# Empty server certificate chain does anybody know what to do i'm new to elastic? repeatedly getting these errors

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 17, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/empty-server-certificate-chain-does-anybody-know-what-to-do-im-new-to-elastic-repeatedly-getting-these-errors/264537 "2021-02-17T08:49:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/empty-server-certificate-chain-does-anybody-know-what-to-do-im-new-to-elastic-repeatedly-getting-these-errors/264537/1 "2021-02-17T08:49:56Z")

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"stacktrace": ["io.netty.handler.codec.DecoderException: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Empty server certificate chain",  
"at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.callDecode(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:471) ~[netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.channelRead(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:276) ~[netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:357) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.channelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1410) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:379) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:365) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.fireChannelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:919) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioByteChannel$NioByteUnsafe.read(AbstractNioByteChannel.java:163) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:714) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysPlain(NioEventLoop.java:615) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:578) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:493) [netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:989) [netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74) [netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:832) [?:?]",  
"Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Empty server certificate chain",  
"at sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Alert.java:131) ~[?:?]",  
"at sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Alert.java:117) ~[?:?]",  
"at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:356) ~[?:?]",  
"at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:312) ~[?:?]",  
"at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:303) ~[?:?]",  
"at sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.onCertificate(CertificateMessage.java:390) ~[?:?]",  
"at sun.security.ssl.CertificateMessage$T12CertificateConsumer.consume(CertificateMessage.java:375) ~[?:?]",  
"at sun.security.ssl.SSLHandshake.consume(SSLHandshake.java:396) ~[?:?]",  
"at sun.security.ssl.HandshakeContext.dispatch(HandshakeContext.java:480) ~[?:?]",  
"at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl$DelegatedTask$DelegatedAction.run(SSLEngineImpl.java:1267) ~[?:?]",  
"at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl$DelegatedTask$DelegatedAction.run(SSLEngineImpl.java:1254) ~[?:?]",  
"at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:691) ~[?:?]",  
"at sun.security.ssl.SSLEngineImpl$DelegatedTask.run(SSLEngineImpl.java:1199) ~[?:?]",  
"at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.runAllDelegatedTasks(SslHandler.java:1542) ~[netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.runDelegatedTasks(SslHandler.java:1556) ~[netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.unwrap(SslHandler.java:1440) ~[netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decodeJdkCompatible(SslHandler.java:1267) ~[netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.decode(SslHandler.java:1314) ~[netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.decodeRemovalReentryProtection(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:501) ~[netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
"at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.callDecode(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:440) ~[netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar:4.1.49.Final]",  
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