# Throws ssl context error while trying to initialize RestHighLevelClient

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throws-ssl-context-error-while-trying-to-initialize-resthighlevelclient/334796>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** language-clients\
**Created:** [May 31, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throws-ssl-context-error-while-trying-to-initialize-resthighlevelclient/334796 "2023-05-31T11:31:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Developer1318](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@Developer1318](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Developer1318)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throws-ssl-context-error-while-trying-to-initialize-resthighlevelclient/334796/1 "2023-05-31T11:31:11Z")

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java.lang.IllegalStateException: could not create the default ssl context  
at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClientBuilder.createHttpClient(RestClientBuilder.java:222)  
at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClientBuilder.access$000(RestClientBuilder.java:42)  
at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClientBuilder$1.run(RestClientBuilder.java:187)  
at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClientBuilder$1.run(RestClientBuilder.java:184)  
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)  
at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClientBuilder.build(RestClientBuilder.java:184)  
at org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient.(RestHighLevelClient.java:200)  
at org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient.(RestHighLevelClient.java:192)

java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException: Error constructing implementation (algorithm: Default, provider: SunJSSE, class: sun.security.ssl.SSLContextImpl$DefaultSSLContext)  
at java.security.Provider$Service.newInstance(Provider.java:1686)  
at sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getInstance(GetInstance.java:236)  
at sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getInstance(GetInstance.java:164)  
at javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getInstance(SSLContext.java:156)  
at javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getDefault(SSLContext.java:96)  
at org.elasticsearch.client.RestClientBuilder.createHttpClient(RestClientBuilder.java:209)

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**Author:** ![swallez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/swallez/32/11972_2.png) [@swallez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/swallez)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throws-ssl-context-error-while-trying-to-initialize-resthighlevelclient/334796/2 "2023-06-01T08:17:53Z")

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The exception is raised by `javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getDefault()`. So this is an issue in the runtime environment (JVM, operating system configurtion, etc) that cannot setup the default SSL configuration.

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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:** [June 29, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/throws-ssl-context-error-while-trying-to-initialize-resthighlevelclient/334796/3 "2023-06-29T08:18:21Z")

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