# Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: bad\_certificate",

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/caused-by-javax-net-ssl-sslhandshakeexception-received-fatal-alert-bad-certificate/337415>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [July 3, 2023, 5:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/caused-by-javax-net-ssl-sslhandshakeexception-received-fatal-alert-bad-certificate/337415 "2023-07-03T05:46:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Khumendra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Khumendra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khumendra)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 5:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/caused-by-javax-net-ssl-sslhandshakeexception-received-fatal-alert-bad-certificate/337415/1 "2023-07-03T05:46:30Z")

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Hi Team, Please help me on this when I am trying to integrate apm-server I get this error.  
`kubectl logs elasticsearch-master-0 -n [namespace]`

"stacktrace": ["io.netty.handler.codec.DecoderException: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: bad\_certificate",  
"Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: **bad\_certificate",**

**versions**  
Elasticsearch- 7.17.3  
Kibana- 7.17.3  
Installed using helm

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/6/46d9a3b31deef5e2034bc1b57769e7ee51ea02f1.png)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/caused-by-javax-net-ssl-sslhandshakeexception-received-fatal-alert-bad-certificate/337415/2 "2023-07-31T05:47:22Z")

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