Problem
The Configuration Tool fails to start with the following message:
An error occurred: The specified value is not a valid password. The password must be between 8 to 50 characters long and contain at least one upper case character, one lower case character, one number, and one of the following special characters: &!@#$%*=.”.
This can occur anytime the Configuration Tool is started, automatically following installation or manually later.
Cause
At start up, the Configuration Tool automatically generates a random password (or secret) that can be used to authorize the Management API service. Rarely, the automatically generated password does not meet the password complexity rules, as defined in the error message.
Solution
Restart the tool so that a new, valid password is generated.