HttpsURLConnection.getResponseCode is resulting in SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure

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Issue

When I try to make a remote HTTPS request I get this Exception in logs:

ERROR ajp-apr-8095-exec-1 org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/test].[Test App] - Servlet.service() for servlet [Test App] in context with path [/test] threw exception
 javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure
        at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:192)
        at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:154)
        at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.recvAlert(SSLSocketImpl.java:2023)
        at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1125)
        at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1375)
        at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1403)
        at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1387)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:559)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:185)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1512)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1440)
        at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:480)
        at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:338)
        ...

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server

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