Article - CS297659

Connectivity between KEPServerEX and PTC hosted ThingWorx instance failing with error "Connection to ThingWorx failed.| Platform = <domain:port>/Thingworx/WS, error = could not initialize a secure socket connection"

Modified: 18-Dec-2020   


Applies To

  • ThingWorx Platform 8.1 to 9.0
  • Kepware Server (formerly KEPServerEX) 6.5.829.0 to 6.7.1046.0

Description

  • Getting error connecting KEPServerEX to PTC hosted Thingworx instance:
Connection to ThingWorx failed.| Platform = <domain:port>/Thingworx/WS, error = could not initialize a secure socket connection
  • Validated that local firewall rules are not blocking connection
  • Connection using the IP address was successful initially but then failed with a 400 Bad Request error
  • ThingWorx Kepware Server cannot connect to Cloud hosted ThingWorx instance named *es.thingworx.com
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