"PKIX path building failed: unable to find valid certification path to requested target" Only in release version

java intellij-idea ssl-certificate shiro java-security
Dineshkumar picture Dineshkumar · Feb 1, 2016 · Viewed 30.2k times · Source

The issue is something tricky. I tried to connect my war file to a Active Directory via LDAPS. While running with Debug Mode from IntelliJ IDEA, the code is working perfectly fine.

When I Install the war files in same or different machine, am facing this error.

sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed:    sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

The certificates are self-signed. I have added the CA.crt in truststore.jks, LDAP.cer in cacerts. I also tried adding in the `jssecacerts', but same result.

Note: Am using Apache Shiro framework.

How to avoid this error? Why it is not coming in the debug mode?

Answer

justin.hughey picture justin.hughey · Feb 4, 2016

This is not a Shiro problem. It is a problem with your certificates. I suspect your IDE may be using a different Java install than where your deployed WAR is executing from.

This exception has been handled previously How to ignore PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException?.

Also, I found this article useful PKIX path building failed: SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target..

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