Problem: An attempt to add a connection to a managed agent is rejected.

Cause: The agent is unreachable or not running.

Solution: Check the following:

Problem: An attempt to add a connection returns a 404 status code.

Cause: The URI used in the connection setup is incorrect or malformed.

Solution: Check the following:

Problem: An attempt to add a connection causes the exception "A message body reader for Java class java.util.Collection, and Java type java.util.Collection, and MIME media type unknown/unknown was not found"

Cause: The URI used in the connection setup is incorrect or malformed.

Solution: Check the following:

Problem: An attempt to add a connection fails because the TMS has failed to reach the agent within the timeout limit.

Cause: The agent is unreachable or not running.

Solution: Check the following:

Problem: An attempt to add a connection fails with an EOF error.

Cause: An unsecure connection is being attempted but the agent is set up to use SSL.

Solution: Ensure that the URI is using "https://" not "http://."

Problem: An attempt to add a connection fails with the error "Unrecognized SSL Message, plaintext connection?".

Cause: A secure connection is being attempted but the agent is not set up to use SSL.

Solution: Ensure that the URI is using "http://" not "https://", or set up SSL on the agent.

Problem: An attempt to add a connection fails with the error "Missing keychain entry for URL <agent-url>".

Cause: A connection is being attempted to an agent with identity assertion, but the TMS keychain cannot find that agent's entry.

Solution: Add an entry for the agent using the add-tc-agent script (see Setting up Security).

Problem 1: An attempt to add a connection to an agent configured with identity assertion returns a 401 status code.

Cause: The agent's public key cannot be found in the TMS truststore.

Solution: Import the agent's public key into the TMS truststore (see Setting up Security).

Problem 2: An attempt to add a connection to an agent configured with identity assertion over SSL returns a 401 status code. Errors containing unknown_certificate or

appear in the agent log and TMS log (see Logged SSL Connection Errors).

Cause: The TMS public key cannot be found in the agent's truststore.

Solution: Import the TMS public key into the agent's truststore (see Setting up Security).