IT18082: HTTPS CONNECTION FAILED ERROR WHILE DOING HTTPS OUTBOUND WITH REMOTE PERIMETER SERVER

MEG-1.0.0.5_3-MediaImage
Interim Fix 3 Notification for B2B Advanced Communications, V1.0.0 Fixpack 5

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• BCXHO0001E: HTTPS Connection failed error while doing HTTPS
  Outbound with remote Perimeter Server.
  SENDING_REQUEST event reproted failure.
  
  Operational.log had exception stack as below.
  [11/17/16 10:59:27:076 PST] 000005cb
  m.ibm.b2b.comms.ascore.dispatcher.ASOutboundInvokableService I
  chunkedEncodingThreshold:0
  [11/17/16 10:59:27:076 PST] 000005cb
  com.ibm.b2b.comms.ascore.sender.B2BHTTPSender                I
  payload Size:0
  [11/17/16 10:59:27:279 PST] 000005cb
                                    E BCXHO0001E: HTTPS
  Connection failed for connection properties
  RemoteHost:remote.host.com,RemotePort:443,Localhost:x.x.x.x,Peri
  m e t e r S
  erverInfo:[perimeterServerAddress=pshost.com/y.y.y.y:3000,
  perimeterServerName=OPERATIONAL_1_PS, highInboundWaterMark=-1,
  lowInboundWaterMark=-1, highOutboundWaterMark=-1,
  lowOutboundWaterMark=-1]
  java.lang.NullPointerException
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.ws.channel.ssl.internal.SSLUtils.handleHandshake(SSL
  Utils.java:698)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.ws.channel.ssl.internal.SSLConnectionLink.readyOutbo
  und(SSLConnectionLink.java:752)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.ws.channel.ssl.internal.SSLConnectionLink.connect(SS
  LConnectionLink.java:945)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.wsspi.channelfw.base.OutboundProtocolLink.connect(Ou
  tboundProtocolLink.java:138)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.ws.http.channel.internal.outbound.HttpOutboundLink.c
  onnect(HttpOutboundLink.java:254)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.wsspi.channelfw.base.OutboundApplicationLink.connect
  (OutboundApplicationLink.java:122)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.ws.channelfw.internal.OutboundVirtualConnectionImpl.
  connect(OutboundVirtualConnectionImpl.java:84)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.comms.http.sender.impl.channelfw.Worker.doConnect(Wo
  rker.java:135)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.comms.http.sender.impl.channelfw.Worker.doConnectAnd
  Send(Worker.java:105)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.comms.http.sender.impl.SenderImpl.send(SenderImpl.ja
  va:54)
      at Proxy26f64afe_9cd8_4ad7_988d_c44dfb7bfdd9.send(Unknown
  Source)
      at Proxy26f64afe_9cd8_4ad7_988d_c44dfb7bfdd9.send(Unknown
  Source)
      at Proxyd3a9ef9a_674a_4d54_85bf_b701901290ac.send(Unknown
  Source)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.comms.ascore.sender.B2BHTTPSender.sendData(B2BHTTPSe
  nder.java:225)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.comms.ascore.dispatcher.ASOutboundInvokableService.p
  ostHTTPMessage(ASOutboundInvokableService.java:979)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.comms.ascore.dispatcher.ASOutboundInvokableService.p
  ostAS2RequestAndHandleResponse2(ASOutboundInvokableService.java:
  562)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.comms.ascore.dispatcher.ASOutboundInvokableService.p
  ostAS2RequestAndHandleResponse(ASOutboundInvokableService.java:5
  26)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.comms.ascore.dispatcher.ASOutboundInvokableService.i
  nvokeService(ASOutboundInvokableService.java:275)
      at
  Proxy6e7db645_6907_4fa4_855e_3379c38c57d4.invokeService(Unknown
  Source)
      at
  Proxy6e7db645_6907_4fa4_855e_3379c38c57d4.invokeService(Unknown
  Source)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.comms.sfs.service.impl.DocumentProcessorTask.call(Do
  cumentProcessorTask.java:264)
      at
  com.ibm.b2b.comms.sfs.service.impl.DocumentProcessorTask.call(Do
  cumentProcessorTask.java:79)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:274)
      at
  java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExec
  utor.java:1157)
      at
  java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExe
  cutor.java:627)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:798)
  

Local fix

• None
  
  STRRTC 40744
  KK/KK
  

Problem summary

• Users Affected:
  Niagara Bottling, LLC
  
  Problem Description:
  HTTPS Connection fails at the time of Sending_Request with
  remote Perimeter Server.
  
  Platforms Affected:
  ALL
  

Problem conclusion

• Resolution Summary:
  A code fix is provided.
  
  
  Delivered In:
  IFIX1005_3
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  B2B ADV COMMUNI

• Fixed component ID

  5725Q7200

Applicable component levels

• R100 PSY

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