ADMA0174E: The filepermission argument contains an invalid format or contains an invalid regular expression pattern: $(APP_INSTALL_ROOT)

If you are getting following error while deploying a web application (war or ear file) on WebShere Application Server V7, then all you need to do is, restart your dmgr. Restarting dmgr will resolve your issue.

ADMA0174E: The filepermission argument contains an invalid format or contains an invalid regular expression pattern: $(APP_INSTALL_ROOT)

Resolution:

1.) Login to server where WebSphere Application Server is installed.

2.) go to location /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin

3.) use ./stopManager.sh -profileName dmgr   and    ./startManager.sh -profileName dmgr

NOTE: You will be asked for username & password while stopping the Node Manager.

Hope this helps.

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