SocketException Default SSL context is null while connecting to remote server

Question

I am facing the following SSL connection exception when trying to connect to remote server:

java.net.SocketException: Default SSL context init failed: null 

Most of the thread suggest that there is some problem with the keystore location that contains the certificate file.

Others like this post: Default SSL context init failed: null suggests is to create the SSL Context by yourself. But, again the issue is not resolved yet.

And here is what I did so far:

I tried to add certificate to the following file locations and all of them gave me the same error mentioned earlier:

• Cacerts file in Java Home.

• Default cacerts location for the IDE I am using (JDveloper 10.1.3.2) which is in my case : C:\JDeveloper\WorkSpace_10g\jdevstudio10132\jdk\jre\lib\security\cacerts

• New keystore that only contains this certificate.

The certificated is added using Portecle applet( I also tried keytool options from Command prompts)

I am also referring to the trustStore and keyStore in the code as follow:

System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", trustStore file path goes here);
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword", password goes here);

System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStore", keyStore file path goes here);
System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword", password goes here);

In the above code the file path refer for the cacerts files mentioned earlier (Java home, default JDeveloper cacerts and newly created keystore) of course I tried each one separately.

Answer 1

The keystore isn't found. Check that you can open that file from within the same piece of code by the same name you're using in javax.net.ssl.keyStore.

If you're using the default cacerts you don't need to set javax.net.ssl.trustStore/trustStorePassword at all.