Why does EJB3 over HTTPS fail when the HTTP connector is disabled in JBoss?

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Issue

  • Why does EJB3 over HTTPS fail when the HTTP connector is disabled in JBoss?
  • We are following these directions for enabling EJB3 RMI over HTTPS, but we are getting a connection refused exception when the HTTP connector is disabled in jbossweb.sar/server.xml:
    
Caused by: java.rmi.ServerException: IOE; nested exception is: 
      java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
      at org.jboss.invocation.http.interfaces.HttpInvokerProxy.invoke(HttpInvokerProxy.java:133)
      at org.jboss.invocation.InvokerInterceptor.invokeInvoker(InvokerInterceptor.java:365)
      at org.jboss.invocation.InvokerInterceptor.invoke(InvokerInterceptor.java:197)
      at org.jboss.naming.interceptors.ExceptionInterceptor.invoke(ExceptionInterceptor.java:57)
      ... 9 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
      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)
      at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:529)
      at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:478)
      at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:163)
      at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:394)
      at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:529)
      at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:233)
      at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:306)
      at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:323)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(HttpURLConnection.java:970)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:911)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:836)
      at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1014)
      at org.jboss.invocation.http.interfaces.Util.invoke(Util.java:163)
      at org.jboss.invocation.http.interfaces.HttpInvokerProxy.invoke(HttpInvokerProxy.java:118)
      ... 12 more

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 5.1.0

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