https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/BP-not-starting-Error-in-GFO-Connection/m-p/45833#M1959 It sounds like a network/environment issue.  My recommendation would be to start by testing your network connections between components (client/app server/database) in each direction.  It could be something as simple as a firewall blocking communication. Wed, 21 Mar 2018 20:25:00 GMT Denis__Dennehy 2018-03-21T20:25:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/BP-not-starting-Error-in-GFO-Connection/m-p/45832#M1958 Error: Could not connect to database 'GFO Connection' Connection failed - Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 10.17.153.18:8199 Server stack trace:     at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoConnect(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress)    at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect(EndPoint remoteEP)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.CreateNewSocket(EndPoint ipEndPoint)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.CreateNewSocket()    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.GetSocket()    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketCache.GetSocket(String machinePortAndSid, Boolean openNew)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.SendRequestWithRetry(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.ProcessMessage(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream, ITransportHeaders& responseHeaders, Stream& responseStream)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.BinaryClientFormatterSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg) Exception rethrown at [0]:     at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Activation.IActivator.Activate(IConstructionCallMessage msg)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Activation.LocalActivator.DoRemoteActivation(IConstructionCallMessage ctorMsg)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Activation.LocalActivator.Activate(IConstructionCallMessage ctorMsg)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Activation.AppDomainLevelActivator.Activate(IConstructionCallMessage ctorMsg)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.ClientContextTerminatorSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage reqMsg)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Activation.ActivationServices.Activate(RemotingProxy remProxy, IConstructionCallMessage ctorMsg)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RemotingProxy.InternalActivate(IConstructionCallMessage ctorMsg)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RemotingProxy.Invoke(IMessage reqMsg)    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)    at BluePrism.AutomateAppCore.clsServer..ctor()    --- End of inner exception stack trace ---    at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck)    at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)    at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceDefaultCtor(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)    at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic)    at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)    at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes)    at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Object[] args, Object[] activationAttributes)    at BluePrism.AutomateAppCore.clsServer.OpenConnection(clsDBConnectionSetting connectionSetting, Dictionary`2 keys) Tue, 13 Mar 2018 14:37:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/BP-not-starting-Error-in-GFO-Connection/m-p/45832#M1958 YogeshSharma 2018-03-13T14:37:00Z https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/BP-not-starting-Error-in-GFO-Connection/m-p/45833#M1959 It sounds like a network/environment issue.  My recommendation would be to start by testing your network connections between components (client/app server/database) in each direction.  It could be something as simple as a firewall blocking communication. Wed, 21 Mar 2018 20:25:00 GMT https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Product-Forum/BP-not-starting-Error-in-GFO-Connection/m-p/45833#M1959 Denis__Dennehy 2018-03-21T20:25:00Z