Unable to remotely install JBoss ON agent due to failure to find matching key exchange algorithm

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Issue

  • Cannot install agent due to ssl error
  • target machine includes below message in /var/log/messages:

    fatal: Unable to negotiate with 10.202.224.48 port 45748: no matching key exchange method found. Their offer: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1 [preauth]
    
  • JBoss ON server.log contains error similar to:

    ERROR [org.jboss.as.ejb3.invocation] (http-0.0.0.0:7080-1) JBAS014134: EJB Invocation failed on component RemoteInstallManagerBean for method public abstract void org.rhq.enterprise.server.install.remote.RemoteInstallManagerRemote.checkSSHConnection(org.rhq.core.domain.auth.Subject,org.rhq.core.domain.install.remote.RemoteAccessInfo) throws org.rhq.core.domain.install.remote.SSHSecurityException: javax.ejb.EJBException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed SSH connection
    ...
    Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed SSH connection
    ...
    Caused by: com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException: Algorithm negotiation fail
    at com.jcraft.jsch.Session.receive_kexinit(Session.java:583) [jsch-0.1.51.jar:]
    at com.jcraft.jsch.Session.connect(Session.java:320) [jsch-0.1.51.jar:]
    at org.rhq.enterprise.server.install.remote.SSHInstallUtility.connect(SSHInstallUtility.java:216) [rhq-server.jar:4.12.0.JON330GA-redhat-7]
    ... 107 more
    

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network (ON) 3.3
  • remote installation of agent through UI's SSH utility

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