Bug ID 1182729: Java connection establishes from BIG-IP to BIG-IQ Management

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS(all modules)

Opened: Oct 20, 2022

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

A TCP connection establishes from BIG-IP to BIG-IQ.

Impact

An extra Java connection is listed under netstat.

Conditions

When refreshing the stats, BIG-IP also fetches the stats from BIG-IQ, to fetch the stats from BIG-IQ, a Java connection establishes from BIG-IP to BIG-IQ. Here, the BIG-IQ is discovered in the BIG-IP. If BIG-IP is not discovered in BIG-IQ, there the issue does not exist.

Workaround

Updating the property "rest.common.device.automatic.refresh.enabled" to "true" from /etc/rest.BIG-IP.properties, the connection does not establish from BIG-IP to BIG-IQ. Note: We do not have a workaround for SSL Orchestrator. Workaround is not applicable for SSL Orchestrator.

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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