p12-file-path" value="<file-path>"/> and more specifically: <file-path>.

Change it to the actual file path, and it will not fail importing.

Nothing in the authenticationConfig.xml file is about ISAM really; it's all declarations of realms, login modules, security tests...

There is a clear failure, and a PMR should be opened.
As for a local workaround, I've attempted to remove segments in the file that I thought might trigger it, but did not succeed to find a pattern that causes it...

Idan Adar
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