Login to TIBCO Spotfire Server web interface fails with LDAP authentication with error "Error communicating with LDAP directory, refreshing LDAP context and retrying"

Login to TIBCO Spotfire Server web interface fails with LDAP authentication with error "Error communicating with LDAP directory, refreshing LDAP context and retrying"

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Article ID: KB0075621

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Description

When LDAP authentication is configured on the TIBCO Spotfire Server and invalid context names are used in the configuration, then logging in may fail and the following error message may be seen in the server.log:

DEBUG 2020-04-08T14:28:16,590-0500 [*Initialization*] server.ldap.WrappedLdapContext: Error communicating with LDAP directory, refreshing LDAP context and retrying
javax.naming.CommunicationException: nc.com:389
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapReferralContext.<init>(LdapReferralContext.java:96) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapReferralException.getReferralContext(LdapReferralException.java:151) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.searchAux(LdapCtx.java:1861) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.c_search(LdapCtx.java:1769) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.ComponentDirContext.p_search(ComponentDirContext.java:392) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeDirContext.search(PartialCompositeDirContext.java:358) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeDirContext.search(PartialCompositeDirContext.java:341) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext.search(InitialDirContext.java:267) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.spotfire.server.ldap.WrappedLdapContext.search(WrappedLdapContext.java:346) ~[spotfire-server.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.ldap.LdapConfigFactory.validateContextNames(LdapConfigFactory.java:582) ~[spotfire-server.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.ldap.LdapConfigFactory.initReferencedLdapConfigs(LdapConfigFactory.java:184) ~[spotfire-server.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.ldap.LdapConfigFactory.<init>(LdapConfigFactory.java:133) ~[spotfire-server.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.ldap.LdapConfigFactory.<init>(LdapConfigFactory.java:89) ~[spotfire-server.jar:?]
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:172) ~[spring-beans.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:117) ~[spring-beans.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiate(ConstructorResolver.java:300) ~[spring-beans.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:285) ~[spring-beans.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1325) ~[spring-beans.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1171) ~[spring-beans.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:555) ~[spring-beans.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:515) ~[spring-beans.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:320) ~[spring-beans.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222) ~[spring-beans.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:318) ~[spring-beans.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:199) ~[spring-beans.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:849) ~[spring-beans.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:877) ~[spring-context.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:549) ~[spring-context.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:400) ~[spring-web.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:291) ~[spring-web.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:103) ~[spring-web.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at com.spotfire.server.lifecycle.SpotfireServerInitializer.contextInitialized(SpotfireServerInitializer.java:56) ~[spotfire-server.jar:?]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4680) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5150) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:713) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:690) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:695) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:631) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1832) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75) ~[tomcat-util.jar:9.0.17]
    at java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:112) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:526) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:425) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1577) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:309) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:123) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:424) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:367) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:929) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:831) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1377) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1367) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75) ~[tomcat-util.jar:9.0.17]
    at java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:134) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:902) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:262) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:423) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:928) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:634) ~[catalina.jar:9.0.17]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:350) ~[bootstrap.jar:9.0.17]
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:492) ~[bootstrap.jar:9.0.17]
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.connect0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(DualStackPlainSocketImpl.java:79) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:350) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:172) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:538) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:434) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:211) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.Connection.createSocket(Connection.java:375) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.Connection.<init>(Connection.java:215) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapClient.<init>(LdapClient.java:137) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapClient.getInstance(LdapClient.java:1609) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.connect(LdapCtx.java:2749) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.<init>(LdapCtx.java:319) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory.getUsingURL(LdapCtxFactory.java:192) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory.getLdapCtxInstance(LdapCtxFactory.java:151) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.url.ldap.ldapURLContextFactory.getObjectInstance(ldapURLContextFactory.java:52) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getURLObject(NamingManager.java:601) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.processURL(NamingManager.java:381) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.processURLAddrs(NamingManager.java:361) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getObjectInstance(NamingManager.java:333) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapReferralContext.<init>(LdapReferralContext.java:119) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    ... 76 more
DEBUG 2020-04-08T14:32:50,935-0500 [unknown, #2, #15] server.ldap.LdapContextFactory: Closing LdapContext for ldap://ldap.nc.chapelhill.com:3268
DEBUG 2020-04-08T14:32:50,939-0500 [unknown, #2, #15] server.security.JaasAuthenticator: Authentication failed for user 'ncuser'
DEBUG 2020-04-08T14:32:51,635-0500 [unknown, #2, #15] server.security.SecurityFilter: User authentication failed


You may also notice below error in tools.log

WARN 2020-04-08T14:25:49,859-0500 server.ldap.LdapConfigFactory: LDAP configuration TIBCO contains the invalid context name 'OU=Domain Users,DC=nc,DC=com'
javax.naming.CommunicationException: nc.com:389
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapReferralContext.<init>(LdapReferralContext.java:96) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapReferralException.getReferralContext(LdapReferralException.java:151) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.searchAux(LdapCtx.java:1861) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.c_search(LdapCtx.java:1769) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.ComponentDirContext.p_search(ComponentDirContext.java:392) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeDirContext.search(PartialCompositeDirContext.java:358) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.toolkit.ctx.PartialCompositeDirContext.search(PartialCompositeDirContext.java:341) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext.search(InitialDirContext.java:267) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.spotfire.server.ldap.WrappedLdapContext.search(WrappedLdapContext.java:346) ~[spotfire-server.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.ldap.LdapConfigFactory.validateContextNames(LdapConfigFactory.java:582) ~[spotfire-server.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.ldap.LdapConfigFactory.initReferencedLdapConfigs(LdapConfigFactory.java:184) ~[spotfire-server.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.ldap.LdapConfigFactory.<init>(LdapConfigFactory.java:133) ~[spotfire-server.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.config.tool.AbstractUserDirectoryCommand.run(AbstractUserDirectoryCommand.java:91) ~[spotfire-server.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.tools.confui.AdministrationTab.runCommand(AdministrationTab.java:428) ~[spotfire-tss-tools.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.tools.confui.AdministrationTab.listAdmins(AdministrationTab.java:498) ~[spotfire-tss-tools.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.tools.confui.AdministrationTab.changeTabStatus(AdministrationTab.java:617) ~[spotfire-tss-tools.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.tools.confui.AdministrationTab.lambda$setUpListeners$24(AdministrationTab.java:420) ~[spotfire-tss-tools.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.tools.confui.ConfigUiMessenger.lambda$sendMessage$11(ConfigUiMessenger.java:73) ~[spotfire-tss-tools.jar:?]
    at java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1257) [?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.spotfire.server.tools.confui.ConfigUiMessenger.sendMessage(ConfigUiMessenger.java:68) [spotfire-tss-tools.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.tools.confui.ConfigUiModel.setBootstrapPath(ConfigUiModel.java:241) [spotfire-tss-tools.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.tools.confui.BootstrapTab.useExistingBootstrap(BootstrapTab.java:439) [spotfire-tss-tools.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.tools.confui.BootstrapTab.tryUsingExistingBootstrap(BootstrapTab.java:465) [spotfire-tss-tools.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.tools.confui.ConfigurationFrame.<init>(ConfigurationFrame.java:88) [spotfire-tss-tools.jar:?]
    at com.spotfire.server.tools.confui.ConfigurationMain$2.run(ConfigurationMain.java:69) [spotfire-tss-tools.jar:?]
    at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311) [?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758) [?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97) [?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709) [?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703) [?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) [?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:74) [?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728) [?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:205) [?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116) [?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105) [?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101) [?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93) [?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82) [?:1.8.0_201]
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.connect0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(DualStackPlainSocketImpl.java:79) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:350) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:172) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:538) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:434) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:211) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.Connection.createSocket(Connection.java:375) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.Connection.<init>(Connection.java:215) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapClient.<init>(LdapClient.java:137) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapClient.getInstance(LdapClient.java:1609) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.connect(LdapCtx.java:2749) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.<init>(LdapCtx.java:319) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory.getUsingURL(LdapCtxFactory.java:192) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory.getLdapCtxInstance(LdapCtxFactory.java:151) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.url.ldap.ldapURLContextFactory.getObjectInstance(ldapURLContextFactory.java:52) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getURLObject(NamingManager.java:601) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.processURL(NamingManager.java:381) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.processURLAddrs(NamingManager.java:361) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getObjectInstance(NamingManager.java:333) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapReferralContext.<init>(LdapReferralContext.java:119) ~[?:1.8.0_201]
    ... 38 more


The configured context name here in this case is OU=Domain Users,DC=nc,DC=com while it supposed to be OU=Domain Users,DC=nc,DC=chapelhill,DC=com

Issue/Introduction

This article explains why "Error communicating with LDAP directory, refreshing LDAP context and retrying javax.naming.CommunicationException: nc.com:389" is seen in server.log when attempting to login into the TIBCO Spotfire Server web interface.

Resolution

To resolve, update the TIBCO Spotfire Server's LDAP configuration with the correct context names and restart the Spotfire Server service. Below are the instructions:
  1. Open the TIBCO Spotfire Server configuration tool (see Opening the configuration tool): Login to uiconfig.bat file (uiconfig.sh on Linux) which is located in the <Installation dir>\tomcat\spotfire-bin directory OR search for TIBCO Spotfire Server Configuration in Windows for the desired version
  2. Open the configuration, navigate to "User Directory: LDAP" and update the context name as seen in below screenshot:
    User-added image
  3. Save the configuration back to the database.
  4. Restart the Spotfire Server service.
After the Spotfire Server has completed startup successfully, attempt to log in again.

Additional Information

Doc: Opening the configuration tool Doc: LDAP Authentication and userdirectory settings