Proxy not connecting to Portal after Restart due to license expired for MAS

Products

• CA API Developer Portal

Issue/Introduction

APIGW is not connecting to portal, because of MAS License issue . The error that comes because of the same is .

Failed connecting to Broker: wss://apim:1885/
Unable to connect to server (32103) - java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused)
 at org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.internal.TCPNetworkModule.start(TCPNetworkModule.java:80)
 at org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.internal.SSLNetworkModule.start(SSLNetworkModule.java:130)
 at org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.internal.websocket.WebSocketSecureNetworkModule.start(WebSocketSecureNetworkModule.java:63)
 at org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.internal.ClientComms$ConnectBG.run(ClientComms.java:722)
 at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused)
 at java.base/java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
 at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
 at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
 at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
 at java.base/java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
 at java.base/java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
 at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
 at org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.internal.TCPNetworkModule.start(TCPNetworkModule.java:74)
 ... 4 more

Environment

5.1.2

Cause

The MAS license expired on 16th October. 

cat /opt/SecureSpan/Gateway/node/default/etc/bootstrap/license/MAS-license.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<license Id="1234567890" xmlns="http://l7tech.com/license">
    <description>Layer7-Internal-PRODUCTION</description>
    <licenseAttributes/>
    <valid>2019-10-15T01:19:05.779Z</valid>
    <expires>2024-10-16T01:19:05.779Z</expires>
    <host name=""/>
    <ip address=""/>
    <product name="Layer 7 SecureSpan Suite">
        <version major="10" minor=""/>
        <featureset name="set:Profile:Mobile"/>
        <featureset name="set:Profile:MAS"/>
    </product>

Resolution

This is a bug in 5.1.2 and it is fixed in the hotfix release of 5.1.2.1 . Below is the place from where it can be downloaded .

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/release-announcements/CA-API-Developer-Portal-Solutions--Patches/3010

note that it may have other fixes include, the below page has the listing of the issues that were fixed in 5.1.2.1.

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/layer7-api-management/api-developer-portal/5-1-2/release-notes-api-developer-portal.html