Exactly -- Kepler doesn't communicate directly with LDAP -- it only communicates with the Metacat repository, which uses LDAP as its authentication provider:
Kepler <--> Metacat <--> LDAP Glad to hear its working for you again. Matt On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Scott Zimmer <[email protected]>wrote: > Matt, > > Thank you for the troubleshooting help. I checked our private repository > and noticed that it had rebooted and the tomcat server did not restart when > it rebooted. When I brought our repository back up, I can now successfully > authenticate. I didn't realize the repository had to be up in order for me > to authenticate against the LDAP server. I guess the configuration files > in Kepler show where the repository is located and the configuration files > in the repository specify the LDAP server location. > > Scott > > > On 1/11/2012 12:58 PM, Matt Jones wrote: > > Scott -- > > This error occurs when Kepler is unable to contact the LDAP server that > provides authentication for the Kepler repository. It sounds as if you have > a personal repository installed? If so, then it probably means that either > your LDAP server is not working -- either its been shut down, or its > overloaded, or there is a firewall blocking access. You can test the > accessibility of the LDAP server by using the 'ldapsearch' command line > tool. If you didn't use your own LDAP and instead are relying on ours at > ldap.ecoinformatics.org, then the problem is likely a firewall issue, as > that server seems to be running fine. If you send more details about the > location/versions of your repository and ldap servers, we may be able to > help more with troubleshooting. > > Matt > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 4:30 AM, Scott Zimmer <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I am getting an error when I try to upload a workflow to my repository or >> when I try to perform Tools->Ecogrid Authentication. I noticed uploading >> to my repository became very slow yesterday evening and about 2AM EST, I >> became unable to connect. I have been unable to connect since. The error >> message is below. I appreciate any help you can offer. >> Scott >> >> [run] 12/01/11 08:25:47 ERROR gui.AuthenticateAction: The authentication >> exception is >> [run] org.kepler.authentication.AuthenticationException: Error >> authenticating: ; nested exception is: >> [run] java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect >> [run] at >> org.kepler.authentication.LDAPAuthenticationService.authenticate(LDAPAuthenticationService.java:129) >> [run] at >> org.kepler.authentication.LDAPAuthenticationService.authenticate(LDAPAuthenticationService.java:150) >> [run] at >> org.kepler.authentication.LDAPAuthenticationService.authenticate(LDAPAuthenticationService.java:88) >> [run] at >> org.kepler.authentication.AuthenticationManager.getProxy(AuthenticationManager.java:153) >> [run] at >> org.kepler.gui.AuthenticateAction.login(AuthenticateAction.java:257) >> [run] at >> org.kepler.gui.AuthenticateAction.access$300(AuthenticateAction.java:61) >> [run] at >> org.kepler.gui.AuthenticateAction$AuthSwingWorker.construct(AuthenticateAction.java:309) >> [run] at util.SwingWorker$2.run(SwingWorker.java:158) >> [run] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) >> [run] org.kepler.authentication.AuthenticationException: Error >> authenticating: ; nested exception is: >> [run] java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect >> [run] at >> org.kepler.authentication.LDAPAuthenticationService.authenticate(LDAPAuthenticationService.java:129) >> [run] at >> org.kepler.authentication.LDAPAuthenticationService.authenticate(LDAPAuthenticationService.java:150) >> [run] at >> org.kepler.authentication.LDAPAuthenticationService.authenticate(LDAPAuthenticationService.java:88) >> [run] at >> org.kepler.authentication.AuthenticationManager.getProxy(AuthenticationManager.java:153) >> [run] at >> org.kepler.gui.AuthenticateAction.login(AuthenticateAction.java:257) >> [run] at >> org.kepler.gui.AuthenticateAction.access$300(AuthenticateAction.java:61) >> [run] at >> org.kepler.gui.AuthenticateAction$AuthSwingWorker.construct(AuthenticateAction.java:309) >> [run] at util.SwingWorker$2.run(SwingWorker.java:158) >> [run] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) >> >> >> -- >> Scott Zimmer >> Optensity, Inc. >> (512) 299-7218 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kepler-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.nceas.ucsb.edu/kepler/mailman/listinfo/kepler-dev >> > > > > -- > Scott Zimmer > Optensity, Inc.(512) 299-7218 > >
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