Patching RSA Governance & Lifecycle fails with error Unable to connect to controller.
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Version/Condition: 7.x
Issue
Caught: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to connect to controller. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to connect to controller. at org.jboss.as.cli.scriptsupport.CLI.doConnect(CLI.java:306) at org.jboss.as.cli.scriptsupport.CLI.connect(CLI.java:82) at org.jboss.as.cli.scriptsupport.CLI$connect$0.call(Unknown Source) at com.aveksa.wildfly.Util.connect(Util.groovy:157) at com.aveksa.wildfly.Util$connect.call(Unknown Source) at com.aveksa.wildfly.CustomizeACM.addLoggingFilters(CustomizeACM.groovy:573) at com.aveksa.wildfly.CustomizeACM.run(CustomizeACM.groovy:55) Caused by: org.jboss.as.cli.CommandLineException: The controller is not available at localhost:9990 at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextImpl.tryConnection(CommandContextImpl.java:1520) at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextImpl.connectController(CommandContextImpl.java:1296) ... 22 more An error occured in the customizeACM command : error code 1
Resolution
- Connect to the server SSH session.
- ACM stop.
- Run the command ifconfig to get the server IP address.
- Go to the path /home/oracle/wildfly/bin/
- Take a backup of the file jboss-cli.xml by running the command
cp jboss-cli.xml jboss-cli.xml.bkp
- Edit the jboss-cli.xml file and replace Localhost with the server IP address.
<default-controller> <protocol>remote+http</protocol> <host>localhost</host> <port>9990</port> </default-controller>
- ACM start
- Install the Patch
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