problem connecting to server from external client

[Josh Cimino]

I'm trying to connect to WebSphere from an external client to do some testing. When I try to get an InitialContext, I get the following error:

 

javax.naming.ServiceUnavailableException: NULL returned when resolving initial reference=NameService

 at com.ibm.ws.naming.util.WsnInitCtxFactory.getCosRootContext(WsnInitCtxFactory.java:452)

 at com.ibm.ws.naming.util.WsnInitCtxFactory.getRootJndiContext(WsnInitCtxFactory.java:337)

 at com.ibm.ws.naming.util.WsnInitCtxFactory.getInitialContext(WsnInitCtxFactory.java:200)

 at com.ibm.websphere.naming.WsnInitialContextFactory.getInitialContext(WsnInitialContextFactory.java:80)

 at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:665)

 at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:246)

 at javax.naming.InitialContext.init(InitialContext.java:222)

 at javax.naming.InitialContext.<init>(InitialContext.java:198)

 

The following code is how I try to get the InitialContext:

 

Properties lProperties = null;
InitialContext lInitialContext = null;

 

lProperties = new Properties();
lProperties.put( Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "com.ibm.websphere.naming.WsnInitialContextFactory" );
lProperties.put( Context.PROVIDER_URL, "iiop://localhost:900" );
lInitialContext = new InitialContext( lProperties );

 

Does anybody have an idea of what I'm doing wrong? Do I have to 'turn on' the NameService?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

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Josh Cimino
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