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Cloud Connector is in Inactive state

Troubleshooting


Problem

Unable to restart Cloud Connector by running the command:

      chsvc -s cloudconn -o restart -k <long key>

The command is hanging during execution.

diagcloudconn shows inactive

Symptom

Error observed in cloud connector logs:

2024-08-23_11:23:31.061 [main] ERROR app.Application -
    status code: 403, reason phrase: Forbidden
org.apache.http.client.HttpResponseException: status code: 403, reason phrase: Forbidden
        at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractResponseHandler.handleResponse(AbstractResponseHandler.java:70)
        at org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicResponseHandler.handleResponse(BasicResponseHandler.java:66)
        at app.Application.getXSRFToken(Application.java:489)
        at app.Application.getXSRFToken(Application.java:524)
        at app.Application.getXSRFToken(Application.java:524)
        at app.Application.getXSRFToken(Application.java:524)
        at app.Application.getXSRFToken(Application.java:524)
        at app.Application.getXSRFToken(Application.java:524)
        at app.Application.getCloudantCredentials(Application.java:469)
        at app.Application.getCloudConnectorConfigurationFile(Application.java:410)
        at app.Application.init(Application.java:300)
        at app.Application$InitWithRetriesModel.execute(Application.java:631)
        at app.Application$InitWithRetriesModel.execute(Application.java:614)
        at util.RetryDecorator.executeWithRetries(RetryDecorator.java:31)
        at app.Application.execute(Application.java:186)
        at app.Application$MainWithRetriesModel.execute(Application.java:647)
        at app.Application$MainWithRetriesModel.execute(Application.java:635)
        at util.RetryDecorator.executeWithRetries(RetryDecorator.java:31)
        at app.Application.main(Application.java:131)
2024-08-23_11:23:31.061 [main] ERROR util.RetryDecorator -
    InitWithRetriesModel : Retry attempt failed : 5 with error Failed to retrieve XSRF token..
exceptions.NoCloudConnectorConfigurationFileException: Failed to retrieve XSRF token..
        at app.Application.getXSRFToken(Application.java:534)
        at app.Application.getXSRFToken(Application.java:524)
        at app.Application.getXSRFToken(Application.java:524)
        at app.Application.getXSRFToken(Application.java:524)
        at app.Application.getXSRFToken(Application.java:524)
        at app.Application.getXSRFToken(Application.java:524)
        at app.Application.getCloudantCredentials(Application.java:469)
        at app.Application.getCloudConnectorConfigurationFile(Application.java:410)
        at app.Application.init(Application.java:300)
        at app.Application$InitWithRetriesModel.execute(Application.java:631)
        at app.Application$InitWithRetriesModel.execute(Application.java:614)
        at util.RetryDecorator.executeWithRetries(RetryDecorator.java:31)
at app.Application.execute(Application.java:186)
        at app.Application$MainWithRetriesModel.execute(Application.java:647)
        at app.Application$MainWithRetriesModel.execute(Application.java:635)
        at util.RetryDecorator.executeWithRetries(RetryDecorator.java:31)
        at app.Application.main(Application.java:131)

Resolving The Problem

After analyzing the logs it is found that the connection is failing with 403 (forbidden) error. Restart cloud connector with the correct proxy details . Also make sure that below configurations present on firewall/proxy.

1. Allow https connection to <hostname>.com:443
2. Allow https connection to <hostname>.bluemix.cloudant.com:443
3. Allow connection to <IPaddress> over 5044 port (non-http connection). Also allow tunneling and disable SSL interception on this endpoint.

Document Location

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Document Information

Modified date:
19 December 2024

UID

ibm17178520