How to fix SSLHandshakeException
Introduction I have received this message when accessing a web service as a client in this URL The WSDL document could not be parsed.The following error occured while parsing the WSDL location - WSDLException: faultCode=PARSER_ERROR: Failed to read wsdl file at: "https:/xxx?WSDL", caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException. : 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 In StackOverflow is the solution The CA-ROOT certificate must be included in the cacert file in java-home/lib/security/cacerts Getting the CAcert certificate Use Firefox and click in the padlock Click in this symbol Get more info Show certificate Click on the URL to download de CA certificate and the CA certificate is downloaded as ACCOMP .crt in this case. Importing the certificate into the java keystore Now the certificate