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1981326 - InfoView / BI Launchpad Probe result fails with exception "SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target"

Symptom

When executing a monitoring probe against an application server running SSL (self-signed certificate), the probe result fails and gives the following exception:

Probe Name: BI launch pad
Result: Failed
Duration: 196 msec


Diagnostic Messages: Attempting to connect to https://hostname:8443/BOE/portal

Could
not connect to https://localhost:8443/BOE/portal.

Ensure that the URL Base parameter in the properties of this probe is correct.
Exception : javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed:

sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target


at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:174)

at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1764)


at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:241)


at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:235)


at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1206)

at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:136)

at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Handshaker.java:593)


at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Handshaker.java:529)


at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:958)


at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1203)


at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1230)

at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1214)


at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:434)

at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:166)

at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.connect(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:133)


at com.businessobjects.monitoring.probe.ProbeInfoView.execute(ProbeInfoView.java:178)


at com.businessobjects.monitoring.probe.ProbeInfoView.executeDiagnosticProbe(ProbeInfoView.java:82)


at com.businessobjects.sdk.monitoring.probe.DiagnosticProbeManager$DiagnosticProbeTask.call(DiagnosticProbeManager.java:201)


at com.businessobjects.sdk.monitoring.probe.DiagnosticProbeManager$DiagnosticProbeTask.call(DiagnosticProbeManager.java:177)


at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)


at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:743)


Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:323)
at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(PKIXValidator.java:217)
at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:218)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.validate(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:126)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:209)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:249)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1185)
... 17 more
Caused by: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.engineBuild(SunCertPathBuilder.java:174)
at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(CertPathBuilder.java:238)
at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:318)
... 23 more                                                                                                                                                                           


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Environment

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.0 / 4.1

Product

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0 ; SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0, feature pack 3 ; SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.1

Keywords

KBA , BI-BIP-MON , BI platform monitoring , BI-BIP-ADM , BI Servers, security, Crystal Reports in Launchpad , Problem

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