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Planning Analytics Workspace on Linux is unaccessible although all containers are running correctly

Troubleshooting


Problem

Planning Analytics Workspace is running on Linux.
The "./scripts/paw.sh ps" command shows that all containers are "Up", except for "bss-init" and "couchdb-init", which is the expected behavior.
From a remote machine, no web browser is able to access the login page. The page is not found.
From Edge:
Hmmm… can't reach this page
<servername> took too long to respond
ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
From Chrome:
This site can't be reached
<servername> took too long to respond
ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
From Firefox:
Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site.
We can’t connect to the server at <servername>
From a remote machine, it is possible to ping the Linux.
However, the "telnet <servername> <PAWport>" command is not responding.
Nevertheless, the  "telnet <servername> <PAWport>" command is responding from the Linux itself.
Also, the following command is responding with HTTP 200 (meaning this is OK: pa-gateway is responding):
curl -Is http://<servername>:<PAWport> | head -n 1
If we try to use a web browser from inside the Linux, through some X-windows-like tool, Workspace can be reached but is responding with another error message:
An unexpected error has occurred.
 

Cause

Linux IP forwarding was set to 0, either manually or through some batch.

Resolving The Problem

Run this command on Linux in order to display the current value of IP forwarding parameter:
$ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
0
Set this parameter to 1:
$ sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
No need to reboot or restart anything.

Document Location

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Document Information

Modified date:
03 February 2022

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ibm16553616