v7.0.0 installation fails during configuring wildfly Failed to set session cookie. Error message - Unable to connect to controller. Caught: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to connect to controller.
Originally Published: 2016-04-20
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Product/Service Type: Software Appliance
RSA Version/Condition: 7.0
Platform: Wildfly
Issue
[Thu Dec 10 02:04:15 EST 2015]: Failed to set session cookie. Error message - Unable to connect to controller.
Caught: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to connect to controller.
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to connect to controller.
at org.jboss.as.cli.scriptsupport.CLI.connect(CLI.java:84)
at org.jboss.as.cli.scriptsupport.CLI$connect.call(Unknown Source)
at com.aveksa.wildfly.Util.connect(Util.groovy:131)
at com.aveksa.wildfly.Util$connect.call(Unknown Source)
at com.aveksa.wildfly.Undertow.setSessionCookieFlag(Undertow.groovy:102)
at com.aveksa.wildfly.Undertow.enableSecureCookie(Undertow.groovy:65)
at com.aveksa.wildfly.Undertow.main(Undertow.groovy:210)
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:1028)
at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextImpl.connectController(CommandContextImpl.java:840)
at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextImpl.connectController(CommandContextImpl.java:819)
at org.jboss.as.cli.scriptsupport.CLI.connect(CLI.java:80)
... 6 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: java.net.ConnectException: JBAS012174: Could not connect to http-remoting://localhost:9990. The connection failed
at org.jboss.as.controller.client.impl.AbstractModelControllerClient.executeForResult(AbstractModelControllerClient.java:129)
at org.jboss.as.controller.client.impl.AbstractModelControllerClient.execute(AbstractModelControllerClient.java:71)
at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CommandContextImpl.tryConnection(CommandContextImpl.java:1005)
... 9 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: JBAS012174: Could not connect to http-remoting://localhost:9990. The connection failed
at org.jboss.as.protocol.ProtocolConnectionUtils.connectSync(ProtocolConnectionUtils.java:117)
at org.jboss.as.protocol.ProtocolConnectionManager$EstablishingConnection.connect(ProtocolConnectionManager.java:256)
at org.jboss.as.protocol.ProtocolConnectionManager.connect(ProtocolConnectionManager.java:70)
at org.jboss.as.protocol.mgmt.FutureManagementChannel$Establishing.getChannel(FutureManagementChannel.java:204)
at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CLIModelControllerClient.getOrCreateChannel(CLIModelControllerClient.java:169)
at org.jboss.as.cli.impl.CLIModelControllerClient$2.getChannel(CLIModelControllerClient.java:129)
at org.jboss.as.protocol.mgmt.ManagementChannelHandler.executeRequest(ManagementChannelHandler.java:117)
at org.jboss.as.protocol.mgmt.ManagementChannelHandler.executeRequest(ManagementChannelHandler.java:92)
at org.jboss.as.controller.client.impl.AbstractModelControllerClient.executeRequest(AbstractModelControllerClient.java:236)
at org.jboss.as.controller.client.impl.AbstractModelControllerClient.execute(AbstractModelControllerClient.java:141)
at org.jboss.as.controller.client.impl.AbstractModelControllerClient.executeForResult(AbstractModelControllerClient.java:127)
... 11 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
at org.xnio.nio.WorkerThread$ConnectHandle.handleReady(WorkerThread.java:319)
at org.xnio.nio.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:539)
at ...asynchronous invocation...(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.remoting3.EndpointImpl.doConnect(EndpointImpl.java:272)
at org.jboss.remoting3.EndpointImpl.doConnect(EndpointImpl.java:253)
at org.jboss.remoting3.EndpointImpl.connect(EndpointImpl.java:351)
at org.jboss.remoting3.EndpointImpl.connect(EndpointImpl.java:339)
at org.jboss.as.protocol.ProtocolConnectionUtils.connect(ProtocolConnectionUtils.java:78)
at org.jboss.as.protocol.ProtocolConnectionUtils.connectSync(ProtocolConnectionUtils.java:109)
... 21 more
Failed to enable secure cookies on Wildfly
Step failed! See for more information.Cause
[root@rtplapdvavk03 ~]# ping localhost
ping: unknown host localhost
Resolution
** add localhost to the ip 127.0.0.1 **
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