HipchatNotificationTransport exception when sending hipchat notifications

Question

We're seeing the following exception in our bamboo server logs when bamboo attempts to send a notification to hipchat:

2012-10-05 12:51:17,268 ERROR  qtp1977220433-6806274   HipchatNotificationTransport  Error using Hipchat API: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

at com.atlassian.bamboo.hipchat.HipchatNotificationTransport.sendNotification(HipchatNotificationTransport.java:75)

2012-10-05 12:55:08,067 ERROR  AtlassianEvent::0-BAM::EVENTS:pool-2-thread-5   HipchatNotificationTransport  Error using Hipchat API: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

John Garcia · Accepted Answer

This means that the SSL is not convinced that Bamboo is using the host it says it's using. If you're using a self-signed cert, make sure that it has your FQDN, or if you're using a commercial cert, make sure Tomcat is aware of its network location.