Article - CS166211
Error "wt.fv.replica - Problem connecting to host. Message:[javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed" in Windchill PDMLink
Modified: 17-Dec-2025
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 10.0 to 13.1
Description
- Error below in MethodServer.log when starting File Server server
- Unable to download files stored in master when user preferred file server preference set to file server
- Content Replication failed for one of the Remote File Server
- Replica server does not work with Wild card certificates
- Error below in master Method Server log when broadcast to File Server site
Thread-2: ERROR : wt.fv.replica - Problem connecting to host. Message:[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] Thread-2: 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 com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:174) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1649) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:241) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:235) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1206) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:136) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Handshaker.java:593) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Handshaker.java:529) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:893) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1138) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1165) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1149) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:434) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:166) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1014) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:230) at wt.fv.replica.StandardReplicaService.getConfigCacheFromMaster(StandardReplicaService.java:985) at wt.fv.replica.StandardReplicaService.access$300(StandardReplicaService.java:132) at wt.fv.replica.StandardReplicaService$FetchThread.run(StandardReplicaService.java:1061) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) at wt.util.WTThread.run(WTThread.java:370) 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:323) at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(PKIXValidator.java:217) at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:218) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.validate(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:126) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:209) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:249) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1185) ... 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(SunCertPathBuilder.java:174) at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(CertPathBuilder.java:238) at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:318) ... 22 more
- Replication getting failed with the following errors :
wt.fv.replica - ERROR: Could not retrieve stream from remote site wt.wrmf.delivery.WTDeliveryException: wt.wrmf.delivery.WTDeliveryException: wt.wrmf.transport.WTTransportException: 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
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