Failed to lookup JMS destination with ConnectException: Connection refused, then NameNotFoundException: queue/exampleQueue in JBoss EAP 5

Issue

• Fail to lookup JMS queue in JBoss EAP and seeing the exception below:

javax.naming.CommunicationException [Root exception is java.rmi.RemoteException: Service unavailable.; nested exception is:
  java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: example-host1; nested exception is:
  java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused]
  at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:886)
  at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:713)
  at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:411)
  at com.jboss.examples.services.ExampleJMSService.initJMS(MediatorService.java:824)
  ...
Caused by: java.rmi.RemoteException: Service unavailable.; nested exception is:
  java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: example-host1; nested exception is:
  java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
  at org.jboss.ha.framework.interfaces.HARMIClient.invokeRemote(HARMIClient.java:267)
  at org.jboss.ha.framework.interfaces.HARMIClient.invoke(HARMIClient.java:327)
  at $Proxy240.lookup(Unknown Source)
  at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:753)
  ... 7 more
Caused by: java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: example-host1; nested exception is:
  java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
  at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:619)
  at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.createConnection(TCPChannel.java:216)
  at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.newConnection(TCPChannel.java:202)
  at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:128)
  at org.jboss.ha.framework.server.HARMIServerImpl_Stub.invoke(Unknown Source)
  at org.jboss.ha.framework.interfaces.HARMIClient.invokeRemote(HARMIClient.java:225)
  ... 10 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
  at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
  at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:339)
  at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:200)
  at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:182)
  at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:391)
  at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:579)
  at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:528)
  at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:425)
  at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:208)
  at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIDirectSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIDirectSocketFactory.java:40)
  at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIMasterSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIMasterSocketFactory.java:146)
  at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:613)
  ... 15 more
...
javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: queue/exampleQueue
  at org.jboss.ha.jndi.HAJNDI.lookupRemotely(HAJNDI.java:354)
  at org.jboss.ha.jndi.HAJNDI.lookup(HAJNDI.java:260)
  at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor449.invoke(Unknown Source)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
  at org.jboss.ha.framework.server.HARMIServerImpl.invoke(HARMIServerImpl.java:236)
  at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor447.invoke(Unknown Source)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
  at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:322)
  at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:177)
  at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:174)
  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
  at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:173)
  at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:553)
  at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:808)
  at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:667)
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
  at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(StreamRemoteCall.java:273)
  at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(StreamRemoteCall.java:251)
  at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:160)
  at org.jboss.ha.framework.server.HARMIServerImpl_Stub.invoke(Unknown Source)
  at org.jboss.ha.framework.interfaces.HARMIClient.invokeRemote(HARMIClient.java:225)
  at org.jboss.ha.framework.interfaces.HARMIClient.invoke(HARMIClient.java:327)
  at $Proxy240.lookup(Unknown Source)
  at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:753)
  at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:713)
  at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:411)
  at com.jboss.examples.services.ExampleJMSService.initJMS(MediatorService.java:824)
  at com.jboss.examples.services.ExampleJMSService.access$100(MediatorService.java:67)
  at com.jboss.examples.services.ExampleJMSService$ExceptionListenerImpl.onException(MediatorService.java:927)
  at org.jboss.jms.client.remoting.ConsolidatedRemotingConnectionListener.handleConnectionException(ConsolidatedRemotingConnectionListener.java:130)
  at org.jboss.remoting.ConnectionValidator$3.run(ConnectionValidator.java:524)