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IBM Cognos Controller Web - CAM (HTTPS): PKIX path building failed: com.ibm.security.cert.IBMCertPathBuilderException

Troubleshooting


Problem

Customer is integrated (authentication) IBM Cognos Controller with Cognos Analytics.  CAM authentication worked, with IBM Cognos Controller web, until they configured CA for HTTPS.

Symptom

com.ibm.cognos.fcm.log records the following error after an attempt to log on to IBM Cognos Controller web fails with 'Unauthorized'.

| INFO | [com.ibm.cognos.fcm.web.ui.infrastructure.auth.cam.CamAuthenticationProvider] Authentication rejected: '' (org.springframework.security.authentication.BadCredentialsException: Cannot validate passport: ; nested exception is:
    javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: com.ibm.jsse2.util.j: PKIX path building failed: com.ibm.security.cert.IBMCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target)

| INFO | [com.ibm.cognos.fcm.web.ui.infrastructure.auth.cam.CamAuthenticationProvider] Authentication rejected: '' (org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationServiceException: Invalid authentication credentials.)
| ERROR | [com.ibm.cognos.fcm.web.service.internal.realtime.async.AsynchronousEventsConsumer] Cannot process events due to thread interruption. Posting interup request.
java.lang.InterruptedException: null
    at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer$ConditionObject.reportInterruptAfterWait(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:2025) ~[?:1.8.0]
    at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer$ConditionObject.await(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:2059) ~[?:1.8.0]
    at java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue.take(LinkedBlockingQueue.java:453) ~[?:1.8.0]
    at com.ibm.cognos.fcm.web.service.internal.realtime.async.AsynchronousEventsConsumer.run(AsynchronousEventsConsumer.java:56) [web-service-impl-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:?]
    at com.ibm.ws.threading.internal.PolicyTaskFutureImpl.run(PolicyTaskFutureImpl.java:711) [com.ibm.ws.threading_1.1.65.jar:?]
    at com.ibm.ws.threading.internal.PolicyExecutorImpl.runTask(PolicyExecutorImpl.java:1170) [com.ibm.ws.threading_1.1.65.jar:?]
    at com.ibm.ws.threading.internal.PolicyExecutorImpl$GlobalPoolTask.run(PolicyExecutorImpl.java:196) [com.ibm.ws.threading_1.1.65.jar:?]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1160) [?:1.8.0]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635) [?:1.8.0]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:830) [?:2.9 (04-27-2022)]

Document Location

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Modified date:
09 May 2025

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ibm17005943