JBoss ON server installation does not complete and repeatedly displays: Still waiting for server to start...

Environment

• Red Hat JBoss Operations Network (ON)

  • 3.3.0
  • 3.3.1
  • 3.3.2
  • 3.3.3
  • 3.3.4
  • 3.3.5
  • 3.3.6
  • 3.3.7
  • 3.3.8

• rhq-server.properties is missing jboss.bind.address.management property or it is commented out

    ...
    # By default only local management connections 
    # jboss.bind.address.management=127.0.0.1
    ...
  

• Executed JBoss ON installer rhqctl install

Issue

• Install does not complete.

• Install repeatedly prints the message:

    INFO  [org.rhq.server.control.command.Install] Still waiting for server to start...
  

Resolution

This issue is resolved in JBoss ON 3.3 Update-09 (3.3.9) and later.

Root Cause

The jboss.bind.address.management property has not been defined in rhq-server.properties. The installer is attempting to use the property value to test connectivity to the JBoss ON server during initial installation and setup tasks. Because the value is undefined, the test repeatedly fails.

This issue was captured in This content is not included.Red Hat Bugzilla 1343642.

Diagnostic Steps

• Check the rhq-server.properties file and make sure that jboss.bind.address.management is not commented out.

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