Users may see the following error message within the Controller's server.log file while starting the Controller services:
glassfish 4.1|javax.enterprise.system.core|_ThreadID=18;_ThreadName=RunLevelControllerThread-1494297696091;_TimeMillis=1494297835169;_LevelValue=1000;_MessageID=NCLS-CORE-00026;|Exception during lifecycle processing
org.glassfish.deployment.common.DeploymentException: Error in linking security policy for controller -- Inconsistent Module State
at com.sun.enterprise.security.ee.SecurityUtil.linkPolicyFile(SecurityUtil.java:336)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.ee.SecurityDeployer.linkPolicies(SecurityDeployer.java:319)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.ee.SecurityDeployer.access$100(SecurityDeployer.java:87)
at com.sun.enterprise.security.ee.SecurityDeployer$AppDeployEventListener.event(SecurityDeployer.java:145)
To resolve this issue:
1. Stop the App Server
controller.sh/bat stop-appserver
2. Remove the content of the folder <controler-dir>/appserver /glassfish/domains/domain1/generated/
3. Remove the content of the folder <contoller-dir>/appserver/glassfish/domains/domain1/osgi-cache/
4. Start the App Server
controller.sh/bat start-appserver
