AAA Login through NetScaler Fails with Error: “Internal server error 31”

AAA Login through NetScaler Fails with Error: “Internal server error 31”

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Article ID: CTX200038

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Description

AAA login through NetScaler fails with error  "internal server error 31". This issue is observed whenever a site is accessed with a long URL.

Resolution

Workaround

Clear the authnProfile setting on Load Balancing  virtual server and configure authenticationHost on the same Load Balancing virtual server. Here, authenticationHost must be an FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name ) of the authentication server. Client/Browser must be able to resolve this FQDN.

Status

This is a known issue logged as BUG0456632 and is fixed in 10.5-50.1 and later versions.


Problem Cause

If a user tries to use a long URL (more than 1024 bytes) to access a protected resource for the first time (that is, without a valid cookie), the NetScaler ADC returns a 500 error.

Issue/Introduction

This article provides a workaround for AAL login that fails through NetScaler with the error "Internal server error 31".