Cannot connect to secure Websocket running on Jetty

Question

I have the following code which should setup a secure websocket endpoint in a stand alone Java application (jnlp triggered) and allow me to connect from a client (Javascript in the browser) with the url: ws://localhost:8444/echo

The server starts up without errors, but I cannot connect:

WebSocket connection to 'wss://localhost:8444/echo' failed: Error in connection establishment: net::ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED

    server = new Server();

    SslContextFactory contextFactory = new SslContextFactory();
    contextFactory.setKeyStorePath("/path/keys/keystore.jks");
    contextFactory.setKeyStorePassword("changeit");
    SslConnectionFactory sslConnectionFactory = new SslConnectionFactory(contextFactory, org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1.toString());

    ServerConnector connector = new ServerConnector(server, sslConnectionFactory);
    connector.setPort(8444);

    ServletContextHandler contextHandler = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS);
    contextHandler.setContextPath("/");
    HandlerCollection hc = new HandlerCollection();
    hc.addHandler(contextHandler);
    server.setHandler(contextHandler);

    server.addConnector(connector);

    // Add websocket servlet
    ServletHolder wsHolder = new ServletHolder("echo",new EchoSocketServlet());
    contextHandler.addServlet(wsHolder,"/echo");

    try
    {
        server.start();
        server.join();
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

If anyone can spot an obvious error in the above, some feedback would be appreciated. Also, I can successfully connect to the above when I remove the SslConnectionFactory and connect using non SSL Websocket URL (ws://).

If you try to connect to something like `https://localhost:8444/blarg` do you get a more useful error message? — Joakim Erdfelt, Feb 16 '17 at 18:51
The `HandlerCollection hc` is not used, feel free to remove it. — Joakim Erdfelt, Feb 16 '17 at 18:52
Tried the URL as suggested in a browser and get the following: curl: (35) Server aborted the SSL handshake I would have thought the hc was used in the code above by virtue of the fact that the contextHandler is added to it which is then added as a handler to the server object? — dre, Feb 16 '17 at 20:04

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

Finally got it working with a lot of trial and error, some pain and a little help from this guy: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37882046/2288004

For anyone who think they might be helped out by this, I updated the server code as below and went to the bother of creating a self signed certificate: Also, the final pièce de résistance (when using a self signed (untrusted) cert) is to browse to the secure url in your browser of choice, and get prompted such that you can add an exception. If you don't, it will NEVER work!!

    final int port = 5040;
    final int sslPort = 8442;

    server = new Server(port);

    SslContextFactory contextFactory = new SslContextFactory();
    contextFactory.setKeyStorePath("/Users/me/keystore");
    contextFactory.setKeyStorePassword("password");
    SslConnectionFactory sslConnectionFactory = new SslConnectionFactory(contextFactory, org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1.toString());

    HttpConfiguration config = new HttpConfiguration();
    config.setSecureScheme("https");
    config.setSecurePort(sslPort);
    config.setOutputBufferSize(32786);
    config.setRequestHeaderSize(8192);
    config.setResponseHeaderSize(8192);
    HttpConfiguration sslConfiguration = new HttpConfiguration(config);
    sslConfiguration.addCustomizer(new SecureRequestCustomizer());
    HttpConnectionFactory httpConnectionFactory = new HttpConnectionFactory(sslConfiguration);

    ServerConnector connector = new ServerConnector(server, sslConnectionFactory, httpConnectionFactory);

    connector.setPort(sslPort);
    server.addConnector(connector);

    ServletContextHandler context = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS);
    context.setContextPath("/");

    try
    {
        // Add websocket servlet
        ServletHolder wsHolder = new ServletHolder("ws-echo", new EchoSocketServlet());
        context.addServlet(wsHolder,"/echo");

        server.setHandler(context);

        server.start();
        server.dump(System.err);
        server.join();
    }
    catch (Throwable t)
    {
        t.printStackTrace(System.err);
    }

Cannot connect to secure Websocket running on Jetty

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