websphere - CWWKE0054E error unable to open file

Question

i am trying run the websphere liberty profile server from the command line. I am following the steps told here : https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/downloads/liberty-profile-using-non-eclipse-environments/

I have created the server with the name server1.

But when the extraction completes and I try to start the server using the command : server start server1

the server throws an error : CWWKE0054E: Unable to open file C:\wlp\wlp\usr\servers\server1\logs\C:\Users\Furquan\AppData\Local\Temp\\ihp_custom_batches.log.. Now I know this cant be a valid path, but I dont know where and how to change it. Please help !!

Answer 1

This error is related to the LOG_FILE environment variable that you have defined in your environment by some other program. To solve that, you have the following opions:

• Remove LOG_FILE env variable, if it is no longer needed by your system

• If you cant do that, override it via server.env file, that you can create in the wlp\usr\servers\serverName directory with the following content:

  LOG_FILE=console.log
  

• As last resort (this is not recommended, will make your installation NOT SUPPORTED and in certain installations might get overwritten by updates) - modify the server.bat command line script - in the script find the following section:

  if not defined LOG_FILE (
      set X_LOG_FILE=console.log
    ) else (
      set X_LOG_FILE=!LOG_FILE!
    )
  

And after the line set X_LOG_FILE=!LOG_FILE! just add another line that will override it with the default like this set X_LOG_FILE=console.log

In general, I'd recommend second solution (with the server.env file), as it is the most portable and will work in any environment.

Answer 2

I have the similar problem for IBM Support Assistant V5. After I deleted %LOG_FILE% from Environment Variables, it worked.