Portal startup fails due to NullPointerException being thrown by Configuration Persistence Manager

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: No Longer Reproducible
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.X, 7.1.X, Master
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.X, 7.1.X, 7.2.X, Master
• Component/s: Portal Configuration > System Settings
• Labels:
  • 7.2-won't
  • 7.3-known-issues
  • QA-NA
  • QA-V
  • ee-ts
  • liferay-ga4-ce-733
• Fix Priority: 4
• Bug Type: Regression Bug

Description

In Liferay DXP 7.0 FP55, LPS-82771 was included. This fix introduces a "Verify" process that get's run during startup. The NullPointerException occurs when the Verify process cannot properly parse the database entry for a Configuration.

This also prevents Liferay from starting up.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Setup Liferay DXP 7.0 with fixpack de-28
2. Create an OSGI Config file: [LIFERAY_HOME]/osgi/configs/com.liferay.portal.search.elasticsearch.configuration.ElasticsearchConfiguration.config

   #foobar=["foo","bar"]
   

3. Startup Liferay and wait for it to successfully startup
4. Shutdown Liferay
5. Apply patch for fixpack de-55
6. Clear osgi/state folder
7. Startup Liferay
8. Observe Logs

Expected Results
Liferay starts up without any errors

Actual Results
NullPointerException is thrown and Liferay fails to startup

Note: We expect this to also occur if we upgrade to Liferay 7.1 instead of starting up fixpack de-55 on Step 5.

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Steps to Reproduce (in master)
1. Startup Master
2. Follow steps 2-4
3. In MySQLWorkbench, find the entry for `com.liferay.portal.search.elasticsearch.configuration.ElasticsearchConfiguration`
4. Modify the dictionary value by changing the line: `felix.fileinstall.filename`

Before: `felix.fileinstall.filename="com.liferay.portal.search.elasticsearch.configuration.ElasticsearchConfiguration.config"`
After: `felix.fileinstall.filename="file:com.liferay.portal.search.elasticsearch.configuration.ElasticsearchConfiguration.config"`

5. Startup Liferay