Q:
I made changes to my admin listener and now I can't get in to GoAnywhere. How can I fix this?
A:
Whenever changes are made to the admin listener, GoAnywhere will automatically create a backup of the previous config. The config file for the admin listeners is
server.xml, located by default in
[installDir]/GoAnywhere/tomcat/conf/server.xml.
In that same directory, there is a folder called
backups, filled with previous XMLs from whenever the listener has been edited. The name of the backup will reflect the date of the change. Something to note is that a backup will be created only if the listener was edited from within GoAnywhere. If the
server.xml is manually edited, a backup will not be created.
Rename the existing
server.xml to
server_old.xml, Then, copy the backup of your choice into the
conf directory and rename it as
server.xml. Restart the goanywhere service. It should start successfully with the old settings and allow the login screen to be reached. Once MFT is confirmed to be working, feel free to remove the
server_old.xml.