Issue while consuming axis2 webservice behind proxy

Question

My server is in a network where all the internet request are to go through proxy. I have configured proxy for my jvm with -Dhttp.proxy.. system properties. When the webservice (which is on internet) is accessed, I get following error:

org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: Connection refused
        at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.CommonsHTTPTransportSender.invoke(CommonsHTTPTransportSender.java:221)
        at org.apache.axis2.engine.AxisEngine.send(AxisEngine.java:452)
        at org.apache.axis2.description.OutInAxisOperationClient.send(OutInAxisOperation.java:330)
        at org.apache.axis2.description.OutInAxisOperationClient.execute(OutInAxisOperation.java:294)

What could be the solution for the same?

Answer 1

Have you tried setting the proxy properties in code with:

System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", host);
System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", port);

// Maybe these are required now
AxisProperties.setProperty("http.proxyHost", host);
AxisProperties.setProperty("http.proxyPort", port);

Just make sure these properties are set before any axis call is made. This may seem obvious but you might face problems when you set the properties on a 'retry' kind of call afterwards .

Answer 2

Did you tell axis to use a proxy? I think axis doesn't know yet. Just setting the global jvm properties will not tell axis to use this proxy.

Answer 3

Did you try checking the connection to the proxy is good with some other tool? Check for Host/Post/User/Password etc.,

Otherwise, try changing the network connection of the host to use proxy and try hitting.

(I know, I'm just trying to debug the issue here) ;-)