Get Connection Refused Error When to Start Managed Server (Doc ID 2461358.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

On :  9.3.6.0 version, Application Server

When attempting to start one of Managed Servers,
the following error occurs.

ERROR
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[from AdminURL 0] weblogic.deploy.service.internal.transport.UnreachableHostException: [Deployer:149145]Unable to contact "null". Deployment is deferred until "null" becomes available. WARNING: If this is a redeploy app and contains JSP pages that have been touched, these JSP changes wont be reflected when the server starts unless precompile is set to true in weblogic.xml; nested exception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Tried all: '1' addresses, but could not connect over HTTP to server: server2', port: '9003'
failed reasons:
 [0] address:'server2',port:'9003' : java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused)
[from AdminURL 1] weblogic.deploy.service.internal.transport.UnreachableHostException: [Deployer:149145]Unable to contact "null". Deployment is deferred until "null" becomes available. WARNING: If this is a redeploy app and contains JSP pages that have been touched, these JSP changes wont be reflected when the server starts unless precompile is set to true in weblogic.xml; nested exception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Tried all: '1' addresses, but could not connect over HTTP to server: 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx', port: '9003'
failed reasons:
 [0] address:'/xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx',port:'9003' : java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused)



STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. run startAgileServerManaged1.sh on one of Managed Servers
2. Server fails to start with above error

Changes

 New installation

Cause

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