Using new Sitecore Partner Developer license.xml issued in August 2022 causing XML parsing error at the start-up #162
Description
I downloaded the new Sitecore Partner Developer license.xml issued in August 2022 from the Sitecore Partners portal. It looked like it was broken- it came up with an XML parsing error at the start-up.
Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 68213.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Xml.XmlException: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 68213.
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:
[XmlException: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 68213.]
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) +91
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseRootLevelWhitespace() +408
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent() +473
System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc) +50
System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader) +137
System.Xml.XmlDocument.LoadXml(String xml) +194
.( , String ) +261
..ctor(String ) +462
..ctor(String ) +79
Sitecore.Nexus.Licensing.NexusLicenseApi.get_Api() +329
Sitecore.Nexus.Licensing.NexusLicenseApi.GetSnapShot(Guid instance) +16
Sitecore.SecurityModel.License.LicenseManager.GetSnapshotData(Guid instance) +57
Sitecore.SecurityModel.License.LicenseManager.UpdateSnapshot() +74
Sitecore.SecurityModel.License.LicenseManager..cctor() +151
[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Sitecore.SecurityModel.License.LicenseManager' threw an exception.]
Sitecore.Data.Managers.DefaultItemManager.DemandRuntime() +24
Sitecore.Data.Managers.DefaultItemManager.Initialize() +45
(Object , Object ) +60
Sitecore.Pipelines.CorePipeline.Run(PipelineArgs args) +490
(Object , Object ) +9
Sitecore.Pipelines.CorePipeline.Run(PipelineArgs args) +490
Sitecore.Pipelines.DefaultCorePipelineManager.Run(String pipelineName, PipelineArgs args, String pipelineDomain, Boolean failIfNotExists) +236
Sitecore.Pipelines.DefaultCorePipelineManager.Run(String pipelineName, PipelineArgs args, String pipelineDomain) +22
Sitecore.Nexus.Web.HttpModule.Application_Start() +146
Sitecore.Nexus.Web.HttpModule.Init(HttpApplication app) +918
System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers) +584
System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +168
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +277
System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr appContext) +369
[HttpException (0x80004005): The type initializer for 'Sitecore.SecurityModel.License.LicenseManager' threw an exception.]
System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +532
System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +111
System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest wr, HttpContext context) +724
I opened the lisense.xml in Notepad++ and realized that the file is being frequently rewritten. The rewrites were coming from one of the running Sitecore containers.
I checked the code of this repository and realised that you pass the empty SITECORE_LICENSE environment variable to Sitecore containers in the docker-compose.yml, which somehow forces Sitecore containers to write back to the linese.xml when the new 2022 license.xml is used. When the 2021 issued license is used then it works ok...```