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Problem Note 63790: Python command to start SAS® Information Retrieval Studio's Proxy Server via Command Line fails with an error "Cannot connect to admin server"

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In SAS Information Retrieval Studio, starting Proxy Server via Command Line using the Python command ("python information-retrieval-studio-client.py --start-proxy-server") fails.  An error is displayed.

Error: Cannot connect to admin server

This error occurs because a "Downloader" field is missing from the information-retrieval-studio-client.py file. The field must be parsed correctly for the Python command to start Proxy Server successfully. 

 

To resolve this issue, follow the steps below:

1. Back up your current  information-retrieval-studio-client.py file under SAS configuration directory/Lev#/Applications/SASInformationRetrievalStudioforSAS/bin directory.  (# indicates a number.)

 

2. Locate the following line (235 by default) in the file.

document = xml.dom.minidom.parse(urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.ProxyHandler({})).open("http://" + self.hostname + ":" + str(self.port) + "/StartProxy", r'''<?xml version="1.0"?><StartProxy/>'''.encode("utf-8")))

3. Modify the line to match the following, and save the file:

document = xml.dom.minidom.parse(urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.ProxyHandler({})).open("http://" + self.hostname + ":" + str(self.port) + "/StartProxy", r'''<?xml version="1.0"?><StartProxy><Downloader>0</Downloader></StartProxy>'''.encode("utf-8")))

 

 

 



Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Information Retrieval StudioLinux for x641.531.549.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M6
Microsoft® Windows® for x641.531.549.4 TS1M09.4 TS1M6
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.