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Can't connect to port 9080 error displayed during IBM InfoSphere MetaData Workbench 8.1 install on existing installation

Troubleshooting


Problem

When trying to install MetaData Workbench (MDW) on existing Information Server installation, the following error message is displayed: Can't connect to port 9080.

Diagnosing The Problem

SystemOut.log contains:

[12/15/10 8:40:35:020 EST] 0000000a TrustAssociat A SECJ0121I: Trust Association Init class com.ibm.ws.security.web.TAMTrustAssociationInterceptorPlus loaded successfully
[12/15/10 8:40:35:042 EST] 0000000a TAMTrustAssoc I com.ibm.ws.security.web.TAMTrustAssociationInterceptorPlusinitialize(Properties) AWXRB0008E An error occurred retrieving the mandatory property, com.ibm.websphere.security.webseal.loginId, causing initialization to fail.
[12/15/10 8:40:35:045 EST] 0000000a TAMTrustAssoc I
com.ibm.ws.security.web.TAMTrustAssociationInterceptorPlusinitialize(Properties) The Trust Association Interceptor component of embedded Tivoli Access Manager initialization has failed.
[12/15/10 8:40:35:047 EST] 0000000a TrustAssociat E SECJ0384E: Trust Association Init Error. The Trust Association interceptor implementation com.ibm.ws.security.web.TAMTrustAssociationInterceptorPlus initialization failed. The error status/exception is -1.

Resolving The Problem

On AIX platform, the errors can indicate a ulimit problem. If you are using the WAS startServer.sh server1 command please perform the following to ensure the ulimit is set to 10240:

  1. Modify MetadataServer_env.sh file in ASBServer/bin directory to add the following line:

    ulimit -n 10240


  2. Run the following command in ASBServer/bin to start WebSphere:

    MetadataServer.sh run


If the above checks out or you are not running on AIX platform, the problem may be explained by the following:

WebSeal is throwing the errors. WebSeal seems to have been shipped enabled with WAS 8.1. WebSeal is a product also related to Tivoli. WebSeal has not been tested or QAed with IS 8.1.

Here are the steps to disable it.
  1. Backup the current security.xml file from:

    WAS_HOME/profiles/<profileName>/config/cells/<cellName>


  2. Log in to Web Admin console and navigate to:

    Global security > LTPA > Trust association > Interceptors > com.ibm.ws.security.web.WebSealTrustAssociationInterceptor > Custom properties


  3. Remove all trust association from custom properties

    com.ibm.websphere.security.webseal.loginId <trusted user>
    com.ibm.websphere.security.webseal.id Iv-user,iv-creds (TAI++ req)
    com.ibm.WebSphere.security.WebSEAL.hostnames <host1>,<host2>...<hostn> com.ibm.WebSphere.security.WebSEAL.ports <port1>,<port2>...<portn> com.ibm.websphere.security.webseal.ssoPwdExpiry (positive integer) com.ibm.websphere.security.webseal.viaDepth (positive integer)


  4. Save and sync with node - if it is Network Deployment setup, if it is stand alone, save the file

[{"Product":{"code":"SS3GFL","label":"InfoSphere Metadata Workbench"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud & Data Platform"},"Component":"--","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"8.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"","label":""}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21460735

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