2016-09-21 11:13:54,805 http-bio-8081-exec-170 ERROR [crowd.console.action.Login] Failed to connect to the authentication server, please check your crowd.properties
org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationServiceException: Could not invoke service.. Nested exception is org.codehaus.xfire.fault.XFireFault: ParseError at [row,col]:[1,1]
Message: Premature end of file.
	at com.atlassian.crowd.integration.springsecurity.CrowdAuthenticationProvider.translateException(CrowdAuthenticationProvider.java:301)
	at com.atlassian.crowd.integration.springsecurity.CrowdAuthenticationProvider.authenticateUsernamePassword(CrowdAuthenticationProvider.java:164)
	at com.atlassian.crowd.integration.springsecurity.CrowdAuthenticationProvider.authenticate(CrowdAuthenticationProvider.java:102)
	at org.springframework.security.authentication.ProviderManager.authenticate(ProviderManager.java:156)
	at com.atlassian.crowd.integration.springsecurity.DynamicProviderManagerImpl.authenticate(DynamicProviderManagerImpl.java:40)
	at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.attemptAuthentication(UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.java:94)