config.json not readable error in IG (All versions)

Last updated Feb 23, 2023

The purpose of this article is to provide assistance if you encounter a "/root/.openig/config/config.json" not readable error in IG.

Symptoms

Accessing a standard page using the hard-coded credentials in the 01-static.json file fails (for example, if you are trying the installation per Downloading and Starting the Sample Application). The 01-static.json file is located in the $HOME/.openig/config/routes/ directory.

The following error is shown in the stdout:

2016-11-23 09:27:19.195:INFO:oeja.AnnotationConfiguration:main: Scanning elapsed time=3253ms [main] [34mINFO [0;39m [1;37mo.f.o.http.GatewayHttpApplication[0;39m - OpenIG base directory : /root/.openig [34m[0;39m[main] [34mINFO [0;39m [1;37mo.f.o.http.GatewayHttpApplication[0;39m - /root/.openig/config/config.json not readable, using OpenIG default configuration

Recent Changes

Installed or configured IG as user Root.

Causes

You are running IG's web application container as a user other than Root, meaning you cannot access the configuration since IG's configuration is in a directory owned by Root.

Solution

This issue can be resolved by moving the IG configuration into a directory owned by the user who actually runs the web application container. For example, if the Jetty user runs the web application container, the 01-static.json file should be located in the Jetty user's directory instead:

/jetty/.openig/config/routes/01-static.json

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