While setting up SAML Between a WebLogic Portal (WLP) Producer and a WLP Consumer, Getting a "SAML Key Manage failed to validate key (Assertions signing) configuration in the FederationServicesMBean, key alias: testalias" error (Doc ID 1462879.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 24, 2025

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While following section 15.1.3.3 Modify the Consumer's Security Realm to establish WSRP with SAML, at step 11, while activating changes in WLS Console, the following exception is thrown:

<Error> <Console> <TEST-PC> <AdminServer> <[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '0' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <weblogic> <> <> <1338402232547> <BEA-240003> <Console encountered the following error weblogic.management.provider.UpdateException: [Management:141191]The prepare phase of the configuration update failed with an exception:
    at weblogic.management.provider.internal.RuntimeAccessDeploymentReceiverService.prepare(RuntimeAccessDeploymentReceiverService.java:283)
    at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doPrepareCallback(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:157)
    at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.prepare(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:40)
    at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.statemachines.targetserver.AwaitingContextUpdateCompletion.callDeploymentReceivers(AwaitingContextUpdateCompletion.java:164)
    at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.statemachines.targetserver.AwaitingContextUpdateCompletion.handleContextUpdateSuccess(AwaitingContextUpdateCompletion.java:66)
    at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.statemachines.targetserver.AwaitingContextUpdateCompletion.contextUpdated(AwaitingContextUpdateCompletion.java:32)
    at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.TargetDeploymentService.notifyContextUpdated(TargetDeploymentService.java:225)
    at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.DeploymentService$1.run(DeploymentService.java:189)
    at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:516)
    at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:201)
    at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:173)
Caused by: weblogic.descriptor.BeanUpdateRejectedException: SAMLBeanUpdateListener SAMLCredentialMapperV2: prepareUpdate() failed with exception: provider SAMLCredentialMapperV2: SAML Key Manage failed to validate key (Assertions signing) configuration in the FederationServicesMBean, key alias: testalias
    at weblogic.security.providers.saml.SAMLBeanUpdateListener.prepareUpdate(SAMLBeanUpdateListener.java:84)
    at weblogic.descriptor.internal.DescriptorImpl$Update.prepare(DescriptorImpl.java:481)
    at weblogic.descriptor.internal.DescriptorImpl.prepareUpdateDiff(DescriptorImpl.java:195)
    at weblogic.descriptor.internal.DescriptorImpl.prepareUpdate(DescriptorImpl.java:174)
    at weblogic.management.provider.internal.RuntimeAccessDeploymentReceiverService.prepare(RuntimeAccessDeploymentReceiverService.java:269)

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