Managed server startup script not reading login info from boot.properties

Question

To encrypt the username and password in weblogic admin server, I used a boot.properties file and setting some properties like StoreBootIdentity=true. This works as expected.
Now, I have a weblogic managed server within the same folder i.e.
under /bea/user_projects/domains/mydomain
To get the similar behaviour on this managed server, I created a boot1.properties file and set the following in the startup script
java -Djava.compiler=NONE -ms200m -mx200m $HOTSPOT_OPTIONS -classpath $CLASSPATH -Dweblogic.Domain=mydomain -Dweblogic.Name=$SERVER_NAME -Dweblogic.management.server=$ADMIN_URL -Djava.security.policy==$WL_HOME/server/lib/weblogic.policy -DRCP_PROPS=/data/css/adixit/samsung/scc612/server/cfg/RCP.props -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j.xml -Dweblogic.system.BootIdentityFile=/bea/user_projects/domains/mydomain/boot1.properties -Dweblogic.RootDirectory=/bea/user_projects/domains/mydomain weblogic.Server
When I run the script I get the following :-
<Jan 24, 2005 3:41:44 PM GMT+05:30> <Info> <Security> <BEA-090065> <Getting boot identity from user.>
Enter username to boot WebLogic server:
Why is it not able to pick the username and password from the boot1.properties file ? Any clues ? What settings can I change to make it work ?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Being that you posted this problem a few months ago, I am assuming you found the cause of your problem. I too experienced this same symptom (boot.properties not being read) when trying to start a managed server on a different server than the admin JVM. I found the resolution in the following documentation:
http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs81/ConsoleHelp/startstop.html#BootIdentityFiles
Basically, you have to copy the SerializedSystemIni.dat from the server that the admin JVM is on to the secondary server where the managed JVM is going to run. I was able to do as the link says (add the boot.properties file with plain text passwords and have it encrypted). Hope this helps you or someone else down the road.