How to ignore PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException?

Question

I got the following exception when try to post a request to a http server:

Here is the code I used

URL url = new URL(
        \"https://www.abc.com\"         


        

Answer 1

If you want to ignore the certificate all together then take a look at the answer here: Ignore self-signed ssl cert using Jersey Client

Although this will make your app vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Or, try adding the cert to your java store as a trusted cert. This site may be helpful. http://blog.icodejava.com/tag/get-public-key-of-ssl-certificate-in-java/

Here's another thread showing how to add a cert to your store. Java SSL connect, add server cert to keystore programmatically

The key is:

KeyStore.Entry newEntry = new KeyStore.TrustedCertificateEntry(someCert);
ks.setEntry("someAlias", newEntry, null);