Error in full cache refresh in https mode

July 16, 2009 at 9:15 am

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Symptom
Full cache refresh works correctly in http mode.
But below error occurs during full cache refresh in https mode
CPA Cache not updated with directory data.
com.sap.aii.af.service.cpa.impl.exception.CPADirectoryCacheException: Could not open Directory URL. Reason: java.lang.RuntimeException: Error while silently connecting: org.w3c.www.protocol.http.HttpException: Unable to contact target server :
after 1 tries. At com.sap.aii.af.service.cpa.impl.cache.directory.SecureDirectoryAccess.getDataFromDirectory
Other terms
Full cache refresh error, https, timeout
Reason [...]

Creating plug-in trace files for troubleshooting

July 3, 2009 at 3:01 am

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Symptom
This note describes different options to create plug-in trace information. You need this information for analyzing plug-in problems. Troubleshooting depends also always on the actual problem constellations. HTTP, HTTPS and SMTP figure among the plug-in logs.
Other terms
Trace, Plugin, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, SMTP
Reason and Prerequisites
In the following, plug-in communication refers to one of the [...]

Performance problems with https requests.

July 3, 2009 at 12:38 am

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Symptom
In most of the cases the issues are created with Load Runner test. The test with http requests shows significantly better performance than https requests. In the defaultTrace on the dispatcher node the following errors appear:
IOException while handshaking: Read timed out
Sending alert: Alert Fatal: handshake failure
Shutting down SSL layer…
Other terms
SSL https J2EE performance
Reason [...]