I have a tomcat server running a spring boot application on a host using CentOS 8 that connects to a mail client using SMTP. Problem is it abruptly closes connection before TLS handshake occurs with a STARTTLS option. It works OK with other nodes running CentOS 7 and Oracle linux server. The problem cannot be with the application otherwise it would not work on any nodes. I checked using Wireshark to see that it was our application node terminating the connection. Here is the TCP communication transcript I recorded using tcpdump.
220 mta1.***.local ESMTP Postfix
EHLO ****
250-mta1.***.local
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 69730304
250-VRFY
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-8BITMIME
250 DSN
STARTTLS
220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS
And nothing after that. Connection termination was abrupt, no timeout or anything like that. I also checked for server.xml file for any settings there was no mention of mail or smtp in any way.
I tried the same using openssl and it works, successfully starting TLS over smtp connection so it is not the issue with server not supporting the option either. Does anyone have any idea why this might have happened?
openssl s_client -connect smtp.****.gov.**:587 -starttls smtp
My catalina.sh file
#!/bin/sh
cygwin=false
darwin=false
os400=false
hpux=false
case "`uname`" in
CYGWIN*) cygwin=true;;
Darwin*) darwin=true;;
OS400*) os400=true;;
HP-UX*) hpux=true;;
esac
# resolve links - $0 may be a softlink
PRG="$0"
while [ -h "$PRG" ]; do
ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
PRG="$link"
else
PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`/"$link"
fi
done
# Get standard environment variables
PRGDIR=`dirname "$PRG"`
# Only set CATALINA_HOME if not already set
[ -z "$CATALINA_HOME" ] && CATALINA_HOME=`cd "$PRGDIR/.." >/dev/null; pwd`
# Copy CATALINA_BASE from CATALINA_HOME if not already set
[ -z "$CATALINA_BASE" ] && CATALINA_BASE="$CATALINA_HOME"
# Ensure that any user defined CLASSPATH variables are not used on startup,
# but allow them to be specified in setenv.sh, in rare case when it is needed.
CLASSPATH=
if [ -r "$CATALINA_BASE/bin/setenv.sh" ]; then
. "$CATALINA_BASE/bin/setenv.sh"
elif [ -r "$CATALINA_HOME/bin/setenv.sh" ]; then
. "$CATALINA_HOME/bin/setenv.sh"
fi
# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
if $cygwin; then
[ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
[ -n "$JRE_HOME" ] && JRE_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JRE_HOME"`
[ -n "$CATALINA_HOME" ] && CATALINA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$CATALINA_HOME"`
[ -n "$CATALINA_BASE" ] && CATALINA_BASE=`cygpath --unix "$CATALINA_BASE"`
[ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] && CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
fi
# Ensure that neither CATALINA_HOME nor CATALINA_BASE contains a colon
# as this is used as the separator in the classpath and Java provides no
# mechanism for escaping if the same character appears in the path.
case $CATALINA_HOME in
*:*) echo "Using CATALINA_HOME: $CATALINA_HOME";
echo "Unable to start as CATALINA_HOME contains a colon (:) character";
exit 1;
esac
case $CATALINA_BASE in
*:*) echo "Using CATALINA_BASE: $CATALINA_BASE";
echo "Unable to start as CATALINA_BASE contains a colon (:) character";
exit 1;
esac
# For OS400
if $os400; then
# Set job priority to standard for interactive (interactive - 6) by using
# the interactive priority - 6, the helper threads that respond to requests
# will be running at the same priority as interactive jobs.
COMMAND='chgjob job('$JOBNAME') runpty(6)'
system $COMMAND
# Enable multi threading
export QIBM_MULTI_THREADED=Y
fi
# Get standard Java environment variables
if $os400; then
# -r will Only work on the os400 if the files are:
# 1. owned by the user
# 2. owned by the PRIMARY group of the user
# this will not work if the user belongs in secondary groups
. "$CATALINA_HOME"/bin/setclasspath.sh
else
if [ -r "$CATALINA_HOME"/bin/setclasspath.sh ]; then
. "$CATALINA_HOME"/bin/setclasspath.sh
else
echo "Cannot find $CATALINA_HOME/bin/setclasspath.sh"
echo "This file is needed to run this program"
exit 1
fi
fi
# Add on extra jar files to CLASSPATH
if [ ! -z "$CLASSPATH" ] ; then
CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH":
fi
CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH""$CATALINA_HOME"/bin/bootstrap.jar
if [ -z "$CATALINA_OUT" ] ; then
CATALINA_OUT=/home/******/logs/catalinalogs/catalina.out
fi
if [ -z "$CATALINA_TMPDIR" ] ; then
# Define the java.io.tmpdir to use for Catalina
CATALINA_TMPDIR="$CATALINA_BASE"/temp
fi
# Add tomcat-juli.jar to classpath
# tomcat-juli.jar can be over-ridden per instance
if [ -r "$CATALINA_BASE/bin/tomcat-juli.jar" ] ; then
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$CATALINA_BASE/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
else
CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$CATALINA_HOME/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
fi
# Bugzilla 37848: When no TTY is available, don't output to console
have_tty=0
if [ -t 0 ]; then
have_tty=1
fi
# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
if $cygwin; then
JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --absolute --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
JRE_HOME=`cygpath --absolute --windows "$JRE_HOME"`
CATALINA_HOME=`cygpath --absolute --windows "$CATALINA_HOME"`
CATALINA_BASE=`cygpath --absolute --windows "$CATALINA_BASE"`
CATALINA_TMPDIR=`cygpath --absolute --windows "$CATALINA_TMPDIR"`
CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
[ -n "$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS" ] && JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS"`
fi
if [ -z "$JSSE_OPTS" ] ; then
JSSE_OPTS="-Djdk.tls.ephemeralDHKeySize=2048"
fi
JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS $JSSE_OPTS"
# Register custom URL handlers
# Do this here so custom URL handles (specifically 'war:...') can be used in the security policy
JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Djava.protocol.handler.pkgs=org.apache.catalina.webresources"
# Set juli LogManager config file if it is present and an override has not been issued
if [ -z "$LOGGING_CONFIG" ]; then
if [ -r "$CATALINA_BASE"/conf/logging.properties ]; then
LOGGING_CONFIG="-Djava.util.logging.config.file=$CATALINA_BASE/conf/logging.properties"
else
# Bugzilla 45585
LOGGING_CONFIG="-Dnop"
fi
fi
if [ -z "$LOGGING_MANAGER" ]; then
LOGGING_MANAGER="-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager"
fi
# Set UMASK unless it has been overridden
if [ -z "$UMASK" ]; then
UMASK="0027"
fi
umask $UMASK
# Java 9 no longer supports the java.endorsed.dirs
# system property. Only try to use it if
# JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS was explicitly set
# or CATALINA_HOME/endorsed exists.
ENDORSED_PROP=ignore.endorsed.dirs
if [ -n "$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS" ]; then
ENDORSED_PROP=java.endorsed.dirs
fi
if [ -d "$CATALINA_HOME/endorsed" ]; then
ENDORSED_PROP=java.endorsed.dirs
fi
# Make the umask available when using the org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityListener
JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Dorg.apache.catalina.security.SecurityListener.UMASK=`umask`"
if [ -z "$USE_NOHUP" ]; then
if $hpux; then
USE_NOHUP="true"
else
USE_NOHUP="false"
fi
fi
unset _NOHUP
if [ "$USE_NOHUP" = "true" ]; then
_NOHUP="nohup"
fi
# Add the JAVA 9 specific start-up parameters required by Tomcat
JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS="$JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED"
JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS="$JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS --add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED"
JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS="$JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS --add-opens=java.rmi/sun.rmi.transport=ALL-UNNAMED"
export JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS
# ----- Execute The Requested Command -----------------------------------------
# Bugzilla 37848: only output this if we have a TTY
if [ $have_tty -eq 1 ]; then
echo "Using CATALINA_BASE: $CATALINA_BASE"
echo "Using CATALINA_HOME: $CATALINA_HOME"
echo "Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: $CATALINA_TMPDIR"
if [ "$1" = "debug" ] ; then
echo "Using JAVA_HOME: $JAVA_HOME"
else
echo "Using JRE_HOME: $JRE_HOME"
fi
echo "Using CLASSPATH: $CLASSPATH"
if [ ! -z "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
echo "Using CATALINA_PID: $CATALINA_PID"
fi
fi
if [ "$1" = "jpda" ] ; then
if [ -z "$JPDA_TRANSPORT" ]; then
JPDA_TRANSPORT="dt_socket"
fi
if [ -z "$JPDA_ADDRESS" ]; then
JPDA_ADDRESS="localhost:8000"
fi
if [ -z "$JPDA_SUSPEND" ]; then
JPDA_SUSPEND="n"
fi
if [ -z "$JPDA_OPTS" ]; then
JPDA_OPTS="-agentlib:jdwp=transport=$JPDA_TRANSPORT,address=$JPDA_ADDRESS,server=y,suspend=$JPDA_SUSPEND"
fi
CATALINA_OPTS="$JPDA_OPTS $CATALINA_OPTS"
shift
fi
# TODO: Bugzilla 63815
# This doesn't currently work (and can't be made to work) if values used in
# CATALINA_OPTS and/or JAVA_OPTS require quoting. See:
# https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8234808
if [ "$1" = "debug" ] ; then
if $os400; then
echo "Debug command not available on OS400"
exit 1
else
shift
if [ "$1" = "-security" ] ; then
if [ $have_tty -eq 1 ]; then
echo "Using Security Manager"
fi
shift
exec "$_RUNJDB" "$LOGGING_CONFIG" $LOGGING_MANAGER $JAVA_OPTS $CATALINA_OPTS \
-D$ENDORSED_PROP="$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS" \
-classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-sourcepath "$CATALINA_HOME"/../../java \
-Djava.security.manager \
-Djava.security.policy=="$CATALINA_BASE"/conf/catalina.policy \
-Dcatalina.base="$CATALINA_BASE" \
-Dcatalina.home="$CATALINA_HOME" \
-Djava.io.tmpdir="$CATALINA_TMPDIR" \
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap "$@" start
else
exec "$_RUNJDB" "$LOGGING_CONFIG" $LOGGING_MANAGER $JAVA_OPTS $CATALINA_OPTS \
-D$ENDORSED_PROP="$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS" \
-classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-sourcepath "$CATALINA_HOME"/../../java \
-Dcatalina.base="$CATALINA_BASE" \
-Dcatalina.home="$CATALINA_HOME" \
-Djava.io.tmpdir="$CATALINA_TMPDIR" \
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap "$@" start
fi
fi
elif [ "$1" = "run" ]; then
shift
if [ "$1" = "-security" ] ; then
if [ $have_tty -eq 1 ]; then
echo "Using Security Manager"
fi
shift
eval exec "\"$_RUNJAVA\"" "\"$LOGGING_CONFIG\"" $LOGGING_MANAGER "$JAVA_OPTS" "$CATALINA_OPTS" \
-D$ENDORSED_PROP="\"$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS\"" \
-classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" \
-Djava.security.manager \
-Djava.security.policy=="\"$CATALINA_BASE/conf/catalina.policy\"" \
-Dcatalina.base="\"$CATALINA_BASE\"" \
-Dcatalina.home="\"$CATALINA_HOME\"" \
-Djava.io.tmpdir="\"$CATALINA_TMPDIR\"" \
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap "$@" start
else
eval exec "\"$_RUNJAVA\"" "\"$LOGGING_CONFIG\"" $LOGGING_MANAGER "$JAVA_OPTS" "$CATALINA_OPTS" \
-D$ENDORSED_PROP="\"$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS\"" \
-classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" \
-Dcatalina.base="\"$CATALINA_BASE\"" \
-Dcatalina.home="\"$CATALINA_HOME\"" \
-Djava.io.tmpdir="\"$CATALINA_TMPDIR\"" \
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap "$@" start
fi
elif [ "$1" = "start" ] ; then
if [ ! -z "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
if [ -f "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
if [ -s "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
echo "Existing PID file found during start."
if [ -r "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
PID=`cat "$CATALINA_PID"`
ps -p $PID >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
echo "Tomcat appears to still be running with PID $PID. Start aborted."
echo "If the following process is not a Tomcat process, remove the PID file and try again:"
ps -f -p $PID
exit 1
else
echo "Removing/clearing stale PID file."
rm -f "$CATALINA_PID" >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
if [ -w "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
cat /dev/null > "$CATALINA_PID"
else
echo "Unable to remove or clear stale PID file. Start aborted."
exit 1
fi
fi
fi
else
echo "Unable to read PID file. Start aborted."
exit 1
fi
else
rm -f "$CATALINA_PID" >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
if [ ! -w "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
echo "Unable to remove or write to empty PID file. Start aborted."
exit 1
fi
fi
fi
fi
fi
shift
touch "$CATALINA_OUT"
if [ "$1" = "-security" ] ; then
if [ $have_tty -eq 1 ]; then
echo "Using Security Manager"
fi
shift
eval $_NOHUP "\"$_RUNJAVA\"" "\"$LOGGING_CONFIG\"" $LOGGING_MANAGER "$JAVA_OPTS" "$CATALINA_OPTS" \
-D$ENDORSED_PROP="\"$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS\"" \
-classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" \
-Djava.security.manager \
-Djava.security.policy=="\"$CATALINA_BASE/conf/catalina.policy\"" \
-Dcatalina.base="\"$CATALINA_BASE\"" \
-Dcatalina.home="\"$CATALINA_HOME\"" \
-Djava.io.tmpdir="\"$CATALINA_TMPDIR\"" \
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap "$@" start \
>> "$CATALINA_OUT" 2>&1 "&"
else
eval $_NOHUP "\"$_RUNJAVA\"" "\"$LOGGING_CONFIG\"" $LOGGING_MANAGER "$JAVA_OPTS" "$CATALINA_OPTS" \
-D$ENDORSED_PROP="\"$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS\"" \
-classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" \
-Dcatalina.base="\"$CATALINA_BASE\"" \
-Dcatalina.home="\"$CATALINA_HOME\"" \
-Djava.io.tmpdir="\"$CATALINA_TMPDIR\"" \
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap "$@" start \
>> "$CATALINA_OUT" 2>&1 "&"
fi
if [ ! -z "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
echo $! > "$CATALINA_PID"
fi
echo "Tomcat started."
elif [ "$1" = "stop" ] ; then
shift
SLEEP=5
if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
echo $1 | grep "[^0-9]" >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
SLEEP=$1
shift
fi
fi
FORCE=0
if [ "$1" = "-force" ]; then
shift
FORCE=1
fi
if [ ! -z "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
if [ -f "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
if [ -s "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
kill -0 `cat "$CATALINA_PID"` >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
echo "PID file found but either no matching process was found or the current user does not have permission to stop the process. Stop aborted."
exit 1
fi
else
echo "PID file is empty and has been ignored."
fi
else
echo "\$CATALINA_PID was set but the specified file does not exist. Is Tomcat running? Stop aborted."
exit 1
fi
fi
eval "\"$_RUNJAVA\"" $LOGGING_MANAGER "$JAVA_OPTS" \
-D$ENDORSED_PROP="\"$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS\"" \
-classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" \
-Dcatalina.base="\"$CATALINA_BASE\"" \
-Dcatalina.home="\"$CATALINA_HOME\"" \
-Djava.io.tmpdir="\"$CATALINA_TMPDIR\"" \
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap "$@" stop
# stop failed. Shutdown port disabled? Try a normal kill.
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
if [ ! -z "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
echo "The stop command failed. Attempting to signal the process to stop through OS signal."
kill -15 `cat "$CATALINA_PID"` >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
fi
if [ ! -z "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
if [ -f "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
while [ $SLEEP -ge 0 ]; do
kill -0 `cat "$CATALINA_PID"` >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
rm -f "$CATALINA_PID" >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
if [ -w "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
cat /dev/null > "$CATALINA_PID"
# If Tomcat has stopped don't try and force a stop with an empty PID file
FORCE=0
else
echo "The PID file could not be removed or cleared."
fi
fi
echo "Tomcat stopped."
break
fi
if [ $SLEEP -gt 0 ]; then
sleep 1
fi
if [ $SLEEP -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Tomcat did not stop in time."
if [ $FORCE -eq 0 ]; then
echo "PID file was not removed."
fi
echo "To aid diagnostics a thread dump has been written to standard out."
kill -3 `cat "$CATALINA_PID"`
fi
SLEEP=`expr $SLEEP - 1 `
done
fi
fi
KILL_SLEEP_INTERVAL=5
if [ $FORCE -eq 1 ]; then
if [ -z "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
echo "Kill failed: \$CATALINA_PID not set"
else
if [ -f "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
PID=`cat "$CATALINA_PID"`
echo "Killing Tomcat with the PID: $PID"
kill -9 $PID
while [ $KILL_SLEEP_INTERVAL -ge 0 ]; do
kill -0 `cat "$CATALINA_PID"` >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
rm -f "$CATALINA_PID" >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
if [ -w "$CATALINA_PID" ]; then
cat /dev/null > "$CATALINA_PID"
else
echo "The PID file could not be removed."
fi
fi
echo "The Tomcat process has been killed."
break
fi
if [ $KILL_SLEEP_INTERVAL -gt 0 ]; then
sleep 1
fi
KILL_SLEEP_INTERVAL=`expr $KILL_SLEEP_INTERVAL - 1 `
done
if [ $KILL_SLEEP_INTERVAL -lt 0 ]; then
echo "Tomcat has not been killed completely yet. The process might be waiting on some system call or might be UNINTERRUPTIBLE."
fi
fi
fi
fi
elif [ "$1" = "configtest" ] ; then
eval "\"$_RUNJAVA\"" $LOGGING_MANAGER "$JAVA_OPTS" \
-D$ENDORSED_PROP="\"$JAVA_ENDORSED_DIRS\"" \
-classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" \
-Dcatalina.base="\"$CATALINA_BASE\"" \
-Dcatalina.home="\"$CATALINA_HOME\"" \
-Djava.io.tmpdir="\"$CATALINA_TMPDIR\"" \
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap configtest
result=$?
if [ $result -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Configuration error detected!"
fi
exit $result
elif [ "$1" = "version" ] ; then
"$_RUNJAVA" \
-classpath "$CATALINA_HOME/lib/catalina.jar" \
org.apache.catalina.util.ServerInfo
else
echo "Usage: catalina.sh ( commands ... )"
echo "commands:"
if $os400; then
echo " debug Start Catalina in a debugger (not available on OS400)"
echo " debug -security Debug Catalina with a security manager (not available on OS400)"
else
echo " debug Start Catalina in a debugger"
echo " debug -security Debug Catalina with a security manager"
fi
echo " jpda start Start Catalina under JPDA debugger"
echo " run Start Catalina in the current window"
echo " run -security Start in the current window with security manager"
echo " start Start Catalina in a separate window"
echo " start -security Start in a separate window with security manager"
echo " stop Stop Catalina, waiting up to 5 seconds for the process to end"
echo " stop n Stop Catalina, waiting up to n seconds for the process to end"
echo " stop -force Stop Catalina, wait up to 5 seconds and then use kill -KILL if still running"
echo " stop n -force Stop Catalina, wait up to n seconds and then use kill -KILL if still running"
echo " configtest Run a basic syntax check on server.xml - check exit code for result"
echo " version What version of tomcat are you running?"
echo "Note: Waiting for the process to end and use of the -force option require that \$CATALINA_PID is defined"
exit 1
fi
My setenv.sh file
# -Xms/Xmx
# Xms Sets the initial size of the Heap
# Xmx sets the Maximum size of the Heap.
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16087153/what-happens-when-we-set-xmx-and-xms-equal-size
# http://crunchify.com/jvm-tuning-heapsize-stacksize-garbage-collection-fundamental/
export JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Xms3072m -Xmx3072m"
