oracle.security.jps.JpsRuntimeException: JPS-01538: The default policy provider was not found.

You are trying to start your SOA managed server and while doing so it is closing automatically and you are getting following logs in the soa server logs

####<Sep 30, 2010 9:56:09 PM GMT> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <localhost> <soa_server1> <main> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <> <1285883769412> <BEA-000386> <Server subsystem failed. Reason: weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: The dynamic loading of the OPSS java security policy provider class oracle.security.jps.internal.policystore.JavaPolicyProvider failed due to problem inside OPSS java security policy provider. Exception was thrown when loading or setting the JPSS policy provider. Enable the debug flag -Djava.security.debug=jpspolicy to get more information. Error message: JPS-01538: The default policy provider was not found.
weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: The dynamic loading of the OPSS java security policy provider class oracle.security.jps.internal.policystore.JavaPolicyProvider failed due to problem inside OPSS java security policy provider. Exception was thrown when loading or setting the JPSS policy provider. Enable the debug flag -Djava.security.debug=jpspolicy to get more information. Error message: JPS-01538: The default policy provider was not found.
at weblogic.security.service.CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.loadOPSSPolicy(CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.java:1394)
at weblogic.security.service.CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.initialize(CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.java:1018)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.initialize(SecurityServiceManager.java:875)
at weblogic.security.SecurityService.start(SecurityService.java:141)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.SubsystemRequest.run(SubsystemRequest.java:64)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:201)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:173)


The reason is that some how the default entry in jps-config.xml file has removed for key store.

Go to the following location


$BEA_HOME/user_projects/domains/base_domain/config/fmwconfig/jps-config.xml

you should have an entry like

<!-- KeyStore Service Instance -->
<serviceInstance name="keystore" provider="keystore.provider" location="./default-keystore.jks">
<description>Default JPS Keystore Service</description>
<property name="keystore.type" value="JKS"/>
<property name="keystore.csf.map" value="oracle.wsm.security"/>
<property name="keystore.pass.csf.key" value="keystore-csf-key"/>
<property name="keystore.sig.csf.key" value="sign-csf-key"/>
<property name="keystore.enc.csf.key" value="enc-csf-key"/>
</serviceInstance>

This is the default entry and should not be removed.

Add this to your configuration and restart your server and now you should be able to start your server successfully.

As a matter of fact,i can not find the default-keystore.jks file in my folder location

$BEA_HOME/user_projects/domains/base_domain/config/fmwconfig

but any how it worked for me.