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Connection Refused error message.

Troubleshooting


Problem

A remote node refused to allow the attempted connect operation. The attempt to connect to a socket was refused because there was no process listening, or because the queue of connection requests was full and the underlying protocol does not support retransmissions.

Symptom

Errors similar to the following appear in the am-stderr.log:

Unable to join Kernel <MS_HOSTNAME or IP>:9120 -
java.net.ConnectException: A remote host refused an attempted
connect operation.; nested exception is:
java.net.ConnectException: A remote host refused an attempted
connect operation.

Unable to join Kernel <MS_HOSTNAME or IP>:9121 -
java.net.ConnectException: A remote host refused an attempted
connect operation.; nested exception is:
java.net.ConnectException: A remote host refused an attempted
connect operation.

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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swg21420638