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Configuring trust store for SSL certificated

Troubleshooting


Problem

When configuring an SSL ( Secure Sockets Layer ) certificate to be used for MPINET, and JMX ( Java Management Extensions)tm connections to the IBM Initiate MDS ( Master Data Service), the certificate needs to be trusted by the client applications.

Symptom

13:53:51 [00064] WARN javax.management.remote.generic: Failed to open connection: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: certificate_unknown
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:174)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:136)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.recvAlert(SSLSocketImpl.java:1682)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:932)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1112)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1139)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1123)
at com.sun.jmx.remote.opt.security.TLSServerHandler.activate(TLSServerHandler.java:340)
at com.sun.jmx.remote.opt.security.AdminServer.connectionOpen(AdminServer.java:180)
at com.sun.jmx.remote.generic.ServerSynchroMessageConnectionImpl.connect(ServerSynchroMessageConnectionImpl.java:58)
at javax.management.remote.generic.GenericConnectorServer$ClientCreation.run(GenericConnectorServer.java:405)
at com.sun.jmx.remote.opt.util.ThreadService$ThreadServiceJob.run(ThreadService.java:208)
at com.sun.jmx.remote.opt.util.JobExecutor.run(JobExecutor.java:59)

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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