CA Strong Authentication (Arcot WebFort Authentication Service) is not getting started.

CA Strong Authentication Server (Arcot WebFort Authentication Service) is not getting started.

The following error may be seen in the ARCOT_HOME\logs\arcotwebfortstartup.log file: 

Or 

Webfort service uses a Data Direct ODBC driver to connect to the Advanced Authentication database. To f You can verify the DSN-related issues in the arcotcommon.ini file. If the issue is DSN-related, then:

The odbc diver needs to be verified differently depending on the Operating System

1. Find the section defined by the database name defined in the ARCOT_HOME\conf\arcotcommon.ini

                Linux: edit the $ARCOT_HOME/odbc32v714wf/odbc.ini

[arcotdb]

…

PortNumber=1521

…

HostName=HOSTNAME

…

SID=arcotdb

                                Note:The specific setting to be changed are dependent on the database type configure. Above is a simple representation of some of the possible settings. You should not edit this unless you are comfortable with the settings defined for your system.

                Windows:   <64 bit> run C:\windows\SysWOW64\OBCD32.exe

                                   <32 bit> run C:\windows\system32\OBCD32.exe

                                You then need to modify the System DSN defined by the same database name that is defined in the arcotcommon.ini

                                Modify only the pertinent details