javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Trust anchor for certification path not found

java android ssl retrofit
birdy picture birdy · Jan 10, 2014 · Viewed 105.2k times · Source

I am using Retrofit to access my REST API. However, when I put my API behind ssl and access it by http://myhost/myapi then I get this error:

Do I need to do something extra now that my API is behind SSL?

Here is how I connect:

private final String API = "https://myhost/myapi";

private final RestAdapter REST_ADAPTER = new RestAdapter.Builder()
        .setServer(API)
        .setLogLevel(RestAdapter.LogLevel.FULL)
        .build();

01-10 09:49:55.621    2076-2100/com.myapp.mobile D/Retrofit﹕ javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Trust anchor for certification path not found.
            at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:401)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpConnection.setupSecureSocket(HttpConnection.java:209)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpsURLConnectionImpl$HttpsEngine.makeSslConnection(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:478)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpsURLConnectionImpl$HttpsEngine.connect(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:433)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpEngine.sendSocketRequest(HttpEngine.java:290)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpEngine.sendRequest(HttpEngine.java:240)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpURLConnectionImpl.getResponse(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:282)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:497)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:134)
            at retrofit.client.UrlConnectionClient.readResponse(UrlConnectionClient.java:90)
            at retrofit.client.UrlConnectionClient.execute(UrlConnectionClient.java:48)
            at retrofit.RestAdapter$RestHandler.invokeRequest(RestAdapter.java:287)
            at retrofit.RestAdapter$RestHandler.invoke(RestAdapter.java:222)
            at $Proxy12.signin(Native Method)
            at com.myapp.loginactivity$3.doInBackground(LoginActivity.java:143)
            at com.myapp.loginactivity$3.doInBackground(LoginActivity.java:136)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:287)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:234)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:230)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1080)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:573)
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:841)
     Caused by: java.security.cert.CertificateException: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Trust anchor for certification path not found.
            at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.TrustManagerImpl.checkTrusted(TrustManagerImpl.java:282)
            at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(TrustManagerImpl.java:202)
            at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.verifyCertificateChain(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:595)
            at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.NativeCrypto.SSL_do_handshake(Native Method)
            at org.apache.harmony.xnet.provider.jsse.OpenSSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(OpenSSLSocketImpl.java:398)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpConnection.setupSecureSocket(HttpConnection.java:209)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpsURLConnectionImpl$HttpsEngine.makeSslConnection(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:478)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpsURLConnectionImpl$HttpsEngine.connect(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:433)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpEngine.sendSocketRequest(HttpEngine.java:290)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpEngine.sendRequest(HttpEngine.java:240)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpURLConnectionImpl.getResponse(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:282)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:497)
            at libcore.net.http.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:134)
            at retrofit.client.UrlConnectionClient.readResponse(UrlConnectionClient.java:90)
            at retrofit.client.UrlConnectionClient.execute(UrlConnectionClient.java:48)
            at retrofit.RestAdapter$RestHandler.invokeRequest(RestAdapter.java:287)
            at retrofit.RestAdapter$RestHandler.invoke(RestAdapter.java:222)
            at $Proxy12.signin(Native Method)
            at com.myapp.LoginActivity$3.doInBackground(LoginActivity.java:143)
            at com.myapp.LoginActivity$3.doInBackground(LoginActivity.java:136)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:287)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:234)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:230)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1080)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:573)
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:841)

Answer

Fernando. picture Fernando. · Feb 28, 2015

The reason this occur is the JVM/Dalvik haven't not confidence in the CA certificates in the system or in the user certificate stores.

To fix this with Retrofit, If you are used okhttp, with another client it's very similar.
You've to do:

A). Create a cert store contain public Key of CA. To do this you need to launch next script for *nix. You need openssl install in your machine, and download from https://www.bouncycastle.org/ the jar bcprov-jdk16-1.46.jar. Download this version not other, the version 1.5x is not compatible with android 4.0.4.

#!/bin/bash

if [ -z $1 ]; then
  echo "Usage: cert2Android<CA cert PEM file>"
  exit 1
fi

CACERT=$1
BCJAR=bcprov-jdk16-1.46.jar

TRUSTSTORE=mytruststore.bks
ALIAS=`openssl x509 -inform PEM -subject_hash -noout -in $CACERT`

if [ -f $TRUSTSTORE ]; then
    rm $TRUSTSTORE || exit 1
fi

echo "Adding certificate to $TRUSTSTORE..."
keytool -import -v -trustcacerts -alias $ALIAS \
      -file $CACERT \
      -keystore $TRUSTSTORE -storetype BKS \
      -providerclass org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider \
      -providerpath $BCJAR \
      -storepass secret

echo "" 
echo "Added '$CACERT' with alias '$ALIAS' to $TRUSTSTORE..."

B). Copy the file truststore mytruststore.bks in res/raw of your project truststore location

C). Setting SSLContext of the connection:

.............
okHttpClient = new OkHttpClient();
try {
    KeyStore ksTrust = KeyStore.getInstance("BKS");
    InputStream instream = context.getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.mytruststore);
    ksTrust.load(instream, "secret".toCharArray());

    // TrustManager decides which certificate authorities to use.
    TrustManagerFactory tmf = TrustManagerFactory
        .getInstance(TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
    tmf.init(ksTrust);
    SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
    sslContext.init(null, tmf.getTrustManagers(), null);

    okHttpClient.setSslSocketFactory(sslContext.getSocketFactory());
} catch (KeyStoreException | IOException | NoSuchAlgorithmException | CertificateException | KeyManagementException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}
.................

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