When build Maximo anywhere 7.6.3, build fails with the error "The specified Maximo address is not reacheable"

 

Troubleshooting

Problem

Problem :  When trying to build Maximo Anywhere 7.6.3 with SSL configured Maximo 7.6.1 environment,  build failed with error  "C:\IBM\Anywhere\MaximoAnywhere\anywhere-apps-builder.xml:101: The specified Maximo address is not reacheable."
 

Symptom

build failed with error  "C:\IBM\Anywhere\MaximoAnywhere\anywhere-apps-builder.xml:101: The specified Maximo address is not reacheable."

Cause

Maximo SSL Certificate is not imported correctly.

Environment

one Machine : SSL Configured in our Maximo 7.6.1 environment. ( URL : https://max76demo.au.ibm.com:443/maximo)

another Machine :  Maximo Anywhere Build Server

Resolving The Problem

In order to build Maximo Anywhere with SSL configured Maximo Asset Management,  you need to do some configuration.

1 . Change build.properties , OSLCGenericAdapter.xml , authentificationConfig.xml , worklight..properties  etc with Maximo SSL host and Port.

ex. In build.properties,

adapter.name=maximo
adapter.connection.protocol=https
adapter.connection.domain=max76demo.au.ibm.com
adapter.connection.port=443
adapter.connection.context=maximo

2. Downloading your certificate from a browser and importing it in to the Worklight keystore. Please follow the steps

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a/entry/maximo_anywhere_and_ssl_securing_your_data?lang=en

3. After that,  Try to build

You  will get error

c:\IBM\Anywhere\MaximoAnywhere\build.xml:382: The following error occurred while executing this line:
c:\IBM\Anywhere\MaximoAnywhere\anywhere-system-verification.xml:313: The following error occurred while executing this line:
c:\IBM\Anywhere\MaximoAnywhere\anywhere-apps-builder.xml:101: The specified Maximo address is not reacheable.
    at org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.addLocationToBuildException(ProjectHelper.java:551)
    at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Ant.execute(Ant.java:444)

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4. In order to fix this issue,  you need to import  Maximo SSL Certificate downloaded in step 2 to  Java Keystore.

If client is using Java 8.  Certificate should be added to keystore (c:\java\jdk180_131\jre\lib\security\cacerts)

ex)
keytool -import -storepass "changeit" -keystore c:\java\jdk180_131\jre\lib\security\cacerts -alias anywhere.cer -file C:\IBM\Anywhere\MaximoAnywhere\server\conf\any.cer -noprompt

Then build again.   The problem will be fixed.