Received exception invoking a SSL secured service: SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure

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Issue

  • Calling a webservice provided by a vendor but getting javax.net.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure

  • Configuring ssl connector for web subsystem in standalone.xml has no affect for outbound web service:

    <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:web:1.5" default-virtual-server="default-host" native="false">
    <connector name="https" protocol="HTTP/1.1" scheme="https" socket-binding="https" secure="true">
        <ssl password="example" certificate-key-file="${jboss.server.config.dir}/jboss.keystore" protocol="TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2" />

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6
  • application deployed in EAP invoking a resource (e.g. web service or URL) secured with SSL

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