Trust all SSL certificates in Java Playframework 2.2

Question

I am trying to call a web-service(Which has self signed SSL certificate) in Play Framework Using the following function:

public static play.libs.F.Promise<Result> webcall() {
       String feedUrl = "https://10.0.1.1/client/api";
       final play.libs.F.Promise<Result> resultPromise = WS.url(feedUrl).get().map(
                    new Function<WS.Response, Result>() {
                        public Result apply(WS.Response response) {
                            return ok("Feed title:" + response.asJson().findPath("title").toString());
                        }
                    }
            );
            return resultPromise;
        }

It is throwing the following Error in Logs,

[error] play - Cannot invoke the action, eventually got an error: java.net.ConnectException: General SSLEngine problem to https://10.0.1.1/client/api
[error] application - 

! @6fpimpnp6 - Internal server error, for (GET) [/webcall] ->

play.api.Application$$anon$1: Execution exception[[ConnectException: General SSLEngine problem to https://10.0.1.1/client/api]]
    at play.api.Application$class.handleError(Application.scala:293) ~[play_2.10.jar:2.2.0]
    at play.api.DefaultApplication.handleError(Application.scala:399) [play_2.10.jar:2.2.0]
    at play.core.server.netty.PlayDefaultUpstreamHandler$$anonfun$2$$anonfun$applyOrElse$3.apply(PlayDefaultUpstreamHandler.scala:261) [play_2.10.jar:2.2.0]
    at play.core.server.netty.PlayDefaultUpstreamHandler$$anonfun$2$$anonfun$applyOrElse$3.apply(PlayDefaultUpstreamHandler.scala:261) [play_2.10.jar:2.2.0]
    at scala.Option.map(Option.scala:145) [scala-library.jar:na]
    at play.core.server.netty.PlayDefaultUpstreamHandler$$anonfun$2.applyOrElse(PlayDefaultUpstreamHandler.scala:261) [play_2.10.jar:2.2.0]
java.net.ConnectException: General SSLEngine problem to https://10.0.1.1/client/api
    at com.ning.http.client.providers.netty.NettyConnectListener.operationComplete(NettyConnectListener.java:103) ~[async-http-client.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelFuture.notifyListener(DefaultChannelFuture.java:427) ~[netty.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelFuture.notifyListeners(DefaultChannelFuture.java:413) ~[netty.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelFuture.setFailure(DefaultChannelFuture.java:380) ~[netty.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.setHandshakeFailure(SslHandler.java:1417) ~[netty.jar:na]
    at org.jboss.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.unwrap(SslHandler.java:1293) ~[netty.jar:na]
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: General SSLEngine problem
    at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.checkThrown(Handshaker.java:1362) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.checkTaskThrown(SSLEngineImpl.java:513) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.readNetRecord(SSLEngineImpl.java:790) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.unwrap(SSLEngineImpl.java:758) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine.unwrap(SSLEngine.java:624) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at org.jboss.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.unwrap(SslHandler.java:1225) ~[netty.jar:na]
Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: General SSLEngine problem
    at sun.security.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:192) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl.fatal(SSLEngineImpl.java:1683) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:278) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:270) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:1341) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:153) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
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:385) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(PKIXValidator.java:292) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:260) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.validate(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:326) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:283) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.checkServerTrusted(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:138) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
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:196) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at java.security.cert.CertPathBuilder.build(CertPathBuilder.java:268) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.doBuild(PKIXValidator.java:380) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.validator.PKIXValidator.engineValidate(PKIXValidator.java:292) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.validator.Validator.validate(Validator.java:260) ~[na:1.7.0_40]
    at sun.security.ssl.X509TrustManagerImpl.validate(X509TrustManagerImpl.java:326) ~[na:1.7.0_40]

If I call the service using HttpsURLConnection its working fine by adding

TrustManager[] trustAllcerts = new TrustManager[]{
    new X509TrustManager() {

        @Override
        public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType)
                throws CertificateException {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }

        @Override
        public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType)
                throws CertificateException {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }
    }};

javax.net.ssl.SSLContext sc = javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
sc.init(null, trustAllcerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());
HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());
HostnameVerifier allHostsValid = new HostnameVerifier() {

    @Override
    public boolean verify(String arg0, SSLSession arg1) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        return false;
    }
};
HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(allHostsValid);

How to Trust all Selfsigned / Untrusted ssl certificates in Play Framework?

Answer 1

Try adding the following code to conf/application.conf file

ws.acceptAnyCertificate=true

This will work if you are using the Promise class. But won't work if you are calling the service through other HttpClients.

UPDATE: As of Play Framework 2.5, you should use the following -

play.ws.ssl.loose.acceptAnyCertificate=true

You can do this in development environment, but you should never do this in Production environment, as it can prove as a security threat. In production, instead install the certificates of the client in your keystore.