Java: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

I have a class that will download a file from a https server. When I run it, it returns a lot of errors. It seems that I have a problem with my certificate. Is it possible to ignore the client-server authentication? If so, how?

package com.da;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.CharBuffer;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIUtils;
import org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.DefaultHttpAsyncClient;
import org.apache.http.nio.IOControl;
import org.apache.http.nio.client.HttpAsyncClient;
import org.apache.http.nio.client.methods.AsyncCharConsumer;
import org.apache.http.nio.client.methods.HttpAsyncGet;
import org.apache.http.nio.client.methods.HttpAsyncPost;

public class RSDDownloadFile {
	static FileOutputStream fos;

	public void DownloadFile(String URI, String Request) throws Exception
	{
		java.net.URI uri = URIUtils.createURI("https", "176.66.3.69:6443", -1, "download.aspx",
				"Lang=EN&AuthToken=package", null);
		System.out.println("URI Query: " + uri.toString());
		
		HttpAsyncClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpAsyncClient();
        httpclient.start();
        try {
            Future<Boolean> future = httpclient.execute(
            		new HttpAsyncGet(uri),
                    new ResponseCallback(), null);
            
            Boolean result = future.get();
            if (result != null && result.booleanValue()) {
                System.out.println("\nRequest successfully executed");
            } else {
                System.out.println("Request failed");
            }              
        } 
        catch(Exception e){
        	System.out.println("[DownloadFile] Exception: " + e.getMessage());
        }
        finally {
        	System.out.println("Shutting down");
            httpclient.shutdown();
        }
        System.out.println("Done");  
        
	}
	
	static class ResponseCallback extends AsyncCharConsumer<Boolean> {

	    @Override
	    protected void onResponseReceived(final HttpResponse response) {
	    	 System.out.println("Response: " + response.getStatusLine());
	    	 System.out.println("Header: " + response.toString());
	    	 try {   
	    		 //if(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()==200)
	    			 fos = new FileOutputStream( "Response.html" );
	    	 }catch(Exception e){
	    		 System.out.println("[onResponseReceived] Exception: " + e.getMessage());
	    	 }
	    }

	    @Override
	    protected void onCharReceived(final CharBuffer buf, final IOControl ioctrl) throws IOException {
	    	try
	    	{
	            while (buf.hasRemaining()) 
	            {
	                //System.out.print(buf.get());
	                fos.write(buf.get());
	            }
	    	}catch(Exception e)
	    	{
	    		System.out.println("[onCharReceived] Exception: " + e.getMessage());
	    	}
	    }

	    @Override
	    protected void onCleanup() {
	    	try
	    	{	          
				if(fos!=null)
					fos.close();
	    	}catch(Exception e){
	    		System.out.println("[onCleanup] Exception: " + e.getMessage());    		
	    	}
	    	 System.out.println("onCleanup()");
	    }

	    @Override
	    protected Boolean buildResult() {
	        return Boolean.TRUE;
	    }

	}
}

Errors:

URI Query: https://176.66.3.69:6443/download.aspx?Lang=EN&AuthToken=package
Aug 2, 2011 3:47:57 PM org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.NHttpClientProtocolHandler exception
SEVERE: I/O error: General SSLEngine problem
javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: General SSLEngine problem
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.checkThrown(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.checkTaskThrown(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.writeAppRecord(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.wrap(Unknown Source)
	at javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine.wrap(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.SSLIOSession.doHandshake(SSLIOSession.java:154)
	at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.SSLIOSession.isAppInputReady(SSLIOSession.java:276)
	at org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.InternalClientEventDispatch.inputReady(InternalClientEventDispatch.java:79)
	at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.BaseIOReactor.readable(BaseIOReactor.java:161)
	at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.processEvent(AbstractIOReactor.java:335)
	at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.processEvents(AbstractIOReactor.java:315)
	at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractIOReactor.execute(AbstractIOReactor.java:275)
	at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.BaseIOReactor.execute(BaseIOReactor.java:104)
	at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.AbstractMultiworkerIOReactor$Worker.run(AbstractMultiworkerIOReactor.java:542)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: General SSLEngine problem
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.fatal(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker$DelegatedTask.run(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.SSLIOSession.doHandshake(SSLIOSession.java:180)
	... 9 more
Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
	at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(Unknown Source)
	at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(Unknown Source)
	at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.JsseX509TrustManager.checkServerTrusted(Unknown Source)
	... 16 more
Caused by: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
	at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.engineBuild(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(Unknown Source)
	... 21 more
onCleanup()

[DownloadFile] Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: General SSLEngine problem
Shutting down
Done

The problem appears when your server has self signed certificate. To workaround it you can add this certificate to the list of trusted certificates of your JVM.

In this article author describes how to fetch the certificate from your browser and add it to cacerts file of your JVM. You can either edit JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security/cacerts file or run you application with -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore parameter. Verify which JDK/JRE you are using too as this is often a source of confusion.

See also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8443081/how-are-ssl-certificate-server-names-resolved-can-i-add-alternative-names-using If you run into java.security.cert.CertificateException: No name matching localhost found exception.

Here's what reliably works for me on macOS. Make sure to replace example.com and 443 with the actual hostname and port you're trying to connect to, and give a custom alias. The first command downloads the provided certificate from the remote server and saves it locally in x509 format. The second command loads the saved certificate into Java's SSL trust store.

openssl x509 -in <(openssl s_client -connect example.com:443 -prexit 2>/dev/null) -out ~/example.crt
sudo keytool -importcert -file ~/example.crt -alias example -keystore $(/usr/libexec/java_home)/jre/lib/security/cacerts -storepass changeit

I had the same issue with a valid signed wildcard certificate from symantec.

First try running your java application with -Djavax.net.debug=SSL to see what is really going on.

I ended up importing the intermediate certificate which was causing the cert chain to break.

I downloaded the missing intermediate cert from symantec (you can see the download link to the missing cert in the ssl handshake log: http://svrintl-g3-aia.verisign.com/SVRIntlG3.cer in my case).

And I imported the cert in the java keystore. After importing the intermediate certificate my wildcard ssl cert finally started working:

keytool -import -keystore ../jre/lib/security/cacerts -trustcacerts -alias "VeriSign Class 3 International Server CA - G3" -file /pathto/SVRIntlG3.cer

1. Export the SSL certificate using Firefox. You can export it by hitting the URL in the browser and then select the option to export the certificate. Let's assume the cert file name is your.ssl.server.name.crt
2. Go to your JRE_HOME/bin or JDK/JRE/bin
3. Type the command

keytool -keystore ..\lib\security\cacerts -import -alias your.ssl.server.name -file .\relative-path-to-cert-file\your.ssl.server.name.crt 5. Restart your Java process

@Gabe Martin-Dempesy's answer is helped to me. And I wrote a small script related to it. The usage is very simple.

Install a certificate from host:

> sudo ./java-cert-importer.sh example.com

Remove the certificate that installed already.

> sudo ./java-cert-importer.sh example.com --delete

java-cert-importer.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Exit on error
set -e

# Ensure script is running as root
if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
  then echo "WARN: Please run as root (sudo)"
  exit 1
fi

# Check required commands
command -v openssl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Required command 'openssl' not installed. Aborting." >&2; exit 1; }
command -v keytool >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Required command 'keytool' not installed. Aborting." >&2; exit 1; }

# Get command line args
host=$1; port=${2:-443}; deleteCmd=${3:-${2}}

# Check host argument
if [ ! ${host} ]; then
cat << EOF
Please enter required parameter(s)

usage:  ./java-cert-importer.sh <host> [ <port> | default=443 ] [ -d | --delete ]

EOF
exit 1
fi;

if [ "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
    javahome=${JAVA_HOME}
elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ]]; then # Linux
    javahome=$(readlink -f $(which java) | sed "s:bin/java::")
elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then # Mac OS X
    javahome="$(/usr/libexec/java_home)/jre"
fi

if [ ! "$javahome" ]; then
    echo "WARN: Java home cannot be found."
    exit 1
elif [ ! -d "$javahome" ]; then
    echo "WARN: Detected Java home does not exists: $javahome"
    exit 1
fi

echo "Detected Java Home: $javahome"

# Set cacerts file path
cacertspath=${javahome}/lib/security/cacerts
cacertsbackup="${cacertspath}.$$.backup"

if ( [ "$deleteCmd" == "-d" ] || [ "$deleteCmd" == "--delete" ] ); then
    sudo keytool -delete -alias ${host} -keystore ${cacertspath} -storepass changeit
    echo "Certificate is deleted for ${host}"
    exit 0
fi

# Get host info from user
#read -p "Enter server host (E.g. example.com) : " host
#read -p "Enter server port (Default 443) : " port

# create temp file
tmpfile="/tmp/${host}.$$.crt"

# Create java cacerts backup file
cp ${cacertspath} ${cacertsbackup}

echo "Java CaCerts Backup: ${cacertsbackup}"

# Get certificate from speficied host
openssl x509 -in <(openssl s_client -connect ${host}:${port} -prexit 2>/dev/null) -out ${tmpfile}

# Import certificate into java cacerts file
sudo keytool -importcert -file ${tmpfile} -alias ${host} -keystore ${cacertspath} -storepass changeit

# Remove temp certificate file
rm ${tmpfile}

# Check certificate alias name (same with host) that imported successfully
result=$(keytool -list -v -keystore ${cacertspath} -storepass changeit | grep "Alias name: ${host}")

# Show results to user
if [ "$result" ]; then
    echo "Success: Certificate is imported to java cacerts for ${host}";
else
    echo "Error: Something went wrong";
fi;

Quoting from No more 'unable to find valid certification path to requested target'

>when trying to open an SSL connection to a host using JSSE. What this usually means is that the server is using a test certificate (possibly generated using keytool) rather than a certificate from a well known commercial Certification Authority such as Verisign or GoDaddy. Web browsers display warning dialogs in this case, but since JSSE cannot assume an interactive user is present it just throws an exception by default. > >Certificate validation is a very important part of SSL security, but I am not writing this entry to explain the details. If you are interested, you can start by reading the Wikipedia blurb. I am writing this entry to show a simple way to talk to that host with the test certificate, if you really want to. > >Basically, you want to add the server's certificate to the KeyStore with your trusted certificates

Try the code provided there. It might help.

This solved my issue,

We need to import the cert onto the local java. If not we could get the below exception.

javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:192)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1949)
at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:302)

SSLPOKE is a tool where you can test the https connectivity from your local machine.

Command to test the connectivity:

"%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java" SSLPoke <hostname> 443

sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed:
sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:387)
at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(PKIXValidator.java:292)
at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:260)
at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.validate(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:324)
at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:229)
at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:124)
at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1496)
at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:216)
at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Handshaker.java:1026)
at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Handshaker.java:961)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1062)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1375)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:747)
at sun.security.ssl.AppOutputStream.write(AppOutputStream.java:123)
at sun.security.ssl.AppOutputStream.write(AppOutputStream.java:138)
at SSLPoke.main(SSLPoke.java:31)
Caused by: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to
requested target
at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.build(SunCertPathBuilder.java:141)
at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.engineBuild(SunCertPathBuilder.java:126)
at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(CertPathBuilder.java:280)
at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:382)
... 15 more

keytool -import -alias <anyname> -keystore "%JAVA_HOME%/jre/lib/security/cacerts" -file <cert path>

this would first prompt to "Enter keystore password:" changeit is the default password. and finally a prompt "Trust this certificate? [no]:", provide "yes" to add the cert to keystore.

Verfication:

C:\tools>"%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java" SSLPoke <hostname> 443
Successfully connected    

I was able to get it working with code only, i.e. no need to use keytool:

import com.netflix.config.DynamicBooleanProperty;
import com.netflix.config.DynamicIntProperty;
import com.netflix.config.DynamicPropertyFactory;
import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
import org.apache.http.config.Registry;
import org.apache.http.config.RegistryBuilder;
import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLContexts;
import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.TrustStrategy;
import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.X509HostnameVerifier;
import org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.CloseableHttpAsyncClient;
import org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.HttpAsyncClients;
import org.apache.http.impl.nio.conn.PoolingNHttpClientConnectionManager;
import org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.DefaultConnectingIOReactor;
import org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.IOReactorConfig;
import org.apache.http.nio.conn.NoopIOSessionStrategy;
import org.apache.http.nio.conn.SchemeIOSessionStrategy;
import org.apache.http.nio.conn.ssl.SSLIOSessionStrategy;

import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;

public class Test
{
    private static final DynamicIntProperty MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS = DynamicPropertyFactory.getInstance().getIntProperty("X.total.connections", 40);
    private static final DynamicIntProperty ROUTE_CONNECTIONS = DynamicPropertyFactory.getInstance().getIntProperty("X.total.connections", 40);
    private static final DynamicIntProperty CONNECT_TIMEOUT = DynamicPropertyFactory.getInstance().getIntProperty("X.connect.timeout", 60000);
    private static final DynamicIntProperty SOCKET_TIMEOUT = DynamicPropertyFactory.getInstance().getIntProperty("X.socket.timeout", -1);
    private static final DynamicIntProperty CONNECTION_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = DynamicPropertyFactory.getInstance().getIntProperty("X.connectionrequest.timeout", 60000);
    private static final DynamicBooleanProperty STALE_CONNECTION_CHECK = DynamicPropertyFactory.getInstance().getBooleanProperty("X.checkconnection", true);

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
    {

        SSLContext sslcontext = SSLContexts.custom()
                .useTLS()
                .loadTrustMaterial(null, new TrustStrategy()
                {
                    @Override
                    public boolean isTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException
                    {
                        return true;
                    }
                })
                .build();
        SSLIOSessionStrategy sslSessionStrategy = new SSLIOSessionStrategy(sslcontext, new AllowAll());

        Registry<SchemeIOSessionStrategy> sessionStrategyRegistry = RegistryBuilder.<SchemeIOSessionStrategy>create()
                .register("http", NoopIOSessionStrategy.INSTANCE)
                .register("https", sslSessionStrategy)
                .build();

        DefaultConnectingIOReactor ioReactor = new DefaultConnectingIOReactor(IOReactorConfig.DEFAULT);
        PoolingNHttpClientConnectionManager connectionManager = new PoolingNHttpClientConnectionManager(ioReactor, sessionStrategyRegistry);
        connectionManager.setMaxTotal(MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS.get());
        connectionManager.setDefaultMaxPerRoute(ROUTE_CONNECTIONS.get());

        RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom()
                .setSocketTimeout(SOCKET_TIMEOUT.get())
                .setConnectTimeout(CONNECT_TIMEOUT.get())
                .setConnectionRequestTimeout(CONNECTION_REQUEST_TIMEOUT.get())
                .setStaleConnectionCheckEnabled(STALE_CONNECTION_CHECK.get())
                .build();

        CloseableHttpAsyncClient httpClient = HttpAsyncClients.custom()
                .setSSLStrategy(sslSessionStrategy)
                .setConnectionManager(connectionManager)
                .setDefaultRequestConfig(requestConfig)
                .build();

        httpClient.start();

        // use httpClient...
    }

    private static class AllowAll implements X509HostnameVerifier
    {
        @Override
        public void verify(String s, SSLSocket sslSocket) throws IOException
        {}

        @Override
        public void verify(String s, X509Certificate x509Certificate) throws SSLException {}

        @Override
        public void verify(String s, String[] strings, String[] strings2) throws SSLException
        {}

        @Override
        public boolean verify(String s, SSLSession sslSession)
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
}

For Windows only, follow these steps:

1. In Chrome go to settings.
2. In Settings click show advance settings.
3. Under HTTPS/SSL Click on Manage Certificates.
4. Export Your Certificate.
5. In Windows searchs (Pressing windows key on keyboard) type java.
6. Select (Configure Java) Option Which will open Java Control Panel
7. Select Security tab in Java Control Panel
8. Select Manage Certificates
9. Click Import
10. Under (User) tab selected and certificate type as (Trusted Certificates)
11. Click import button and browse to downloaded certificate and import it.

The source of this error on my Apache 2.4 instance (using a Comodo wildcard certificate) was an incomplete path to the SHA-1 signed root certificate. There were multiple chains in the issued certificate, and the chain leading to a SHA-1 root certificate was missing an intermediate certificate. Modern browsers know how to handle this, but Java 7 doesn't handle it by default (although there are some convoluted ways to accomplish this in code). The result is error messages that look identical to the case of self-signed certificates:

Caused by: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
	at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.engineBuild(SunCertPathBuilder.java:196)
	at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(CertPathBuilder.java:268)
	at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:380)
	... 22 more

In this case, the "unable to find valid certification path to requested target" message is being produced due to the missing intermediate certificate. You can check which certificate is missing using SSL Labs test against the server. Once you find the appropriate certificate, download it and (if the server is under your control) add it to the certificate bundle. Alternatively, you can import the missing certificate locally. Accommodating this issue on the server is a more general solution to the problem.

There is a lot of way to solve this...

One way is set the TrustStore certificates in a keystore file and put it in the path of the application, and set these system properties in the main method:

public static void main(String[] args) {
  System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", "trust-store.jks");
  System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword", "TrustStore");
  ...
}

Other way is place the keystore as resource file inside the project jar file and load it:

public static SSLContext createSSLContext(String resourcePath, String pass) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyStoreException, IOException, CertificateException, UnrecoverableKeyException, KeyManagementException {
  // initialise the keystore
  final char[] password = pass.toCharArray();
  KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance("JKS");
  ks.load(ThisClass.class.getResourceAsStream(resourcePath
  ), password);

  // Setup the key manager factory.
  KeyManagerFactory kmf = KeyManagerFactory.getInstance("SunX509");
  kmf.init(ks, password);

  // Setup the trust manager factory.
  TrustManagerFactory tmf = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance("SunX509");
  tmf.init(ks);

  SSLContext sslc = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
  sslc.init(kmf.getKeyManagers(), tmf.getTrustManagers(), null);
  return sslc;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
  SSLContext.setDefault(
    createSSLContext("/trust-store.jks", "TrustStore"));
  ...
}

In windows you can try this solution too: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59056537/980442

---

I created the keystore file from a Certificate authority CA .crt file in this way:

keytool -import -alias ca -keystore trust-store.jks -storepass TrustStore -trustcacerts -file ca.crt

FYI: https://docs.oracle.com/javadb/10.8.3.0/adminguide/cadminsslclient.html

For those who like Debian and prepackaged Java:

sudo mkdir /usr/share/ca-certificates/test/  # don't mess with other certs
sudo cp ~/tmp/test.loc.crt /usr/share/ca-certificates/test/
sudo dpkg-reconfigure --force ca-certificates  # check your cert in curses GUI!
sudo update-ca-certificates --fresh --verbose

Don't forget to check /etc/default/cacerts for:

# enable/disable updates of the keystore /etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts
cacerts_updates=yes

To remove cert:

sudo rm /usr/share/ca-certificates/test/test.loc.crt
sudo rm /etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts
sudo update-ca-certificates --fresh --verbose

Simple Steps that I followed.

problem: I was trying to connect to an endpoint(https://%s.blob.core.windows.net) using a simple java class(main method).

So I was getting this certification issue as mentioned above, in the question.

Solution:

1. Get the certificate using a browser(chrome). To do this paste your endpoint URL in the browser and enter. Now you will see a lock icon, click on that -->certificate--> details --> copy to files--> download it.

2. open the cmd(i am using windows) as admin and then navigate to the directory where you have downloaded the .cer file.

3.(Optional)If you are using multiple JDK in the same machine then change your JDK version the same as you are using in your application.

4. Now use the below command

> keytool -import -alias mycertificate -keystore "C:\Program > Files\Java\jdk-11.0.5\lib\security\cacerts" -file myurlcrt.cer

5. Give the default password: changeit

6. Trust this certificate: yes

And you are done.

Thanks!

UPDATE: That a reboot helped was coincidental (I hoped so, hooray!). The real cause of the problem was this: When Gradle is directed to use a specific keystore, that keystore must also contain all the official root certificates. Otherwise it cannot access libraries from regular repositories. What I had to do was this:

Import the self-signed certificate:

keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias myselfsignedcert -file /Users/me/Desktop/selfsignedcert.crt -keystore ./privateKeystore.jks

Add the official root certificates:

keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore <java-home>/lib/security/cacerts -destkeystore ./privateKeystore.jks

Maybe the Gradle daemon also got in the way. Might be worth killing all running daemons found with ./gradlew --status if things start looking bleak.

ORIGINAL POSTING:

Nobody will believe this, I know. Still, if all else fails, give it a try: After a reboot of my Mac the problem was gone. Grrr.

Background: ./gradlew jar kept giving me "unable to find valid certification path to requested target"

I am stuck with a self-signed certificate, saved from browser, imported in privateKeystore.jks. Then instructed Gradle to work with privateKeystore.jks:

org.gradle.jvmargs=-Djavax.net.debug=SSL -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore="/Users/me/IntelliJ/myproject/privateKeystore.jks"  -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=changeit

As mentioned, this only worked after a reboot.

Had the issue like this image.

Tried a few solutions. But found that even if it's same project, when it's on other one's working place, it's totally fine. No extra settings needed. So we guessed it's an enviroment issue. We tried changing JDK version, IDE but didn't work. it took about 4 hours for investigation, until we tried the top-rated answer. I didn't find the error mentioned in that answer but I found via my browser about HTTP URL (lock) that there was a certification of Charles. Then I realized my charles was on all the time. As long as I turned that off, it's working all fine.

So I left my experience that could be helpful for your case.

This can also be caused by using GoDaddy certs with Java 7 that are signed using SHA2.

Chrome and all other browsers are starting to deprecate SSL certs that are signed using SHA1, as it's not as secure.

More info on the issue can be found here, as well as how to resolve it on your server if you need to now.

I had the same problem with the certificates error and it was because of SNI: the http client that I used didn't have SNI implemented. So a version update did the job

   <dependency>
		<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
		<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
		<version>4.3.6</version>
	</dependency>

AVG version 18.1.3044 (with Windows 10) interfer with my local Spring application.

Solution: enter in AVG section called "Web and email" and disable the "email protection". AVG block the certificate if the site isn't secure.

Download the certificate from Nexus3 Browser (click on the lock-pad for View Site Information in case of Edge broser)
Click on Connection is secure
Click on the certificate details
Click on Copy To file (it opens up export certificate wizard)
Choose Base-64 encoding
Browse and select a download location and file-name (let’s say mycert)
Open cmd
Goto the download location and execute the below command
keytool -import -alias mycert -keystore  "<<your-JAVA_HOME-directory>>\jre\lib\security\cacerts" -file mycert.cer
Restart the machine
Execute maven build again.

You have two options, import the self-signed cert into java's keystore for each jvm the software will run on or try the non-validating ssl factory:

jdbc:postgresql://myserver.com:5432/mydatabasename?ssl=true&sslfactory=org.postgresql.ssl.NonValidatingFactory

Make sure that the https://176.66.3.69:6443/ have a valid certificate. you can check it via browser firstly if it works in browser it will work in java.

that is working for me

In my case I'm running MacOs High Sierra with Java 1.6. The cacert file is in a different location than referenced above in Gabe Martin-Dempesy's answer. The cacert file was also already linked to another location (/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/lib/security/cacerts).

Using FireFox, I exported the certificate from the web site in question to a local file called "exportedCertFile.crt". From there, I used keytool to move the certificate into the cacert file. This fixed the problem.

bash-3.2# cd /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/lib/security/
bash-3.2# keytool -importcert -file ~/exportedCertFile.crt -alias example -keystore cacerts -storepass changeit

first Download the ssl certificate then you can go to your java bin path execute the below command in the console.

C:\java\JDK1.8.0_66-X64\bin>keytool -printcert -file C:\Users\lova\openapi.cer -keystore openapistore

In my case I had both keystore and truststore having the same certificate so removing truststore helped. Sometimes the chain of certificates can be an issue if you've multiple copies of certificates.

As original question was - how to ignore the cert error, here is solution for those using SpringBoot and RestTemplate

@Service
public class SomeService {

    private final RestTemplate restTemplate;

    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;    

    private static HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory createRequestFactory() {
        try {
            SSLContextBuilder sslContext = new SSLContextBuilder();
            sslContext.loadTrustMaterial(null, new TrustAllStrategy());
            CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClients.custom().setSSLContext(sslContext.build()).setSSLHostnameVerifier(NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE).build();
            HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory();
            requestFactory.setHttpClient(client);
            return requestFactory;
        } catch (KeyManagementException | KeyStoreException | NoSuchAlgorithmException var3) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Couldn't create HTTP Request factory ignore SSL cert validity: ", var3);
        }
    }

    @Autowired
    public SomeService(RestTemplate restTemplate, ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
        this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
        this.dimetorURL = dimetorURL;
        restTemplate.setRequestFactory(createRequestFactory());
    }


    public ResponseEntity<ResponseObject> sendRequest(RequestObject requestObject) {
        //...
        return restTemplate.exchange(url, HttpMethod.GET, ResponseObject.class);
        //...
    }
}

If getting this error in maven, or maven with TestNG :

1. download the certificate from the target website and install certificate on your machine (using keytool as suggested above, or on windows)
2. add the following content to the maven arguments (command line and/or IDE): -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=C:\Users\me.keystore -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=X Where X is the password you used at the keytool step.

note : C:\Users\me.keystore should also be set to match your machine. For instance :

mvn -ea -Dtestng.dtd.http=true  -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=C:\Users\me\.keystore -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=X -Dmaven.wagon.http.ssl.insecure=true -Dmaven.wagon.http.ssl.allowall=true -Dmaven.wagon.http.ssl.ignore.validity.dates=true -Dcucumber.features=src/test/resources -Dcucumber.glue=com.myapp -Dcucumber.filter.tags="@MY_TEST"

This is what worked for me on macOS. Replace server-name and server-port with your own.

Run these two commands on your terminal.

Download certificate from the remote server

openssl x509 -in <(openssl s_client -connect server-name:server-port -prexit 2>/dev/null) -out ~/server-name.crt

Import cert to Java keystore

sudo keytool -importcert -file ~/server-name.crt -alias server-name -keystore $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security/cacerts -storepass changeit

Restart your application and the certs errors should go away!