AFX Server is in a 'Not running' State in the user interface but 'afx status' indicates AFX is running in RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle
Originally Published: 2018-06-20
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Version/Condition: 7.0.2, 7.1.0
Issue
Additional Symptoms
- The output from the afx status command indicates that AFX is running.
- No changes have been made to the system.
- There may be connection refused errors in the $AFX_HOME/esb/logs/esb.AFX-INIT.log but the other AFX logs and the aveksaServer.log have no errors.
- The following message is seen repeatedly in the $AVEKSA_HOME/wildfly/standalone/log/aveksaServer.log file:
[com.aveksa.afx.server.service.AFXServerAgentServiceProvider] getServerAgentUptimeDate: Removing the uptime date for server agent 1 - prior uptime date: null, prior last polled date: null, last polled date: 2018-06-12 19:08:56.0, current date: 2018-06- 12 20:25:35.0, polling interval 5000
Please refer to RSA Knowledge Base Article 000030327 -- Artifacts to gather in RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle to find the location of the aveksaServer.log file for your specific deployment if you are on a WildFly cluster or a non-WildFly platform. The aveksaServer.log may also be downloaded from the RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle user interface (Admin > System > Server Nodes tab > under Logs.)
Cause
Resolution
This patch updates the persistence layer which prevents deadlocks when updating the T_AV_AFX_SERVER_AGENT table (and other tables).
Unfortunately due to the complexity of the fix for this issue, this issue cannot be back-ported to 7.0.2.
Workaround
afx stop acm stop acm stopdb acm startdb acm start afx start
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