AFX Server on a WildFly cluster fails to start with 'Cannot connect to RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle. The watchdog will start AFX when it can connect' error in RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle
Originally Published: 2018-05-16
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Version/Condition: 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.1.0, 7.1.1
Platform/Application Server: WildFly cluster
Issue
$ afx start
Cannot connect to RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle. The watchdog will start AFX when it can connect
to RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle.
- The RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle application and database are running.
- You are executing afx start as the afx user.
Cause
Resolution
- RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.0.2 P14
- RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.1.0 P07
- RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.1.1 P02
- RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle 7.2.0
Workaround
$ afx restart
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