Enabling SSL throws exception in EAP 6

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Issue

  • Application and web services couldn't use SSL. Should be able to use SSL. Getting the following exceptions:
ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-26) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.web.connector.https: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.web.connector.https: JBAS018007: Error starting web connector
       at org.jboss.as.web.WebConnectorService.start(WebConnectorService.java:362)
       at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
       at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_71]
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_71]
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.7.0_71]
Caused by: LifecycleException:  JBWEB000023: Protocol handler initialization failed
       at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.init(Connector.java:986)
       at org.jboss.as.web.WebConnectorService.start(WebConnectorService.java:304)
       ... 5 more
  • Error starting web connector.
  • Error on Service jboss-as-server start and hence not able to use https :
 03:21:47,729 ERROR [org.jboss.as.controller.management-operation] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS014612: Operation ("add") failed - address: ([
[Server:01]     ("subsystem" => "web"),
[Server:01]     ("connector" => "https")
[Server:01] ]) - failure description: {"JBAS014671: Failed services" => {"jboss.web.connector.https" => "org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.web.connector.https: JBAS018007: Error starting web connector
[Server:01]     Caused by: LifecycleException:  JBWEB000023: Protocol handler initialization failed"}}
  • We are upgrading from EAP 6.3 to EAP 6.4.14, and this error did not occur under EAP 6.3. We only see this error on Window servers. This was not an issue with EAP 6.3, and we were able to use "TLSv1+TLSv1.1+TLSv1.2"

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x

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