When trying to make a web service (hosted on a different server) call from a web application running on Apache Tomcat 5.5.23 we are getting the below listed error.
The certificates are imported to the JKS and the web service call is successfully made as part the unit testing.
Appreciate your help.
The error logs are
an error occured: org.apache.axis2.AxisFault: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target at org.apache.axis2.AxisFault.makeFault(AxisFault.java:430) at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisRequestEntity.writeRequest(AxisRequestEntity.java:98) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.EntityEnclosingMethod.writeRequestBody(EntityEnclosingMethod.java:499) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.writeRequest(HttpMethodBase.java:2114) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.execute(HttpMethodBase.java:1096) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:398) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:397) at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:346) at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AbstractHTTPSender.executeMethod(AbstractHTTPSender.java:542) at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.HTTPSender.sendViaPost(HTTPSender.java:199) at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.HTTPSender.send(HTTPSender.java:76) at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.CommonsHTTPTransportSender.writeMessageWithCommons(CommonsHTTPTransportSender.java:400) at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.CommonsHTTPTransportSender.invoke(CommonsHTTPTransportSender.java:225) at org.apache.axis2.engine.AxisEngine.send(AxisEngine.java:435) at org.apache.axis2.description.OutInAxisOperationClient.send(OutInAxisOperation.java:402) at org.apache.axis2.description.OutInAxisOperationClient.executeImpl(OutInAxisOperation.java:229) at org.apache.axis2.client.OperationClient.execute(OperationClient.java:165) at custom.tibco.TibcoClientStub_PortType2.docRetrieval(TibcoClientStub_PortType2.java:210) at custom.tibco.TibcoArchiveHandler.loadImages(TibcoArchiveHandler.java:144) at de.softpro.signplus.thinclient.signcheck.SCWorkspaceProxy.loadAlternateArchiveImages(SCWorkspaceProxy.java:1067) at de.softpro.signplus.thinclient.signcheck.SCWorkspaceProxy.getSpecificArchiveDocument(SCWorkspaceProxy.java:872) at de.softpro.signplus.thinclient.signcheck.GetSpecificAction.execute(GetSpecificAction.java:136) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:484) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:274) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1482) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:507) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:690) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188) at de.softpro.signplus.thinclient.filter.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:169) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188) at de.softpro.signplus.thinclient.filter.CacheFilter.doFilter(CacheFilter.java:58) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:151) at org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:200) at org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:283) at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:773) at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:703) at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:895) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:685) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:150) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1584) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:174) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:168) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:848) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:106) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Handshaker.java:495) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Handshaker.java:433) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:877) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1089) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:618) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.AppOutputStream.write(AppOutputStream.java:59) at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flushBuffer(BufferedOutputStream.java:65) at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.write(BufferedOutputStream.java:109) at java.io.FilterOutputStream.write(FilterOutputStream.java:80) at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisRequestEntity.writeRequest(AxisRequestEntity.java:89) ... 48 more Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:221) at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(PKIXValidator.java:145) at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:203) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:172) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.JsseX509TrustManager.checkServerTrusted(SSLContextImpl.java:320) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:841) ... 59 more Caused by: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target at sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilder.engineBuild(SunCertPathBuilder.java:236) at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(CertPathBuilder.java:194) at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:216) ... 64 more