unable to find valid certification path to requested target

Error :

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

Resolve method :

 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;

 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
 import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
 import javax.net.ssl.TrustManagerFactory;
 import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;

 public class InstallCert {

     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         args[0]="www.google.com";
         String host;
         int port;
         char[] passphrase;
         //System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", "C:\\Users\\PL62716\\workspace\\urlAutoConnect\\jssecacerts");
         if ((args.length == 1) || (args.length == 2)) {
             String[] c = args[0].split(":");
             host = c[0];
             port = (c.length == 1) ? 443 : Integer.parseInt(c[1]);
             String p = (args.length == 1) ? "changeit" : args[1];
             passphrase = p.toCharArray();
         } else {
             System.out
                     .println("Usage: java InstallCert <host>[:port] [passphrase]");
             return;
         }

         File file = new File("jssecacerts");
         if (file.isFile() == false) {
             char SEP = File.separatorChar;
             File dir = new File(System.getProperty("java.home") + SEP + "lib"
                     + SEP + "security");
             file = new File(dir, "jssecacerts");
             if (file.isFile() == false) {
                 file = new File(dir, "cacerts");
             }
         }
         System.out.println("Loading KeyStore " + file + "...");
         InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
         KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
         ks.load(in, passphrase);
         in.close();

         SSLContext context = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
         TrustManagerFactory tmf = TrustManagerFactory
                 .getInstance(TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
         tmf.init(ks);
         X509TrustManager defaultTrustManager = (X509TrustManager) tmf
                 .getTrustManagers()[0];
         SavingTrustManager tm = new SavingTrustManager(defaultTrustManager);
         context.init(null, new TrustManager[] { tm }, null);
         SSLSocketFactory factory = context.getSocketFactory();

         System.out
                 .println("Opening connection to " + host + ":" + port + "...");
         SSLSocket socket = (SSLSocket) factory.createSocket(host, port);
         socket.setSoTimeout(10000);
         try {
             System.out.println("Starting SSL handshake...");
             socket.startHandshake();
             socket.close();
             System.out.println();
             System.out.println("No errors, certificate is already trusted");
         } catch (SSLException e) {
             System.out.println();
             e.printStackTrace(System.out);
         }

         X509Certificate[] chain = tm.chain;
         if (chain == null) {
             System.out.println("Could not obtain server certificate chain");
             return;
         }

         BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
                 System.in));

         System.out.println();
         System.out.println("Server sent " + chain.length + " certificate(s):");
         System.out.println();
         MessageDigest sha1 = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA1");
         MessageDigest md5 = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
         for (int i = 0; i < chain.length; i++) {
             X509Certificate cert = chain[i];
             System.out.println(" " + (i + 1) + " Subject "
                     + cert.getSubjectDN());
             System.out.println("   Issuer  " + cert.getIssuerDN());
             sha1.update(cert.getEncoded());
             System.out.println("   sha1    " + toHexString(sha1.digest()));
             md5.update(cert.getEncoded());
             System.out.println("   md5     " + toHexString(md5.digest()));
             System.out.println();
         }

         System.out
                 .println("Enter certificate to add to trusted keystore or 'q' to quit: [1]");
         String line = reader.readLine().trim();
         int k;
         try {
             k = (line.length() == 0) ? 0 : Integer.parseInt(line) - 1;
         } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
             System.out.println("KeyStore not changed");
             return;
         }

         X509Certificate cert = chain[k];
         String alias = host + "-" + (k + 1);
         ks.setCertificateEntry(alias, cert);

         OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("jssecacerts");
         ks.store(out, passphrase);
         out.close();

         System.out.println();
         System.out.println(cert);
         System.out.println();
         System.out
                 .println("Added certificate to keystore 'jssecacerts' using alias '"
                         + alias + "'");
     }

     private static final char[] HEXDIGITS = "0123456789abcdef".toCharArray();

     private static String toHexString(byte[] bytes) {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(bytes.length * 3);
         for (int b : bytes) {
             b &= 0xff;
             sb.append(HEXDIGITS[b >> 4]);
             sb.append(HEXDIGITS[b & 15]);
             sb.append(' ');
         }
         return sb.toString();
     }

     private static class SavingTrustManager implements X509TrustManager {

         private final X509TrustManager tm;
         private X509Certificate[] chain;

         SavingTrustManager(X509TrustManager tm) {
             this.tm = tm;
         }

         public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
         }

         public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType)
                 throws CertificateException {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
         }

         public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType)
                 throws CertificateException {
             this.chain = chain;
             tm.checkServerTrusted(chain, authType);
         }
     }

 }

java InstallCert www.twitter.com
Loading KeyStore /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_16/jre/lib/security/cacerts...
Opening connection to www.twitter.com:443...
Starting SSL handshake...  

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:1476)
    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:846)
    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:815)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1025)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1038)
    at InstallCert.main(InstallCert.java:63)
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 InstallCert$SavingTrustManager.checkServerTrusted(InstallCert.java:158)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.JsseX509TrustManager.checkServerTrusted(SSLContextImpl.java:320)
    at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:839)
    ... 7 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)
    ... 13 more  

Server sent 2 certificate(s):  

 1 Subject CN=www.twitter.com, O=example.com, C=US
   Issuer  CN=Certificate Shack, O=example.com, C=US
   sha1    2e 7f 76 9b 52 91 09 2e 5d 8f 6b 61 39 2d 5e 06 e4 d8 e9 c7
   md5     dd d1 a8 03 d7 6c 4b 11 a7 3d 74 28 89 d0 67 54   

 2 Subject CN=Certificate Shack, O=example.com, C=US
   Issuer  CN=Certificate Shack, O=example.com, C=US
   sha1    fb 58 a7 03 c4 4e 3b 0e e3 2c 40 2f 87 64 13 4d df e1 a1 a6
   md5     72 a0 95 43 7e 41 88 18 ae 2f 6d 98 01 2c 89 68   

Enter certificate to add to trusted keystore or 'q' to quit: [1]  

run application result

(1) Input 1, Enter, will generate Security certificate named "jssecacerts"

(2) Copy this file "jssecacerts" to directory "$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security"  or use the following way: System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", "你的jssecacerts证书路径");

(3) Restart the web  server, the certificate will take effect.