Connection errors

There are numerous errors being reported in the logs of the form:
2009-10-15 10:55:48,375 ERROR .ibm.team.jfs.app.discovery.utils.RootServicesUtil - Error while fetching and parsing the root services document
org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connection to https://<ip_address>:443 refused
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:133)
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPoolEntry.open(AbstractPoolEntry.java:164)
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.AbstractPooledConnAdapter.open(AbstractPooledConnAdapter.java:119)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:349)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:555)
at com.ibm.team.http.client.impl.NullHttpCacheService.execute(NullHttpCacheService.java:33)
at com.ibm.team.http.client.impl.HttpClientService.send(HttpClientService.java:243)
at com.ibm.team.jfs.app.discovery.utils.RootServicesUtil.initRootServicesDoc(RootServicesUtil.java:232)
at com.ibm.team.jfs.app.discovery.utils.RootServicesUtil.getNodeList(RootServicesUtil.java:247)
at com.ibm.team.jfs.app.discovery.utils.RootServicesUtil.getRdfResourceUrl(RootServicesUtil.java:254)
at com.ibm.team.jfs.app.discovery.utils.RootServicesUtil.getBaseServicesUtil(RootServicesUtil.java:261)
at com.ibm.team.jfs.app.discovery.utils.RootServicesUtil.getQueryService(RootServicesUtil.java:133)
at net.jazz.ajax.service.internal.http.ThemingHandler.handle(ThemingHandler.java:218)
at com.ibm.team.server.httpcore.bridge.AbstractHandlerWrapperServlet.doWrappedService(AbstractHandlerWrapperServlet.java:136)
at net.jazz.ajax.service.internal.EndpointRegistrar$1.doWrappedService(EndpointRegistrar.java:81)
at com.ibm.team.server.httpcore.bridge.AbstractHandlerWrapperServlet.service(AbstractHandlerWrapperServlet.java:109)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ServletRegistration.handleRequest(ServletRegistration.java:90)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.processAlias(ProxyServlet.java:111)
at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.ProxyServlet.service(ProxyServlet.java:67)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.eclipse.equinox.servletbridge.BridgeServlet.service(BridgeServlet.java:121)
at com.ibm.team.repository.server.servletbridge.JazzServlet.service(JazzServlet.java:54)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:525)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:151)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:870)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:685)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:810)
Caused by:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:391)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:252)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:239)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:385)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:543)
at com.ibm.jsse2.jc.connect(jc.java:135)
at com.ibm.team.http.client.impl.NaiveSSLSocketFactory.connectSocket(NaiveSSLSocketFactory.java:110)
at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultClientConnectionOperator.openConnection(DefaultClientConnectionOperator.java:129)
... 38 more


The service is behind a firewall but there are no errors being reported here all there are no restrictions on traffic from the user's proxy service. The user is ultimately allowed to connect (after a slight delay) but only after the above error is reported in the log.

Mike