Changing default remote port 4447 doesn't work

[robert.w]

Hi,

On my Jboss 7.1.1 instance, I tried to change the default remote port 4447 by changing the standalone-full.xml:

(...)

    <socket-binding-group name="standard-sockets" default-interface="public" port-offset="${jboss.socket.binding.port-offset:0}">

        <socket-binding name="management-native" interface="management" port="${jboss.management.native.port:9999}"/>

        <socket-binding name="management-http" interface="management" port="${jboss.management.http.port:9990}"/>

        <socket-binding name="management-https" interface="management" port="${jboss.management.https.port:9443}"/>

        <socket-binding name="ajp" port="8009"/>

        <socket-binding name="http" port="56080"/>

        <socket-binding name="https" port="8443"/>

        <socket-binding name="jacorb" interface="unsecure" port="3528"/>

        <socket-binding name="jacorb-ssl" interface="unsecure" port="3529"/>

        <socket-binding name="messaging" port="5445"/>

        <socket-binding name="messaging-throughput" port="5455"/>

        <socket-binding name="osgi-http" interface="management" port="8090"/>

        <socket-binding name="remoting" port="56099"/>

        <socket-binding name="txn-recovery-environment" port="4712"/>

        <socket-binding name="txn-status-manager" port="4713"/>

        <outbound-socket-binding name="mail-smtp">

            <remote-destination host="localhost" port="25"/>

        </outbound-socket-binding>

    </socket-binding-group>

(...)

and the domain.xml:

(...)

        <socket-binding-group name="full-sockets" default-interface="public">

            <!-- Needed for server groups using the 'full' profile  -->

            <socket-binding name="ajp" port="8009"/>

            <socket-binding name="http" port="56080"/>

            <socket-binding name="https" port="8443"/>

            <socket-binding name="jacorb" interface="unsecure" port="3528"/>

            <socket-binding name="jacorb-ssl" interface="unsecure" port="3529"/>

            <socket-binding name="messaging" port="5445"/>

            <socket-binding name="messaging-throughput" port="5455"/>

            <socket-binding name="osgi-http" interface="management" port="8090"/>

            <socket-binding name="remoting" port="56099"/>

            <socket-binding name="txn-recovery-environment" port="4712"/>

            <socket-binding name="txn-status-manager" port="4713"/>

            <outbound-socket-binding name="mail-smtp">

                <remote-destination host="localhost" port="25"/>

            </outbound-socket-binding>

        </socket-binding-group>

(...)

My Java code to connect is like this:

   Hashtable jndiProps = new Hashtable();
   jndiProps.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "org.jboss.naming.remote.client.InitialContextFactory");
   jndiProps.put(InitialContext.PROVIDER_URL, "remote://localhost:56099");
   jndiProps.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, "guest");
   jndiProps.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, "blank");

   Context ic = new InitialContext(jndiProps);

   cf = (ConnectionFactory) ic.lookup("jms/RemoteConnectionFactory");
   Queue queue = (Queue) ic.lookup(destinationName);

   connection = cf.createConnection();

I get following error logging:

10:20:32,682 ERROR [stderr] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-56080-1) javax.naming.NamingException: JBAS011843: Failed instantiate InitialContextFactory org.jboss.naming.remote.client.InitialContextFactory from classloader ModuleClassLoader for Module "deployment.helloworld.war:main" from Service Module Loader

10:20:32,683 ERROR [stderr] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-56080-1)  at org.jboss.as.naming.InitialContextFactoryBuilder.createInitialContextFactory(InitialContextFactoryBuilder.java:64)

10:20:32,683 ERROR [stderr] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-56080-1)  at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(Unknown Source)

10:20:32,683 ERROR [stderr] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-56080-1)  at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(Unknown Source)

10:20:32,684 ERROR [stderr] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-56080-1)  at javax.naming.InitialContext.init(Unknown Source)

10:20:32,685 ERROR [stderr] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-56080-1)  at javax.naming.InitialContext.<init>(Unknown Source)

If I change the port back to 4447, the Java code works. Is there some other config file I have to change or isn't it possible to change the remote port?

Thanks, Robert

[sfcoy]

Can you confirm (using netstat) that the server is actually listening on port 56099?

Can you confirm (using telnet) that the client machine can connect to port 56099?

Note that you cannot edit JBoss AS7.x configuration files while the server is running, because the configuration will be overwritten when the server is stopped.

[robert.w]

Just for testing purpose, client and server are on the same machine. Netstat tells me, that nothing is listening on port 56099. And so, telnet can't connect too.

I edited the files while JBoss was stoipped.

[nickarls]

Are the other ports (e.g. http) at the location you edited them to?

[dlofthouse]

Also it will be useful to know EXACTLY how you are starting JBoss so the correct configuration file to edit can be identified - there should be no need to edit both of the files listed unless you really are running in both domain mode and standalone mode.

[robert.w]

Port 56080 does work.

I start the Jboss by eclipse plugin using standalone-full.xml.

[nickarls]

Try starting it from a shell with the standalone script.

And you are sure you are hitting the correct profile (http is not 56080 in standalone.xml)? And you don't have more than one AS instance on the server?

[nickarls]

Also, when it's running, check with the web console or the CLI what the ports are set to. There are no errors on startup?

[robert.w]

I just have one instance of AS. I tried it with standalone.bat without success. 56080 was my personal setting in standalone-full.xml and it worked. The console showed me the ports I set. No errors on startup.

But now I have a new problem - 4447 doesn't work anymore too after I set anything back to 4447. Strange. I keep on fighting and let u know, when 4447 works again and 56099 not ;-)

[robert.w]

Now it works. I added a Manifest file containing Dependencies: org.jboss.remote-naming,org.hornetq.

I don't know, why it ever worked without this. Maybe, I deleted sth by accident.

Thanks guys