OVD 11g "javax.naming.NamingException: Cannot parse url" "java.net.MalformedURLException: Not an LDAP URL" (Doc ID 2150006.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 30, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

New LDAP adapter created in ODSM, but OVD unable to make connections to backend LDAP server.

The following error found in OVD diag logs

Caused by: javax.naming.NamingException: Cannot parse url: ]:<PORT> [Root exception is java.net.MalformedURLException: Not an LDAP URL: ]:<PORT>]
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapURL.(LdapURL.java:95)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory.getUsingURL(LdapCtxFactory.java:164)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory.getUsingURLs(LdapCtxFactory.java:211)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory.getLdapCtxInstance(LdapCtxFactory.java:154)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory.getInitialContext(LdapCtxFactory.java:84)
at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:684)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:307)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.init(InitialContext.java:242)
at javax.naming.ldap.InitialLdapContext.(InitialLdapContext.java:153)
at com.octetstring.vde.backend.jndi.JNDIConnectionPool.createCtx(JNDIConnectionPool.java:434)
at com.octetstring.vde.backend.jndi.JNDIConnectionPool.create(JNDIConnectionPool.java:465)
at com.octetstring.vde.backend.jndi.JNDIConnectionPool.(JNDIConnectionPool.java:146)
at com.octetstring.vde.backend.jndi.RemoteServer.getJNDIConnectionPool(RemoteServer.java:157)
at com.octetstring.vde.backend.jndi.BackendJNDI.getLDAPContext(BackendJNDI.java:1009)
... 39 more
Caused by: java.net.MalformedURLException: Not an LDAP URL: ]:<PORT>
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapURL.(LdapURL.java:89)
... 52 more

adapter.os_xml has the following entries

<hosts>
<host port="<PORT>" percentage="10" readonly="false"><HOSTNAME1></host>
<host port="<PORT>" percentage="90" readonly="false"><HOSTNAME2> </host>
</hosts>

Cause

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