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How to connect the splunk server using java-sdk? i got the "ssl error" when i connect the server like the example that the api gave.

yizezhong
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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: No appropriate protocol (protocol is disabled or cipher suites are inappropriate)
at com.splunk.HttpService.send(HttpService.java:371)
at com.splunk.Service.send(Service.java:1280)
at com.splunk.HttpService.post(HttpService.java:272)
at com.splunk.Service.login(Service.java:1111)
at com.splunk.Service.login(Service.java:1091)
at com.splunk.Service.connect(Service.java:185)
at com.chinamoney.splunk.test.SplunkLinkDemo.main(SplunkLinkDemo.java:29)
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: No appropriate protocol (protocol is disabled or cipher suites are inappropriate)
at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.activate(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.kickstartHandshake(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(Unknown Source)
at com.splunk.HttpService.send(HttpService.java:365)
... 6 more

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Damien_Dallimor
Ultra Champion

I suggest you update your Splunk Java SDK to the latest release that has support for TLS. (SSL is now disabled by default in the JRE)

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acharlieh
Influencer

Are you using Java 8? If so, this seems to be a duplicate question of: http://answers.splunk.com/answers/209379/no-appropriate-protocol-protocol-is-disabled-or-ci.html

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