Cookie Encryption Key

[Cantor, Scott]

> I went ahead and disabled the use of the Cookie Encryption Key. On
> startup, the error below is logged.

This is why I would advise you not to bother.

> Apparently, in lines 168 - 176 of file system/conf/global-system.xml, a
> default keystore of type JCEKS and with the alias secret is configured.
> Can this be the cause of it?

There's a CAS bean that's depending on the keystore and it might not be possible to conditionally instantiate it. You can file a bug around making sure the documented process to disable this gets updated, but this is very, very low priority, there's simply no reason to worry about it.

-- Scott