SA-10549

Summary

After Pega 7.1.7 is installed (new installation), the Designer Studio user interface does not rendered properly, and links and buttons don't work when clicked.

Error Messages

INFO: [IP1]:5701 [2b4a77682db77b8047ecf40f390ae591] [3.2] Could not connect to: /your_IP_address;your_port#]. Reason: SocketException[Connection refused: connect to address /your_IP_address;your_port#]
May 26, 2015 12:30:35 PM com.hazelcast.cluster.TcpIpJoiner
INFO: [IP1]:your_port# [2b4a77682db77b8047ecf40f390ae591] [3.2])
...

2015-05-26 18:27:39,912 [ PegaRULES-Batch-2] [ STANDARD] [ ] [ PegaRULES:07.10] ( internal.async.AgentQueue) ERROR - Agent Pega-ImportExport #0: @baseclass.pzInstallation encountered an execution error. Restarting after delay.
com.pega.pegarules.priv.search.nextgen.FTSIllegalStateException: Full text search cluster is not in a ready state. Possible reason(s): Initialization failed / master node not reachable.
at com.pega.pegarules.search.internal.es.AbstractIndexer.buildIndex(AbstractIndexer.java:400)
at com.pega.pegarules.search.internal.es.AbstractIndexer.buildIndex(AbstractIndexer.java:196)
at com.pega.pegarules.search.internal.es.AbstractIndexer.buildIndex(AbstractIndexer.java:191)
at com.pegarules.generated.activity.ra_action_pzftscreateindex_15b2601963759b19f52b48d4545570a4.step1_circum0(ra_action_pzftscreateindex_15b2601963759b19f52b48d4545570a4.java:178)
at com.pegarules.generated.activity.ra_action_pzftscreateindex_15b2601963759b19f52b48d4545570a4.perform(ra_action_pzftscreateindex_15b2601963759b19f52b48d4545570a4.java:69)

Steps to Reproduce

Log in to a fresh Pega 7.1.7 installation and attempt to use links and buttons in the Designer Studio.

Root Cause

The root cause of this problem is defect or misconfiguration in the operating environment.
The errors in the PegaRULES logs indicate that Initialization of the Search sub-system and hazelcast clustering failed.
A socket issue during hazelcast initialization caused the PRPC node on port 5702 to refuse the connection.

Resolution

Perform the following local-change. 
Add the following entries in the prconfig.xml file and restart the JVM:

<env name="cluster/hazelcast/multicast/enabled" value="true" />
<env name="identification/cluster/protocol" value="hazelcast" />

For more information about these environment settings for hazelcast clustering, see SA-9502, HazelcastException after upgrading from 7.1.6 to 7.1.7.