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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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Document Information

More support for:
IBM Cognos Controller

Component:
Controller->BA - Cognos Controller->CAM, Controller->BA - Cognos Controller->Controller WEB, Controller->BA - Cognos Controller->Installation, Controller->BA - Cognos Controller->SSL

Software version:
All Versions

Document number:
7005943

Modified date:
09 May 2025

UID

ibm17005943

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