CommunicationException when trying to use shutdown.sh on JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)

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Environment

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)

  • 4.3
  • 5.x

Issue

$ ./shutdown.sh -S
Exception in thread "main" javax.naming.CommunicationException: Could not obtain connection to any of these urls: localhost:1099 [Root exception is javax.naming.CommunicationException: Failed to connect to server localhost:1099 [Root exception is javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException: Failed to connect to server localhost:1099 [Root exception is java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused]]]
        at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.checkRef(NamingContext.java:1562)
        at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:634)
        at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:627)
        at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:351)
        at org.jboss.Shutdown.main(Shutdown.java:214)
Caused by: javax.naming.CommunicationException: Failed to connect to server localhost:1099 [Root exception is javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException: Failed to connect to server localhost:1099 [Root exception is java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused]]
        at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.getServer(NamingContext.java:274)
        at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.checkRef(NamingContext.java:1533)
        ... 4 more
Caused by: javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException: Failed to connect to server localhost:1099 [Root exception is java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused]
        at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.getServer(NamingContext.java:248)
        ... 5 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
        at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
        at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:520)
        at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:470)
        at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:367)
        at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:267)
        at org.jnp.interfaces.TimedSocketFactory.createSocket(TimedSocketFactory.java:84)
        at org.jnp.interfaces.TimedSocketFactory.createSocket(TimedSocketFactory.java:77)
        at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.getServer(NamingContext.java:244)
        ... 5 more

Resolution

Root Cause

  • When the bind address is set, JBoss no longer listens on localhost
  • shutdown.sh tries to connect to JNDI port 1099 by default

Diagnostic Steps

  • Determine address and port of JNDI
  • Check whether they are passing a  "-b x.y.z.w" option to run.sh, or otherwise setting the bind address
  • Check whether they are using the ServiceBindingManager to alter ports

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