SAS® Deployment Wizard does not progress past the SAS® Metadata Server configuration on Microsoft Windows


When configuring SAS software on Microsoft Windows using SAS Deployment Wizard, SAS Deployment Wizard might not progress past the SAS Metadata Server configuration step. An error message does not occur, and the step appears to be stuck.

In the SDW_yyyy-mm-dd.hh.ss.log file, the step reports a 0 return code, which indicates that the step completed.

INFO: Stage #3 Step #1 (SAS Metadata Server Configuration)

Apr 16, 2025 10:29:07 AM com.sas.ssn.Configure runAntScript

INFO: CONFIGURE: Launching Ant script - "D:\SAS\Home\SASPrivateJavaRuntimeEnvironment\9.4\jre\bin\java.exe" -Xmx1024M -classpath

<snip>

Apr 16, 2025 10:30:41 AM com.sas.ssn.Configure runAntScript

INFO: Return Code: 0

In the deploywiz_yyyy-mm-dd-hh.mm.ss.log, two exceptions might occur:

Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Can not initialize cryptographic mechanism

    at java.base/javax.crypto.JceSecurity.<clinit>(Unknown Source)

 

Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Can't read cryptographic policy directory: unlimited

This problem is caused by the Microsoft SilentCleanup task.

Workaround

To circumvent this issue, disable the Microsoft SilentCleanup task and click Retry in  SAS Deployment Wizard. For more information about disabling Microsoft SilentCleanup, see Step 6 in Installation Prerequisites.