To fix this issue, increase the maximum HTTP header size allowed by Apache Catalina:
- Open <installDir>\conf\server.xml in a text editor.
NOTE: The value <installDir> is the root directory for Database Security Server.
- For Windows, the default location is C:\Program Files\Mcafee\McAfee Database Security\
- For Linux, the default location is /usr/local/mfe-dbs-server/
- Locate the Connector port entry:
- For Database Security v4.8.2 and earlier, look for the two connector tags, HTTP (TCP port 8080) and HTTPS (TCP port 8443):
<Connector port="8080" relaxedQueryChars="${dbsec.relaxed.query.chars}" server="Database Security WebServer"
maxHttpHeaderSize="8192" maxThreads="150" enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" acceptCount="100" connectionTimeout="20000" disableUploadTimeout="true" maxPostSize="16777216"/>
<Connector port="8443" relaxedQueryChars="${dbsec.relaxed.query.chars}" server="Database Security WebServer"
maxHttpHeaderSize="8192" maxThreads="150" enableLookups="false" disableUploadTimeout="true" acceptCount="100"
- For Database Security v4.8.3 and later, look for the single HTTPS (TCP port 8443) tag:
<Connector port="8443" relaxedQueryChars="${dbsec.relaxed.query.chars}" server="Database Security WebServer"
maxHttpHeaderSize="8192" maxThreads="150" enableLookups="false" disableUploadTimeout="true" acceptCount="100"
- Edit the connector(s) properties as follows:
HTTP:
<Connector port="8080" relaxedQueryChars="${dbsec.relaxed.query.chars}" server="Database Security WebServer"
maxHttpHeaderSize="65536" maxThreads="150" enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" acceptCount="100" connectionTimeout="20000" disableUploadTimeout="true" maxPostSize="16777216"/>
HTTPS:
<Connector port="8443" relaxedQueryChars="${dbsec.relaxed.query.chars}" server="Database Security WebServer"
maxHttpHeaderSize="65536" maxThreads="150" enableLookups="false" disableUploadTimeout="true" acceptCount="100"
- Save the file.
- Restart the Database Security Server service.
