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Problem Statement

Info

The profile is showing shows an error when trying to setup setting up an SSL connection to Oracle Database using SQL for ConflueneConfluence (pro).

Environment

Application

Confluence

Database Type

Oracle

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The error is caused if the SSL certs are not trusted by Confluence Tomcat application does not trust the SSL certs.

Solution

You need to have a copy of the SSL certs and install it into Confluence using Java cacerts using keytool.

Syntax to import certs into JAVA CACERTS:

Code Block
keytool -import -trustcacerts -keystore <cacerts path> -storepass <password> -noprompt -alias <alias-name> -file <cert_file_path>

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When you create the Resource Data Source within the Tomcat server.xml file and , create another SQL Datasource profile from the Add-on page, and validate the Test Connection, you see the above error message in logs.

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To avoid the error message, you need to remove the profile from the SQL for Confluence configuration Add-on, i.e., from the SQL for Confluence configuration Add-on, go to view and modify Data source profiles and remove the related profile.

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When you create a new connection , and choose the Data Source name, it pulls the information from the server.xml file and shows the correct port that is used for the SSL connection. So when you click on "Test Connection",it gives the above error message.

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The issue is with the tnsnames.ora file in Oracle, and the solution would be to review(look for any unbalanced parenthesis) in the tnsnames.ora file and re-create.

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