Permission Denied - SocketException - Java 7 and VPN

When attempting to use the Oracle UCM Web Service, GenericSoapService, I ran into the following error using SoapUI:

I was able to track down this error to using a VPN client (Cisco AnyConnect) and Java JDK 7.

The trick is to ensure Java is using IPv4.

For SoapUI do the following:

1. Edit the following file: SmartBear/bin.soapUI-version.vmoptions
2. Add the following Java option:

While I originally discovered this issue with SoapUI (since it is built on the Java platform), I was also having an issue connecting to a remote database over a VPN connection with Oracle SQL Developer.

I eventually discovered SQL Developer also needed the above option.

For SQL Developer do the following:

1. Edit sqldeveloper/ide/bin/ide.conf
2. Add the following Java option at the bottom of the file:

You can verify that the option was added correctly in SQL Developer by going to Help -> About.

Then go to the Properties tab.

If all went correctly, you should see java.net.preferIpv4Stack set to true and you should be able to connect to your database.

Jonathan Hult
Mythics Consulting