Getting SSL error when trying to authenticate a Splunk instance via API in my Java project.

pallavi_prabhu_ — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 20:36:44 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to authenticate a Splunk instance via API in my Java project.

We are using CloseableHttpClient to create client and this client will execute payload containing hostname, username, and password.

API used: services/auth/login

What setting do we need to change on Splunk instance for SSL or in Java code to handle this SSL?

Below is error stack while executing connection :

24-Sep-2020 08:00:36.694 SEVERE [http-nio-127.0.0.1-46912-exec-3] org.jitterbit.connector.bmc.splunk.connection.SplunkConnection.open sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target 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:1946) at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:316) at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:310) at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1639) at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:223) at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Handshaker.java:1037) at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Handshaker.java:965) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1064) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1367) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1395) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1379) at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.createLayeredSocket(SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java:394) at org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.connectSocket(SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java:353) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.DefaultHttpClientConnectionOperator.connect(DefaultHttpClientConnectionOperator.java:141) at org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.connect(PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.java:353) at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.establishRoute(MainClientExec.java:380) at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.MainClientExec.execute(MainClientExec.java:236) at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.ProtocolExec.execute(ProtocolExec.java:184) at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RetryExec.execute(RetryExec.java:88) at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.RedirectExec.execute(RedirectExec.java:110) at org.apache.http.impl.client.InternalHttpClient.doExecute(InternalHttpClient.java:184) at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:82) at org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient.execute(CloseableHttpClient.java:107) at org.jitterbit.connector.bmc.splunk.connection.SplunkConnection.open(SplunkConnection.java:82) at org.jitterbit.connector.sdk.BaseJitterbitConnector.testConnection(BaseJitterbitConnector.java:47) at org.jitterbit.connector.JitterbitConnectorAdapter.testConnection(JitterbitConnectorAdapter.java:127) at org.jitterbit.connector.ConnectorFactory$BaseConnectorAdapter.testConnection(ConnectorFactory.java:259) at com.jitterbit.integration.server.api.ws.connectorframework.ConnectorFrameworkEngineSoapBindingImpl.testConnection(ConnectorFrameworkEngineSoapBindingImpl.java:225) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.apache.axis.providers.java.RPCProvider.invokeMethod(RPCProvider.java:410) at org.apache.axis.providers.java.RPCProvider.processMessage(RPCProvider.java:186) at org.apache.axis.providers.java.JavaProvider.invoke(JavaProvider.java:332) at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:32) at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:118) at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:83) at org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.SOAPService.invoke(SOAPService.java:454) at org.apache.axis.server.AxisServer.invokeService(AxisServer.java:234) at org.apache.axis.server.AxisServer.invoke(AxisServer.java:375) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:689) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:661) at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.service(AxisServletBase.java:327) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:198) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:504) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:140) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:81) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:650) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:87) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:803) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:790) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1459) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) 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(PKIXValidator.java:397) at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(PKIXValidator.java:302) at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:262) 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:1621) ... 63 more 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:392) ... 69 more

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