Webservice error in browser. Not in SoapUI

Question

Hi everybody,
I hope you can help me in solving a webservice issue...
We are having a server in our network. This server has the IP 10.42.42.104. If you want to connect from the outside you must call 213.23.42.104. Then the firewall will redirect you to the server (10.42.42.104).
I'm using JDeveloper 10.1.3.3 and OC4J 10.1.3.3 and developed a webservice to save xml in oracle database 10g R2. If I test the webservice local or inside of the network 10.42... it is working fine.
But if I want test it from outside over the 213.23.42.104 IP address it is failling (only over browser, see below).
What I did:
- I gave permissions to ports 1521, 8888, 23791. So that all requests over 213.23.42.104 will come to 10.42.42.104.
- In JDeveloper I created the connection to database and application server over 10.42.42.104 IP address (I tried also with 213... IP address)
- I'm not using Proxy in the JDeveloper Properties
- I deployed the webservice to instance
Curious:
In the wsdl file we have a command line like <soap:address location="http://10.42.42.104:8888/VPN_Webservice-VPN_Webservice-context-root/VPN_WebserviceSoapHttpPort"/>.
If I paste the URL in browser inside the network the web frontend of the webservice will open and I can test it successfully.
If I change now the URL in browser to 213.23.42.104 I can again see the web frontend of the webservice. But after invoking I'm getting this error: java.security.PrivilegedActionException: javax.xml.soap.SOAPException: Message send failed: Connection refused
BUT:
If I change the URL in the saved wsdl file of my JDeveloper and import that in SoapUI I can use the webservice also successfully. Then it is working fine. Only the request over browser is failing with the above error.
Is here somebody who can help me?
I'm so confused right now and I don't have any ideas...
Thanks a lot!
Regards David

Answer 1

PHP packages from Fedora repositories usually do not contain OCI8 module. Your problem usually happens on the PHP installations that do not have OCI8 enabled. On the other hand, you are able to successfully connect to the database from the shell. That means that the PHP in your web server is not pointing to the same installation as the PHP executable in your path. The first thing to do is to check the httpd.conf, like this:
[mgogala@dibidus conf]$ egrep -i 'loadmodule .*php' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
LoadModule php5_module /usr/lib/httpd/modules/libphp5.so
# LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so
[mgogala@dibidus conf]$
I had the same problem and had to comment out the delivered libphp5.so. That module did not have
OCI8 enabled. Where did your libphp5 go? I am using CentOS 5.2:
[mgogala@dibidus conf]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 5.2 (Final)
[mgogala@dibidus conf]$
[mgogala@dibidus conf]$ uname -a
Linux dibidus 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.centos.plus #1 SMP Thu Aug 7 12:19:36 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[mgogala@dibidus conf]$
That should be similar enough to Fedora 6 and 7. You should also create a "phpinfo" web page on
/var/www/html and look for the exact versions and directories. Phpinfo page should look like this:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
That should give you all the information you need. Pay special attention to the directories and versions.