Environment
Groupwise 18.3.1
Situation
When running the web-config utility in docker the following error is reported
ava.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out (Connection timed out)
at java.base/java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
at com.microfocus.gw.AdminService.sendRequest(AdminService.java:173)
at com.microfocus.gw.poa.POAMain.getPOAList(POAMain.java:48)
at com.microfocus.gw.poa.POAMain.process(POAMain.java:78)
at com.microfocus.gw.ConfigMain.main(ConfigMain.java:59)
at java.base/java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.security.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
at com.microfocus.gw.AdminService.sendRequest(AdminService.java:173)
at com.microfocus.gw.poa.POAMain.getPOAList(POAMain.java:48)
at com.microfocus.gw.poa.POAMain.process(POAMain.java:78)
at com.microfocus.gw.ConfigMain.main(ConfigMain.java:59)
Resolution
The firewall on the docker server prevents the docker image to connect to the GW system, when the firewall is stopped the web-config utility is running correctly without errors.
Set the firewall to "do not start" after reboot in Yast and restart the server to have the firewall disabled.