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Hi all
I ran in problems while setting up Active Directory scanner with LDAPS enabled on a fresh installed R80.40 server.
The only error message i got is: unable to establish a connection to the domain controller
I've imported the certificates to keystore and restarted the needed services.
With 'bin/keytool -list -keystore lib/security/cacerts certificate.cer -storepass password' I can see the certificate listed. I also installed the intermediate cert.
Because I wasn't sure where to install the certs, I've put them in both stores:
- $CPDIR/jre_32
- $CPDIR/jre_64
From the CLI on the CP management server a 'telnet ip.add.re.ss 636' to the Active Directory domain controller is successfull.
Another thing I've tried is to change the settings in file
$UEPMDIR/engine/conf/ldap.utils.properties
from use.ssl=false to use.ssl=true
This didn't help either.
I tried then the AD sync with LDAP. This was successfull.
So it must have something to do with LDAPS. How can I troubleshoot this further?
Thanks for a hint...
So, had a call with Checkpoint this morning and we could resolve the issue!
To explain why the error happended a short info about our setup.
Our endpoint protection will reach the AD Domain Controller through a public IP on another FW and there we're doing a NAT to the DC.
On the endpoint protection server in the Organization scanner I entered the public IP, not a hostname. Therefore we saw an error in the log on the EP about the public IP not being a SAN inside the certificate we installed on the EP server.
I then added a host definition inside clish on the EP server:
add host name fqdn.from.domaincontroller ipv4-address pub.lic.ip.address
The pub.lic.ip.address is the IP address on the firewall where we're doing the NAT.
After that, I had to enter the hostname instead of the public IP address in the Organization Scanner settings.
I'm actually having this same problem with an even older version of Endpoint Security. Did you ever find a solution? I've performed all the same steps you mentioned and get the same generic error.
I also haven't figured out whether there is another log file besides $UEPMDIR/logs/Authentication.log that may contain a hint as to the cause of the problem. There isn't anything relevant in that file for me.
It looks like there is more information logged in /opt/CPuepm-R77/logsserver_messages.log
I also made sure intermediate certs were imported to the keychain. Unfortunately, this doesn't do a whole lot to help me because I know my information is correct in terms of the LDAP path, server name, ports, etc.
Telnet also works for me.
[2020-03-09 10:19:56,390] ERROR Dispatcher-Thread-10 - An error has occurred while trying to connect to LDAP server on [LDAPS://myDC.ad.myDomain.net:636]. Check the URL and verify that an LDAP server is running on this machine. (AbstractLdapContext)
[2020-03-09 10:19:56,390] ERROR Dispatcher-Thread-10 - An error has occurred while trying to connect to LDAP server on [LDAPS://myDC.ad.myDomain.net:636]. (FilteredDirectorySearch)
[2020-03-09 10:19:56,390] ERROR Dispatcher-Thread-10 - Check the URL and verify that an LDAP server is running on this machine. Exception: (FilteredDirectorySearch)
javax.naming.CommunicationException: myDC.ad.myDomain.net:636 [Root exception is java.net.SocketException: Connection reset]
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.Connection.<init>(Connection.java:224)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapClient.<init>(LdapClient.java:136)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapClient.getInstance(LdapClient.java:1600)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.connect(LdapCtx.java:2698)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtx.<init>(LdapCtx.java:316)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory.getUsingURL(LdapCtxFactory.java:193)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory.getUsingURLs(LdapCtxFactory.java:211)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory.getLdapCtxInstance(LdapCtxFactory.java:154)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory.getInitialContext(LdapCtxFactory.java:84)
at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:684)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:307)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.init(InitialContext.java:242)
at javax.naming.ldap.InitialLdapContext.<init>(InitialLdapContext.java:153)
at com.checkpoint.uepm.blm.directoryscanner.directoryservice.ldap.AbstractLdapContext.init(AbstractLdapContext.java:76)
at com.checkpoint.uepm.blm.directoryscanner.directoryservice.ldap.AbstractLdapContext.init(AbstractLdapContext.java:35)
at com.checkpoint.directoryServiceUtils.FilteredDirectorySearch.initContext(FilteredDirectorySearch.java:86)
at com.checkpoint.directoryServiceUtils.FilteredDirectorySearch.getDirectOUsAndContainers(FilteredDirectorySearch.java:295)
at com.checkpoint.uepm.ws.directoryscannerservice.v1.DirectoryScannerServiceImpl.getDirectChilds(DirectoryScannerServiceImpl.java:291)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:76)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:602)
at org.apache.cxf.service.invoker.AbstractInvoker.performInvocation(AbstractInvoker.java:166)
at org.apache.cxf.service.invoker.AbstractInvoker.invoke(AbstractInvoker.java:82)
at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.JAXWSMethodInvoker.invoke(JAXWSMethodInvoker.java:55)
at org.apache.cxf.service.invoker.AbstractInvoker.invoke(AbstractInvoker.java:68)
at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor$1.run(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:58)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
at org.apache.cxf.workqueue.SynchronousExecutor.execute(SynchronousExecutor.java:37)
at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor.handleMessage(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:98)
at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:236)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:104)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletDestination.invoke(ServletDestination.java:98)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invokeDestination(ServletController.java:392)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invoke(ServletController.java:170)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractCXFServlet.invoke(AbstractCXFServlet.java:142)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.doPost(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:45)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.service(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:101)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:859)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:602)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:780)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:189)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:121)
at com.ibm.jsse2.a.a(a.java:204)
at com.ibm.jsse2.a.a(a.java:110)
at com.ibm.jsse2.qc.a(qc.java:619)
at com.ibm.jsse2.qc.h(qc.java:809)
at com.ibm.jsse2.qc.a(qc.java:106)
at com.ibm.jsse2.qc.startHandshake(qc.java:586)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.Connection.createSocket(Connection.java:379)
at com.sun.jndi.ldap.Connection.<init>(Connection.java:201)
... 52 more
[2020-03-09 10:19:56,390] ERROR Dispatcher-Thread-10 - Throwing exception with error code : NO_CONNECTION_TO_DOMAIN_CONTROLLER (DirectoryScannerServiceImpl)
[2020-03-09 10:19:56,390] ERROR Dispatcher-Thread-10 - (DirectoryScannerServiceImpl)
com.checkpoint.uepm.api.epsbackend.is.EpsBackendException:
TICKET_NUMBER = 1172162787.
at com.checkpoint.uepm.ws.directoryscannerservice.v1.DirectoryScannerServiceImpl.handleDirectoryScannerException(DirectoryScannerServiceImpl.java:515)
at com.checkpoint.uepm.ws.directoryscannerservice.v1.DirectoryScannerServiceImpl.getDirectChilds(DirectoryScannerServiceImpl.java:313)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:76)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:602)
at org.apache.cxf.service.invoker.AbstractInvoker.performInvocation(AbstractInvoker.java:166)
at org.apache.cxf.service.invoker.AbstractInvoker.invoke(AbstractInvoker.java:82)
at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.JAXWSMethodInvoker.invoke(JAXWSMethodInvoker.java:55)
at org.apache.cxf.service.invoker.AbstractInvoker.invoke(AbstractInvoker.java:68)
at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor$1.run(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:58)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
at org.apache.cxf.workqueue.SynchronousExecutor.execute(SynchronousExecutor.java:37)
at org.apache.cxf.interceptor.ServiceInvokerInterceptor.handleMessage(ServiceInvokerInterceptor.java:98)
at org.apache.cxf.phase.PhaseInterceptorChain.doIntercept(PhaseInterceptorChain.java:236)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.ChainInitiationObserver.onMessage(ChainInitiationObserver.java:104)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletDestination.invoke(ServletDestination.java:98)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invokeDestination(ServletController.java:392)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.ServletController.invoke(ServletController.java:170)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractCXFServlet.invoke(AbstractCXFServlet.java:142)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.doPost(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:45)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637)
at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.AbstractHTTPServlet.service(AbstractHTTPServlet.java:101)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:859)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:602)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:780)
Caused by: com.checkpoint.directoryServiceUtils.DirectoryScannerServiceException
at com.checkpoint.directoryServiceUtils.FilteredDirectorySearch.initContext(FilteredDirectorySearch.java:137)
at com.checkpoint.directoryServiceUtils.FilteredDirectorySearch.getDirectOUsAndContainers(FilteredDirectorySearch.java:295)
at com.checkpoint.uepm.ws.directoryscannerservice.v1.DirectoryScannerServiceImpl.getDirectChilds(DirectoryScannerServiceImpl.java:291)
I'm actually working with Checkpoint on this case.
Will have a session with CP tomorrow.
As soon as I have a working solution I'll update this thread.
Excellent! Thanks for replying! Anxious to hear what you find. This one has me pretty stumped!
We had something similar when our DC server certificates auto renewed.
We followed sk84620 and that sorted the problem for us.
@J_B I have seen these SK's, but had asked our server guys to provide the certificates. Since this fixed your problem, maybe I need to double back with them and make sure they followed the procedure correctly to acquire them.
Thanks!
So, had a call with Checkpoint this morning and we could resolve the issue!
To explain why the error happended a short info about our setup.
Our endpoint protection will reach the AD Domain Controller through a public IP on another FW and there we're doing a NAT to the DC.
On the endpoint protection server in the Organization scanner I entered the public IP, not a hostname. Therefore we saw an error in the log on the EP about the public IP not being a SAN inside the certificate we installed on the EP server.
I then added a host definition inside clish on the EP server:
add host name fqdn.from.domaincontroller ipv4-address pub.lic.ip.address
The pub.lic.ip.address is the IP address on the firewall where we're doing the NAT.
After that, I had to enter the hostname instead of the public IP address in the Organization Scanner settings.
Glad to hear this resolved your issue! Your circumstances are a little different than mine. So, unfortunately, I don't think this fix applies to me. Was there anywhere else you looked during the troubleshooting session to see additional or more specific errors?
Thanks!
I'm sorry to hear that didn't help in your case.
We looked at the same log as you:
$UEPMDIR/log/server_messages.log
There we saw these two error messages:
javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: java.security.cert.CertificateException: No subject alternative names matching IP address pub.lic.ip.address found
java.security.cert.CertificateException: No subject alternative names matching IP address pub.lic.ip.address found
The pub.lic.ip.address is the one where we're doing the NAT to the ADC.
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