When using a .pfx file (PKCS12 keystore type) to configure HTTPS on the Spotfire Server, the server may fail to start with the following error:

SEVERE [main] org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SSLUtilBase.getStore Failed to load keystore type [pkcs12] with path [./certs/server_cert.pfx] due to [null]
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.lang.String.<init>(String.java:491)
at sun.security.pkcs12.PKCS12KeyStore.loadSafeContents(PKCS12KeyStore.java:2336)
at sun.security.pkcs12.PKCS12KeyStore.engineLoad(PKCS12KeyStore.java:2069)
at java.security.KeyStore.load(KeyStore.java:1445)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SSLUtilBase.getStore(SSLUtilBase.java:139)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SSLHostConfigCertificate.getCertificateKeystore(SSLHostConfigCertificate.java:204)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSEUtil.getKeyManagers(JSSEUtil.java:184)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractJsseEndpoint.createSSLContext(AbstractJsseEndpoint.java:114)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractJsseEndpoint.initialiseSsl(AbstractJsseEndpoint.java:87)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint.bind(NioEndpoint.java:225)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractEndpoint.init(AbstractEndpoint.java:1086)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractJsseEndpoint.init(AbstractJsseEndpoint.java:268)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.init(AbstractProtocol.java:581)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Protocol.init(AbstractHttp11Protocol.java:68)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.initInternal(Connector.java:993)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initInternal(StandardService.java:549)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.initInternal(StandardServer.java:875)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:621)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:644)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)SEVERE [main] org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SSLUtilBase.getStore Failed to load keystore type [pkcs12] with path [./certs/server_cert.pfx] due to [null]
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.lang.String.<init>(String.java:491)
at sun.security.pkcs12.PKCS12KeyStore.loadSafeContents(PKCS12KeyStore.java:2336)
at sun.security.pkcs12.PKCS12KeyStore.engineLoad(PKCS12KeyStore.java:2069)
at java.security.KeyStore.load(KeyStore.java:1445)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SSLUtilBase.getStore(SSLUtilBase.java:139)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SSLHostConfigCertificate.getCertificateKeystore(SSLHostConfigCertificate.java:204)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.jsse.JSSEUtil.getKeyManagers(JSSEUtil.java:184)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractJsseEndpoint.createSSLContext(AbstractJsseEndpoint.java:114)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractJsseEndpoint.initialiseSsl(AbstractJsseEndpoint.java:87)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint.bind(NioEndpoint.java:225)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractEndpoint.init(AbstractEndpoint.java:1086)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractJsseEndpoint.init(AbstractJsseEndpoint.java:268)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.init(AbstractProtocol.java:581)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Protocol.init(AbstractHttp11Protocol.java:68)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.initInternal(Connector.java:993)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initInternal(StandardService.java:549)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.initInternal(StandardServer.java:875)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:621)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:644)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

"Failed to load keystore type [pkcs12] with path" while configuring HTTPS using a pfx file

Windows or Linux Operating Systems

The issue here is that the keystore file (server_cert.pfx file in this example) was not exported with all extended properties as shown in the screenshot below:


To resolve the issue, export the keystore file with all the extended properties.