After starting AFX, some AFX Connectors fail to go to a Running state due to Out of Memory errors in RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle

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Article Number

000033770

Applies To

RSA Product Set: RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle
RSA Version/Condition: 7.x

 

Issue

When starting AFX, some connectors fail to go into a Running state. This is most often seen after an RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle upgrade or after adding many new connectors to the existing configuration.

The AFX log files located in $AFX_HOME/esb/logs, $AFX_HOME/mmc-console/logs, and $AFX_HOME/activemq/data show OutOfMemoryError errors. For example,
 

INFO  2016-07-12 14:33:35,764 [WrapperListener_start_runner] org.mule.module.launcher.log4j.ArtifactAwareRepositorySelector: Found logging config for application 'AFX-SETTINGS-OpenLDAP' at 'file:/aveksa_afx_tst/AFX/mule/apps/AFX-SETTINGS-OpenLDAP/classes/log4j.xml' ERROR 2016-07-12 14:33:36,463 [WrapperListener_start_runner] org.mule.module.launcher.DefaultArchiveDeployer:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Failed to deploy artifact 'AFX-SETTINGS-OpenLDAP', see   +
+ below                                                    +
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org.mule.module.launcher.DeploymentStartException: OutOfMemoryError: unable to create new native thread        
at org.mule.module.launcher.application.DefaultMuleApplication.start(DefaultMuleApplication.java:155)        
at org.mule.module.launcher.artifact.ArtifactWrapper$4.execute(ArtifactWrapper.java:98)      
at org.mule.module.launcher.artifact.ArtifactWrapper.executeWithinArtifactClassLoader(ArtifactWrapper.java:129)        
at org.mule.module.launcher.DefaultArchiveDeployer.deployExplodedArtifact(DefaultArchiveDeployer.java:108)

Cause

The ulimits in /etc/security/limits.conf are not configured appropriately causing AFX to run out of memory.

Resolution

Please refer to RSA Knowledge Base Article 000038069 -- What are the recommended ulimit settings in /etc/security/limits.conf for use with RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle for instructions on setting ulimits to the appropriate values for use with RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle and AFX.