The HTTP Server is Restarted Once Every minute: [Libopmnohs] Process Unreachable: HTTP_Server (Doc ID 298982.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 12, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle Fusion Middleware - Version 9.0.4.0.0 to 10.1.3.5.0 [Release AS10g to AS10gR3]
Oracle HTTP Server - Version 9.0.4.0 to 10.1.3.5.0 [Release AS10g to AS10gR3]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Oracle Application Server 10g Enterprise Edition - Version: 9.0.4.0.0 to 10.1.3.5.0
Checked for relevance on 26-Aug-2013
Checked for relevance on 11-Oct-2010



Symptoms

In an Application Server environment the HTTP_Server component keeps restarting. The $ORACLE_HOME/opmn/logs/ipm.log file is filling up with Connection refused errors:

05/02/18 18:15:25 [4] Process Alive: HTTP_Server~HTTP_Server~HTTP_Server~1 (580124758:21438)
05/02/18 18:15:25 [4] Request 6 Completed. Command: start
05/02/18 18:15:44 [4] [libopmnohs] Process Ping Failed: HTTP_Server~HTTP_Server~HTTP_Server~1
(580124758:21438) [Connection refused]
05/02/18 18:16:04 [4] [libopmnohs] Process Ping Failed: HTTP_Server~HTTP_Server~HTTP_Server~1
(580124758:21438) [Connection refused]
05/02/18 18:16:24 [4] [libopmnohs] Process Ping Failed: HTTP_Server~HTTP_Server~HTTP_Server~1
(580124758:21438) [Connection refused]
05/02/18 18:16:24 [4] [libopmnohs] Process Unreachable:

 

In Application Server 10.1.3 environments this error is logged in $ORACLE_HOME/opmn/logs/opmn.log instead of ipm.log

Cause

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