Elytron Audit Logging's rotating-file-audit-log throws IllegalArgumentException if suffix property is not specified ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: WFLY-8689 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-8689 Project: WildFly Issue Type: Bug Components: Security Reporter: Jan Tymel Priority: Critical {{rotating-file-audit}} throws {{IllegalArgumentException}} if user tries to add a new {{rotating-audit-file}} and does not specify {{suffix}} property. Steps to reproduce: {{/subsystem=elytron/rotating-file-audit-log=rotating-audit:add(path=rotating-audit.log)}} Following output is given in jboss-cli {code} { "outcome" => "failed", "failure-description" => {"WFLYCTL0080: Failed services" => {"org.wildfly.security.security-event-listener.rotating-audit" => "Failed to start service Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal pattern character 'n'"}}, "rolled-back" => true } {code} and following one in server log: {code} 12:45:41,381 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-2) MSC000001: Failed to start service org.wildfly.security.security-event-listener.rotating-audit: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service org.wildfly.security.security-event-listener.rotating-audit: Failed to start service at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1978) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal pattern character 'n' at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.compile(SimpleDateFormat.java:826) at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.initialize(SimpleDateFormat.java:634) at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.<init>(SimpleDateFormat.java:605) at java.text.SimpleDateFormat.<init>(SimpleDateFormat.java:580) at org.wildfly.security.audit.RotatingFileAuditEndpoint$Builder.setSuffix(RotatingFileAuditEndpoint.java:289) at org.wildfly.extension.elytron.AuditResourceDefinitions$2.lambda$getValueSupplier$2(AuditResourceDefinitions.java:235) at org.wildfly.extension.elytron.TrivialService.start(TrivialService.java:53) at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:2032) at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1955) ... 3 more 12:45:41,382 ERROR [org.jboss.as.controller.management-operation] (management-handler-thread - 5) WFLYCTL0013: Operation ("add") failed - address: ([ ("subsystem" => "elytron"), ("rotating-file-audit-log" => "rotating-audit") ]) - failure description: {"WFLYCTL0080: Failed services" => {"org.wildfly.security.security-event-listener.rotating-audit" => "Failed to start service Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal pattern character 'n'"}} {code} Note: there is an easy workaround - if user specifies {{suffix}} property then adding a new {{rotating-audit-file}} works fine, e.g. {{/subsystem=elytron/rotating-file-audit-log=rotating-audit:add(path=rotating-audit.log,suffix=y-M-d)}} passes successfully.