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Sterling B2B Integrator's REST API UI (i.e., B2BAPIs/svc) is not accessible over https due to javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: no cipher suites in common

Troubleshooting


Problem

Sterling B2B Integrator's REST API UI (i.e., B2BAPIs/svc) is not accessible over https URL

Symptom

None of the applications hosted on Sterling B2B Integrator's Liberty server are accessible over https; http URLs work well.
Following are the example URLs fail to load and present "Secure Connection Failed" error on browser
https://<host>:<LIBERTY_HTTPS_PORT>/B2BAPIs/svc
https://<host>:<LIBERTY_HTTPS_PORT>/propertyUI
liberty/wlp/usr/servers/SIServer/logs/messages.log shows exception as below.
[10/25/21 14:53:20:477 EDT] 00000045 com.ibm.ws.channel.ssl.internal.SSLHandshakeErrorTracker     E CWWKO0801E: Unable to initialize SSL connection. Unauthorized access was denied or security settings have expired. Exception is javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: no cipher suites in common
        at com.ibm.jsse2.D.A(D.java:655)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.as.b(as.java:427)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.as.c(as.java:376)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.as.wrap(as.java:479)
        at javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine.wrap(SSLEngine.java:45)
        at com.ibm.ws.channel.ssl.internal.SSLUtils.handleHandshake(SSLUtils.java:695)
        at com.ibm.ws.channel.ssl.internal.SSLConnectionLink.readyInbound(SSLConnectionLink.java:589)
        at com.ibm.ws.channel.ssl.internal.SSLConnectionLink.ready(SSLConnectionLink.java:336)
        at com.ibm.ws.tcpchannel.internal.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.sendToDiscriminators(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:167)
        at com.ibm.ws.tcpchannel.internal.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.complete(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:75)
        at com.ibm.ws.tcpchannel.internal.WorkQueueManager.requestComplete(WorkQueueManager.java:504)
        at com.ibm.ws.tcpchannel.internal.WorkQueueManager.attemptIO(WorkQueueManager.java:574)
        at com.ibm.ws.tcpchannel.internal.WorkQueueManager.workerRun(WorkQueueManager.java:958)
        at com.ibm.ws.tcpchannel.internal.WorkQueueManager$Worker.run(WorkQueueManager.java:1047)
        at com.ibm.ws.threading.internal.ExecutorServiceImpl$RunnableWrapper.run(ExecutorServiceImpl.java:239)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1160)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:822)
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: no cipher suites in common
        at com.ibm.jsse2.k.a(k.java:43)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.as.a(as.java:105)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.D.a(D.java:397)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.D.a(D.java:654)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.F.b(F.java:534)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.F.a(F.java:817)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.F.a(F.java:492)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.D.s(D.java:286)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.D$b.a(D$b.java:3)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.D$b.run(D$b.java:2)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:770)
        at com.ibm.jsse2.D$c.run(D$c.java:14)
        at com.ibm.ws.channel.ssl.internal.SSLUtils.handleHandshake(SSLUtils.java:751)

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Modified date:
26 October 2021

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ibm16508603