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Authentication/feed collection via java/apache httpclient. Working on some servers not on others. (JSESSIONID changes after login)


Ben Beetle (1112) | asked Jul 22 '13, 1:39 p.m.
I have a java program that uses apache httpclient for collecting RSS feeds.  I don't have a lot of experience using httpclient or communicating with RTC servers but the code I have does work just fine on most servers I have tested. (both older servers and 4.0.2)

However there is a group of servers I am having an issue with. Below is the debug log starting with the POST response.  It appears (based on my limited experience) I authenticate successfully but then the subsequent GET returns with authrequired as if I was not authenticated.   I do notice that the JSESSIONID on the GET response is different from the original JSESSIONID, though I am not sure if this is a cause or effect. 

Any idea's what could be going wrong here?

2013-07-19 13:22:04,565 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector loginViaForm: POST Status: HTTP/1.1 302 Found
2013-07-19 13:22:04,566 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: URL is: https://server.domain.com:9446/jazz/j_security_check
2013-07-19 13:22:04,566 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HTTP/1.1 302 Found
2013-07-19 13:22:04,566 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HEADERS: Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
2013-07-19 13:22:04,566 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HEADERS: Location: https://server.domain.com:9446/jazz/secure/authenticated/identity?redirectPath=%2Fjazz%2Fsecure%2Fservice%2Fcom.ibm.team.repository.service.internal.webuiInitializer.IWebUIInitializerRestService%2FinitializationData
2013-07-19 13:22:04,566 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HEADERS: Content-Length: 0
2013-07-19 13:22:04,566 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HEADERS: Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:22:04 GMT
2013-07-19 13:22:04,566 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: COOKIES: [version: 0][name: JSESSIONID][value: 4DBC096CF7E01496B57FE11FCE18C78B][domain: server.domain.com][path: /jazz/][expiry: null]
2013-07-19 13:22:04,567 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: COOKIES: [version: 0][name: JazzFormAuth][value: Form][domain: server.domain.com][path: /jazz][expiry: null]
2013-07-19 13:22:04,567 DEBUG [main] - Releasing connection org.apache.http.impl.conn.SingleClientConnManager$ConnAdapter@29ce8c
2013-07-19 13:22:04,567 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: GET HEADERS: Referer: https://server.domain.com:9446/jazz/service/com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService
2013-07-19 13:22:04,567 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: GET HEADERS: X-Jazz-CSRF-Prevent: 4DBC096CF7E01496B57FE11FCE18C78B
2013-07-19 13:22:04,568 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: Get request line is: GET https://server.domain.com:9446/jazz/service/com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService HTTP/1.1
2013-07-19 13:22:04,568 DEBUG [main] - Get connection for route HttpRoute[{s}->https://server.domain.com:9446]
2013-07-19 13:22:04,568 DEBUG [main] - Stale connection check
2013-07-19 13:22:04,569 DEBUG [main] - CookieSpec selected: best-match
2013-07-19 13:22:04,570 DEBUG [main] - Cookie [version: 0][name: JSESSIONID][value: 4DBC096CF7E01496B57FE11FCE18C78B][domain: server.domain.com][path: /jazz/][expiry: null] match [(secure)server.domain.com:9446/jazz/service/com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService]
2013-07-19 13:22:04,570 DEBUG [main] - Cookie [version: 0][name: JazzFormAuth][value: Form][domain: server.domain.com][path: /jazz][expiry: null] match [(secure)server.domain.com:9446/jazz/service/com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService]
2013-07-19 13:22:04,570 DEBUG [main] - Attempt 1 to execute request
2013-07-19 13:22:04,570 DEBUG [main] - Sending request: GET /jazz/service/com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService HTTP/1.1
2013-07-19 13:22:04,570 DEBUG [main] - >> "GET /jazz/service/com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService HTTP/1.1[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,570 DEBUG [main] - >> "Referer: https://server.domain.com:9446/jazz/service/com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,570 DEBUG [main] - >> "X-Jazz-CSRF-Prevent: 4DBC096CF7E01496B57FE11FCE18C78B[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,570 DEBUG [main] - >> "Host: server.domain.com:9446[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,570 DEBUG [main] - >> "Connection: Keep-Alive[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,571 DEBUG [main] - >> "User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.1 (java 1.5)[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,571 DEBUG [main] - >> "Cookie: JSESSIONID=4DBC096CF7E01496B57FE11FCE18C78B; JazzFormAuth=Form[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,571 DEBUG [main] - >> "Cookie2: $Version=1[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,571 DEBUG [main] - >> "[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,571 DEBUG [main] - >> GET /jazz/service/com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService HTTP/1.1
2013-07-19 13:22:04,571 DEBUG [main] - >> Referer: https://server.domain.com:9446/jazz/service/com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService
2013-07-19 13:22:04,571
DEBUG [main] - >> X-Jazz-CSRF-Prevent: 4DBC096CF7E01496B57FE11FCE18C78B
2013-07-19 13:22:04,571 DEBUG [main] - >> Host: server.domain.com:9446
2013-07-19 13:22:04,571 DEBUG [main] - >> Connection: Keep-Alive
2013-07-19 13:22:04,571 DEBUG [main] - >> User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.1 (java 1.5)
2013-07-19 13:22:04,571 DEBUG [main] - >> Cookie: JSESSIONID=4DBC096CF7E01496B57FE11FCE18C78B; JazzFormAuth=Form
2013-07-19 13:22:04,571 DEBUG [main] - >> Cookie2: $Version=1
2013-07-19 13:22:04,572 DEBUG [main] - << "HTTP/1.1 302 Found[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,572 DEBUG [main] - << "Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << "Cache-Control: private[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << "Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 PST[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << "X-com-ibm-team-repository-web-auth-msg: authrequired[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << "Location: https://server.domain.com:9446/jazz/authenticated/identity?redirectPath=%2Fjazz%2Fservice%2Fcom.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << "Content-Length: 0[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << "Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:22:04 GMT[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << "[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - Receiving response: HTTP/1.1 302 Found
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << HTTP/1.1 302 Found
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << Cache-Control: private
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 PST
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << X-com-ibm-team-repository-web-auth-msg: authrequired
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << Location: https://server.domain.com:9446/jazz/authenticated/identity?redirectPath=%2Fjazz%2Fservice%2Fcom.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << Content-Length: 0
2013-07-19 13:22:04,573 DEBUG [main] - << Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:22:04 GMT
2013-07-19 13:22:04,574 DEBUG [main] - Connection can be kept alive indefinitely
2013-07-19 13:22:04,574 DEBUG [main] - Redirect requested to location 'https://server.domain.com:9446/jazz/authenticated/identity?redirectPath=%2Fjazz%2Fservice%2Fcom.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService'
2013-07-19 13:22:04,574 DEBUG [main] - Redirecting to 'https://server.domain.com:9446/jazz/authenticated/identity?redirectPath=%2Fjazz%2Fservice%2Fcom.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService' via HttpRoute[{s}->https://server.domain.com:9446]
2013-07-19 13:22:04,574 DEBUG [main] - CookieSpec selected: best-match
2013-07-19 13:22:04,575 DEBUG [main] - Cookie [version: 0][name: JSESSIONID][value: 4DBC096CF7E01496B57FE11FCE18C78B][domain: server.domain.com][path: /jazz/][expiry: null] match [(secure)server.domain.com:9446/jazz/authenticated/identity]
2013-07-19 13:22:04,575 DEBUG [main] - Cookie [version: 0][name: JazzFormAuth][value: Form][domain: server.domain.com][path: /jazz][expiry: null] match [(secure)server.domain.com:9446/jazz/authenticated/identity]
2013-07-19 13:22:04,575 DEBUG [main] - Attempt 2 to execute request
2013-07-19 13:22:04,575 DEBUG [main] - Sending request: GET /jazz/authenticated/identity?redirectPath=%2Fjazz%2Fservice%2Fcom.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService HTTP/1.1
2013-07-19 13:22:04,575 DEBUG [main] - >> "GET /jazz/authenticated/identity?redirectPath=%2Fjazz%2Fservice%2Fcom.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService HTTP/1.1[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,575 DEBUG [main] - >> "Referer: https://server.domain.com:9446/jazz/service/com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,575 DEBUG [main] - >> "X-Jazz-CSRF-Prevent: 4DBC096CF7E01496B57FE11FCE18C78B[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,575 DEBUG [main] - >> "Host: server.domain.com:9446[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,575 DEBUG [main] - >> "Connection: Keep-Alive[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,576 DEBUG [main] - >> "User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.1 (java 1.5)[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,576 DEBUG [main] - >> "Cookie: JSESSIONID=4DBC096CF7E01496B57FE11FCE18C78B; JazzFormAuth=Form[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,576 DEBUG [main] - >> "Cookie2: $Version=1[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,576 DEBUG [main] - >> "[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,576 DEBUG [main] - >> GET /jazz/authenticated/identity?redirectPath=%2Fjazz%2Fservice%2Fcom.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService HTTP/1.1
2013-07-19 13:22:04,576 DEBUG [main] - >> Referer: https://server.domain.com:9446/jazz/service/com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService
2013-07-19 13:22:04,576 DEBUG [main] - >> X-Jazz-CSRF-Prevent: 4DBC096CF7E01496B57FE11FCE18C78B
2013-07-19 13:22:04,576 DEBUG [main] - >> Host: server.domain.com:9446
2013-07-19 13:22:04,576 DEBUG [main] - >> Connection: Keep-Alive
2013-07-19 13:22:04,576 DEBUG [main] - >> User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.1 (java 1.5)
2013-07-19 13:22:04,576 DEBUG [main] - >> Cookie: JSESSIONID=4DBC096CF7E01496B57FE11FCE18C78B; JazzFormAuth=Form
2013-07-19 13:22:04,576 DEBUG [main] - >> Cookie2: $Version=1
2013-07-19 13:22:04,579 DEBUG [main] - << "HTTP/1.1 200 OK[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,579 DEBUG [main] - << "Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,579 DEBUG [main] - << "Cache-Control: private[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,579 DEBUG [main] - << "Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 PST[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,579 DEBUG [main] - << "Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=34C644BA68EC677D805C019E10448B95; Path=/jazz/; Secure; HttpOnly[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,579 DEBUG [main] - << "Set-Cookie: JazzFormAuth=Form; Path=/jazz[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << "X-com-ibm-team-repository-web-auth-msg: authrequired[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << "Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << "Content-Length: 2778[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << "Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:22:04 GMT[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << "[\r][\n]"
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - Receiving response: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << HTTP/1.1 200 OK
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << Cache-Control: private
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 PST
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=34C644BA68EC677D805C019E10448B95; Path=/jazz/; Secure; HttpOnly
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << Set-Cookie: JazzFormAuth=Form; Path=/jazz
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << X-com-ibm-team-repository-web-auth-msg: authrequired
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << Content-Length: 2778
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - << Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:22:04 GMT
2013-07-19 13:22:04,580 DEBUG [main] - Cookie accepted: "[version: 0][name: JSESSIONID][value: 34C644BA68EC677D805C019E10448B95][domain: server.domain.com][path: /jazz/][expiry: null]".
2013-07-19 13:22:04,581 DEBUG [main] - Cookie accepted: "[version: 0][name: JazzFormAuth][value: Form][domain: server.domain.com][path: /jazz][expiry: null]".
2013-07-19 13:22:04,581 DEBUG [main] - Connection can be kept alive indefinitely
2013-07-19 13:22:04,581 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector getPage: GET Status: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
2013-07-19 13:22:04,581 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: URL is: https://server.domain.com:9446/jazz/service/com.ibm.team.repository.common.internal.IFeedService
2013-07-19 13:22:04,581 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
2013-07-19 13:22:04,581 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HEADERS: Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
2013-07-19 13:22:04,582 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HEADERS: Cache-Control: private
2013-07-19 13:22:04,582 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HEADERS: Expires: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 PST
2013-07-19 13:22:04,582 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HEADERS: Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=34C644BA68EC677D805C019E10448B95; Path=/jazz/; Secure; HttpOnly
2013-07-19 13:22:04,582 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HEADERS: Set-Cookie: JazzFormAuth=Form; Path=/jazz
2013-07-19 13:22:04,582 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HEADERS: X-com-ibm-team-repository-web-auth-msg: authrequired
2013-07-19 13:22:04,582 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HEADERS: Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
2013-07-19 13:22:04,582 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HEADERS: Content-Length: 2778
2013-07-19 13:22:04,582 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: HEADERS: Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:22:04 GMT
2013-07-19 13:22:04,582 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: COOKIES: [version: 0][name: JSESSIONID][value: 34C644BA68EC677D805C019E10448B95][domain: server.domain.com][path: /jazz/][expiry: null]
2013-07-19 13:22:04,583 DEBUG [main] - RTCCollector listVerboseDebugInfo: COOKIES: [version: 0][name: JazzFormAuth][value: Form][domain: server.domain.com][path: /jazz][expiry: null]
2013-07-19 13:22:04,583 ERROR [main] - RTCFeedCollector collectFeedViaFormAuth: Failed collecting feeds for https://server.domain.com:9446/jazz authrequired after successful POST

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Ben Beetle (1112) | answered Jul 22 '13, 3:58 p.m.
FYI I needed to override isRedirected() in the RedirectStrategy of the httpclient to return true for status codes 301/302.   Seems to be working now.

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Krzysztof Kaźmierczyk (7.4k373103) | answered Jul 23 '13, 2:22 a.m.
Hello Ben,
Two ideas come to my mind:
1. Could you use Firebug to check if you have the same issue when using web browser?
2. We had similar issue in the past with WAS. What is your application server version/vendor? Do you use any proxy server in the middle? Could you check server proxy logs?

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Ben Beetle commented Jul 23 '13, 10:00 a.m.

Thanks for the input!  My issue was actually that I needed to override isRedirected() in the RedirectStrategy of the httpclient to return true for status codes 301/302.   Everything seems to be working great now.


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