PH45406: THE ADDNODE OPERATION FAILS DURING CREATION OF A CHAINED CERTIFICATE DUE TO JAVA.LANG.NUMBERFORMATEXCEPTION

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• During the addNode operation, this exception may be seen in the
  logs produced by addNode.  It indicates during a certificate
  creation an error occurred as a result of a
  NumberFormatException during the procedure:
  
  ADMU0113E: Program exiting with error:
  com.ibm.websphere.management.exception.AdminException:
  javax.management.MBeanException: Exception thrown in
  RequiredModelMBean while trying to invoke operation
  mergeConfigDataOnDmgr
  	at com.ibm.ws.management.util.Utils.makeAdminException(Utils.j
  ava:421)
  	at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.NodeFederationUtility.runTool(N
  odeFederationUtility.java:614)
  	at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.AdminTool.executeUtility(AdminT
  ool.java:281)
  :
  Caused by: com.ibm.websphere.ssl.SSLException: CWPKI0043E: Error
  creating a chained certificate.  The exception that occurred is:
  null.
  	at com.ibm.ws.ssl.config.CertificateManager.chainedCertificate
  Create(CertificateManager.java:740)
  	at com.ibm.ws.ssl.config.CertificateManager.chainedCertificate
  Create(CertificateManager.java:508)
  	at com.ibm.ws.security.common.util.MergeSecurityConfig.merge(M
  ergeSecurityConfig.java:1069)
  	at com.ibm.ws.management.configarchive.AddNodeSecurityExt.exec
  uteStep(AddNodeSecurityExt.java:139)
  	... 37 more
  Caused by: java.lang.NumberFormatException: null
  	at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:554)
  	at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:627)
  	at com.ibm.ws.ssl.utils.CertificateHelper.isJava8301OrLater(Ce
  rtificateHelper.java:479)
  	at com.ibm.ws.ssl.utils.CertificateHelper.setupSANInfo(Certifi
  cateHelper.java:343)
  	at com.ibm.ws.ssl.config.CertificateManager.chainedCertificate
  Create(CertificateManager.java:726)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  All users of IBM WebSphere Application      *
  *                  Server                                      *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: An java.lang.NumberFormatException      *
  *                      exception may be seen on older JVMs.    *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  A check is included to look of a specific version level or
  higher when creating a certificate.  The check does not handle
  an older format of a java version.
  

Problem conclusion

• Fix to handle older java version format when checking the
  version.
  
  The fix for this APAR is targeted for inclusion in fix pack
  8.5.5.22 and 9.0.5.13. For more information, see 'Recommended
  Updates for WebSphere Application Server':
  https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/715553
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBS APP SERV N

• Fixed component ID

  5724H8800

Applicable component levels