# Issues with ssl\_certificate\_validation in logstash output elasticsearch plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-ssl-certificate-validation-in-logstash-output-elasticsearch-plugin/50585>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 20, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-ssl-certificate-validation-in-logstash-output-elasticsearch-plugin/50585 "2016-05-20T17:09:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ankur.aggarwal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ankur.aggarwal/32/45312_2.png) [@ankur.aggarwal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankur.aggarwal)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-ssl-certificate-validation-in-logstash-output-elasticsearch-plugin/50585/1 "2016-05-20T17:09:54Z")

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@magnusbaeck @andrewvc - Please suggest

Logstash Version : 2.3.2

Using below configuration in logstash conf file :  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["[https://es-XXXXX:443](https://es-XXXXX:443)"]  
ssl\_certificate\_verification =\> false  
index =\> "XXXX"  
user =\> "user"  
password =\> "password"  
}

**[https://es-XXXXX:443](https://es-XXXXX:443) is a vip pointing to elastic data nodes x.x.x.x:9200**  
**ssl\_certificate\_verification setting is not working and below error**

{:timestamp=\>"2016-05-20T17:03:07.973000+0000", :message=\>"PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target", :class=\>"Manticore::ClientProtocolException", :backtrace=\>["/u01/logstash-2.3.2/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/manticore-0.5.5-java/lib/manticore/response.rb:37:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/RubyProc.java:281:i

**Also , am able to curl vip ip successfully:**

curl -u user:password--insecure [https://es-XXXXX:443](https://es-XXXXX:443)  
{  
"name" : "",  
"cluster\_name" : "",  
"version" : {  
"number" : "2.3.2",  
"build\_hash" : "xx",  
"build\_timestamp" : "",  
"build\_snapshot" : false,  
"lucene\_version" : "5.5.0"  
},  
"tagline" : "You Know, for Search"  
}

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**Author:** ![ankur.aggarwal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ankur.aggarwal/32/45312_2.png) [@ankur.aggarwal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankur.aggarwal)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-ssl-certificate-validation-in-logstash-output-elasticsearch-plugin/50585/2 "2016-05-23T13:19:24Z")

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Similar Issue - **[https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-http/issues/21](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-http/issues/21)**

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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 6, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-ssl-certificate-validation-in-logstash-output-elasticsearch-plugin/50585/3 "2017-07-06T04:56:38Z")

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