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Question
How do I resolve the "[java.security.cert.CertPathBuilderException or sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException]: unable to find valid certification path to requested target" error I get when connecting to Rule Team Server (RTS)/Decision Center(DC) or Rule Execution Server over HTTPS/SSL?
Cause
If your application server is using a non-trusted certificate and because by default only trusted certificates are supported for HTTPS/SSL, you will get this type of error when trying to connect to RTS/DC or Rule Execution Server:
ilog.rules.res.util.http.IlrConnectionException: IO error when contacting "/res/repositoryService" [or "https://<hostname>:<port>/teamserver"]
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Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: com.ibm.jsse2.util.g: PKIX path building failed: java.security.cert.CertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
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Caused by: com.ibm.jsse2.util.g: PKIX path building failed: java.security.cert.CertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
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Caused by: java.security.cert.CertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
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This is the case, for example, for WebSphere Application Server (WAS) until version 6.1.
Starting in 7.0, WAS default certificate is signed by a default server root certificate, the error and solution are then different. Refer to technote CertPathValidatorException when connection to Rule Team Server /Decision Center or Rule Execution Server over HTTPS in such case.
Notes :
- With a Sun JVM the root error would be:
sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target - When connecting from within Rule Studio/Designer, Eclipse may not show the root error in its logs, in which case you will need to refer to technote Connection with Rule Team Server/Decision Center has failed to see a stack trace like the above.
Answer
In order to resolve this problem, set the following Java system property on the client side to allow HTTPS/SSL connections with non-trusted certificates:
- to connect to Rule Execution Server:
-Dilog.rules.res.allowSelfSignedCertificate=true - to connect to Rule Team Server/Decision Center:
-Dilog.rules.teamserver.allowSelfSignedCertificate=true
Whether you connect to RTS/DC or Rule Execution Server:
- If your client is Rule Studio/Designer, set the property in the build.xml starting the associated Eclipse instance. See section WebSphere ILOG JRules BRMS V7.1 > Rule Studio > Synchronizing and storing rules > Understanding synchronization > Synchronization and the communication protocol of the 7.1 documentation for details for the connection with RTS and section WebSphere ILOG JRules BRMS V7.1 > Rule Execution Server > Deploying rulesets > Deploying and exporting RuleApps > Deploying a RuleApp to one or more Rule Execution Servers for the connection with Rule Execution Server.
- If you are performing a remote DVS test from Rule Studio/Designer, the property as indicated above is not propagated to the DVS client which runs on a new JVM instance. A solution in that case is to set this -Dilog.rules.res.allowSelfSignedCertificate=true in the IBM_JAVA_OPTIONS environment variable.
- If you are using ANT tasks, you will add the property in your build.xml as a property in the corresponding ANT target , or at the project level to cover all tasks (see the JRules 7.1 documentation at WebSphere ILOG JRules BRMS V7.1 > Customizing > Customizing Rule Team Server > Customizing the Rule Team Server behavior > Ant task communication protocol for RTS and WebSphere ILOG JRules BRMS V7.1 > Reference > Ant tasks for RuleApp management > Communication protocol for Rule Execution Server).
- If your client is RTS (to connect to Rule Execution Server), set the property in the start script of your application server (see section WebSphere ILOG JRules BRMS V7.1 > Installing > Installation overview > Communication protocol of the JRules 7.1 documentation). Refer to the vendor's documentation for more details on setting system properties for its application server.
Related Information
Historical Number
jrules/FAQ/372
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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
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swg21400817