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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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