CS Application Not Activated: "Caused By: java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: [IP_ADDRESS];" (Doc ID 2023365.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 01, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

After changing the IP address of the server, Sites' ehCache is still trying to use the old IP address, even though the DNS was updated with the new IP address.

The CS application in WebLogic fails to start with the following stack trace in the managed server logs:

<Jun 16, 2015 8:36:46 AM MYT> <Error> <HTTP> <BEA-101165> <Could not load user defined filter in web.xml: com.fatwire.wem.sso.SSOFilter.
javax.servlet.ServletException: Failed to create SSO filter. Reason: Error creating bean with name 'ssolistener' defined in class path resource [SSOConfig.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at com.fatwire.wem.sso.SSOFilter.init(SSOFilter.java:72)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterManager$FilterInitAction.run(FilterManager.java:332)
    at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
    at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterManager.loadFilter(FilterManager.java:98)
    Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'ssolistener' defined in class path resource [SSOConfig.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:883)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:839)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:440)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
    Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
    at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:100)
    Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: net.sf.ehcache.CacheException: Problem starting listener for RMICachePeer //[IP_ADDRESS:PORT]/dependencyRepository. Initial cause was Connection refused to host: [IP_ADDRESS]; nested exception is:
    java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
    at net.sf.ehcache.distribution.RMICacheManagerPeerListener.notifyCacheAdded(RMICacheManagerPeerListener.java:529)
    at net.sf.ehcache.event.CacheManagerEventListenerRegistry.notifyCacheAdded(CacheManagerEventListenerRegistry.java:157)
    at net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager.addCacheNoCheck(CacheManager.java:824)
    at net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager.addConfiguredCaches(CacheManager.java:507)
    at net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager.init(CacheManager.java:318)
    Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: [IP_ADDRESS]; nested exception is:
    java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:601)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.createConnection(TCPChannel.java:198)
    at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.newConnection(TCPChannel.java:184)
    at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.newCall(UnicastRef.java:322)
    at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Stub.rebind(Unknown Source)
    Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:351)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:213)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:200)
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
    Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
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