# ElasticsearchSecurityException\[failed to load SSL configuration \[xpack.security.http.ssl\]\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearchsecurityexception-failed-to-load-ssl-configuration-xpack-security-http-ssl/254722>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 9, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearchsecurityexception-failed-to-load-ssl-configuration-xpack-security-http-ssl/254722 "2020-11-09T09:00:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Syaiful\_Amin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/syaiful_amin/32/78663_2.png) [@Syaiful\_Amin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Syaiful_Amin)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearchsecurityexception-failed-to-load-ssl-configuration-xpack-security-http-ssl/254722/1 "2020-11-09T09:00:43Z")

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[2020-11-09T16:45:17,375][ERROR][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [es-1] uncaught exception in thread [main]  
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: ElasticsearchSecurityException[failed to load SSL configuration [xpack.security.http.ssl]]; nested: ElasticsearchException[failed to create trust manager]; nested: ElasticsearchException[failed to initialize SSL TrustManager - keystore file [/etc/elasticsearch/http.p12] does not exist]; nested: NoSuchFileException[/etc/elasticsearch/http.p12];  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:174) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSecurityException: failed to load SSL configuration [xpack.security.http.ssl]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.lambda$loadSSLConfigurations$5(SSLService.java:528) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.HashMap.forEach(HashMap.java:1425) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableMap.forEach(Collections.java:1521) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.loadSSLConfigurations(SSLService.java:524) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.(SSLService.java:142) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackPlugin.createSSLService(XPackPlugin.java:411) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackPlugin.createComponents(XPackPlugin.java:274) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.lambda$new$14(Node.java:522) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$7$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:271) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(ArrayList.java:1625) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:484) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:474) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java:913) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:578) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:526) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:277) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
... 6 more  
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: failed to create trust manager  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.TrustConfig$CombiningTrustConfig.createTrustManager(TrustConfig.java:172) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.createSslContext(SSLService.java:437) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.HashMap.computeIfAbsent(HashMap.java:1224) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.lambda$loadSSLConfigurations$5(SSLService.java:526) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.HashMap.forEach(HashMap.java:1425) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableMap.forEach(Collections.java:1521) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.loadSSLConfigurations(SSLService.java:524) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.(SSLService.java:142) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackPlugin.createSSLService(XPackPlugin.java:411) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackPlugin.createComponents(XPackPlugin.java:274) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.lambda$new$14(Node.java:522) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$7$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:271) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(ArrayList.java:1625) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:484) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:474) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java:913) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:578) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:526) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:277) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
... 6 more  
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: failed to initialize SSL TrustManager - keystore file [/etc/elasticsearch/http.p12] does not exist  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.TrustConfig.missingTrustConfigFile(TrustConfig.java:113) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.StoreKeyConfig.createTrustManager(StoreKeyConfig.java:97) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.TrustConfig$CombiningTrustConfig.lambda$createTrustManager$0(TrustConfig.java:168) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$7$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:271) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.Spliterators$ArraySpliterator.forEachRemaining(Spliterators.java:948) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:484) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:474) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java:913) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:578) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.TrustConfig$CombiningTrustConfig.createTrustManager(TrustConfig.java:169) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.createSslContext(SSLService.java:437) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.HashMap.computeIfAbsent(HashMap.java:1224) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.lambda$loadSSLConfigurations$5(SSLService.java:526) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.HashMap.forEach(HashMap.java:1425) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableMap.forEach(Collections.java:1521) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.loadSSLConfigurations(SSLService.java:524) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.(SSLService.java:142) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackPlugin.createSSLService(XPackPlugin.java:411) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackPlugin.createComponents(XPackPlugin.java:274) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.lambda$new$14(Node.java:522) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$7$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:271) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(ArrayList.java:1625) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:484) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:474) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java:913) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:578) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:526) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:277) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-7.9.3.jar:7.9.3]  
... 6 more  
Caused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /etc/elasticsearch/http.p12  
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:92) ~[?:?]  
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:106) ~[?:?]  
at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111) ~[?:?]  
at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:218) ~[?:?]  
at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:375) ~[?:?]  
at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:426) ~[?:?]  
at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:420) ~[?:?]  
at java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Files.java:160) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.TrustConfig.getStore(TrustConfig.java:95) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.StoreKeyConfig.createTrustManager(StoreKeyConfig.java:94) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.TrustConfig$CombiningTrustConfig.lambda$createTrustManager$0(TrustConfig.java:168) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$7$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:271) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.Spliterators$ArraySpliterator.forEachRemaining(Spliterators.java:948) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:484) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:474) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java:913) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:578) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.TrustConfig$CombiningTrustConfig.createTrustManager(TrustConfig.java:169) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.createSslContext(SSLService.java:437) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.HashMap.computeIfAbsent(HashMap.java:1224) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.lambda$loadSSLConfigurations$5(SSLService.java:526) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.HashMap.forEach(HashMap.java:1425) ~[?:?]  
at java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableMap.forEach(Collections.java:1521) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.loadSSLConfigurations(SSLService.java:524) ~

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**Author:** ![Pierre\_Gayvallet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pierre_gayvallet/32/77239_2.png) [@Pierre\_Gayvallet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pierre_Gayvallet)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearchsecurityexception-failed-to-load-ssl-configuration-xpack-security-http-ssl/254722/2 "2020-11-09T09:28:14Z")

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This is an elasticsearch error, not sure why this got created on the Kibana section?

Also just looking at the logs, seems like it's just a missing file, probably due to wrong configuration:

> [@Syaiful\_Amin](#):
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> Caused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /etc/elasticsearch/http.p12

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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:** [December 7, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearchsecurityexception-failed-to-load-ssl-configuration-xpack-security-http-ssl/254722/3 "2020-12-07T09:28:17Z")

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