WARNING: Catalina.start using conf/server.xml: The reference to entity "" must end with the ';' delimiter

WARNING: Catalina.start using conf/server.xml: The reference to entity "" must end with the ';' delimiter

While configuring SSL, the Spotfire Server service may fail to start with the following warning in the catalina log: 

      WARNING-Catalina-start-using-conf-server-xml-The-reference-to-entity-must-end-with-the-delimiter

This issue is seen when the keystore password may have special characters such as: &, <, >, ", ' etc.  Replace the special characters in the password with the following to resolve this issue:

& - &
< - <
> - >
" - "
' - '

Example: If the password is "&Spotfire<" then update it to "&amp;Spotfire&lt;"