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The number of connections in the LISTEN state keeps growing

Troubleshooting


Problem

The number of connections in the LISTEN state is growing continuously. This can be seen by using a netstat command from a command line or from the contents of the perimeter server log file. The node eventually exhausts all available connections at which time it must be stopped and restarted.

Symptom

  • A netstat command shows a local IP:port and no remote port or hostname for the Listen connection.
  • The listen connection port can be matched to the noapp pid.
  • There are no server adapters configured with the port number indicated.
  • There is a new connection initiated by the load balancer that fails and has a source port matching the netstat local port in listening for each new connection of the growing number of connections.
  • After a stop of the affected node, the connections disappear, but immediately resume growing in number when the node is restarted.
  • "ERROR Relay[local]: Max concurrent circuits reached" eventually appears in perimeter server log unless the node is stopped and restarted prior to that.

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Modified date:
20 November 2019

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