Connection refused

[fleabeard69]

Container stuck in a reboot loop as connection is refused?

Error:

idrac6  | Starting
idrac6  | Environment ok
idrac6  | Creating library folder
idrac6  | [services.d] done.
idrac6  | Downloading avctKVM
idrac6  | --2025-07-26 01:11:02--  https://192.168.0.70/software/avctKVM.jar
idrac6  | Connecting to 192.168.0.70:443... failed: Connection refused.
idrac6  | Failed to download avctKVM.jar, please check your settings

My compose file:

services:
  idrac1:
    image: domistyle/idrac6
    container_name: idrac6
    restart: always
    ports:
      - 5800:5800
      - 5900:5900
    environment:
      - IDRAC_HOST=192.168.0.70
      - IDRAC_USER=root
      - IDRAC_PASSWORD=calvin
      # - VIRTUAL_ISO=name_of_iso.iso
    volumes:
      - ./app:/app
      - ./media:/vmedia
      - ./screenshots:/screenshots

[pml-jpe]

Comment out these lines in your compose file:

volumes:
  - ./app:/app
  - ./media:/vmedia
  - ./screenshots:/screenshots

[fleabeard69]

Comment out these lines in your compose file:

volumes:
  - ./app:/app
  - ./media:/vmedia
  - ./screenshots:/screenshots

I have done this, removed the image and let it re-download and am getting the same exact error message still

[nutterbg]

Sorry to resurrect an old issue, but facing the same problem.

I have tried the same troubleshooting step as @fleabeard69 , but no dice.

Initialization complete, starting virtual console Feb 18, 2026 1:30:36 PM java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$1 run WARNING: Couldn't create user preferences directory. User preferences are unusable. Feb 18, 2026 1:30:36 PM java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$1 run WARNING: java.io.IOException: Not a directory 02/18/2026 01:30:36:386: Starting client. ====setPowerMenuStatus: (##2) 02/18/2026 01:30:52:375: Connection failed with exception: Connection refused (Connection refused) 18/02/2026 13:30:52 copy_tiles: allocating first_line at size 27 Feb 18, 2026 1:31:01 PM java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences checkLockFile0ErrorCode WARNING: Could not lock User prefs. Unix error code 20. Feb 18, 2026 1:31:01 PM java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences syncWorld WARNING: Couldn't flush user prefs: java.util.prefs.BackingStoreException: Couldn't get file lock. [services.d] stopping services [services.d] stopping app... [services.d] stopping openbox... [services.d] stopping statusmonitor... [services.d] stopping logmonitor... [services.d] stopping x11vnc...

I had a suspicion the client might not be including the correct IDRAC_PORT, so I tried to forward 443 (the host is not local to me), but no luck with that either.

Any advice?

[nutterbg]

D'oh!

I found my problem. I forwarded ports 5900 and 5901 via the SSH tunnel and now it works.

Hope this helps someone.