"Failure of Web Server bridge" If Mod_wl_Ohs Is Configured to Talk SSL with WLS and Strong Ciphersuites Are In Use

"Failure of Web Server bridge" If Mod_wl_Ohs Is Configured to Talk SSL with WLS and Strong Ciphersuites Are In Use (Doc ID 1604551.1)

Last updated on MARCH 08, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle HTTP Server - Version 12.1.2.0.0 and later
Oracle iPlanet Web Server - Version 6.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Weblogic Server (WLS) 12.1.2 has been configured to accept AES SHA256 ciphers only and by definition TLS v1.2 connections only
Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) 12.1.2 has also been configured for SSL
mod_wl_ohs has been configured to talk to WLS via SSL
When accessing a referenced mod_wl_ohs URL i.e
https://server.uk.oracle.com:7002/console
The connections fails with:

"Failure of Web Server bridge:
No backend server available for connection: timed out after 10 seconds or idempotent set to OFF or method not idempotent."

Errors in the OHS12c_Home/user_projects/domains/base_domain/servers/ohs1/logs/ohs1.log

[2013-11-20T17:26:13.5321-07:00] [OHS] [ERROR:32] [OHS-9999] [mod_weblogic.c] [client_id: x.x.x.x] [host_id: server.uk.oracle.com] [host_addr: x.x.x.x] [tid: 139792039495424] [user: oracle] [ecid: 004uuJlqBdlBx0O_Uh0Fyc0004ox00000H] [rid: 0] [VirtualHost: server.uk.oracle.com:4443] weblogic: *******Exception type [NO_RESOURCES] (Could not open secure connection) raised at line 1799 of URL.cpp
[2013-11-20T17:26:13.5322-07:00] [OHS] [ERROR:32] [OHS-9999] [mod_weblogic.c] [client_id: x.x.x.x] [host_id: nmans3.us.oracle.com] [host_addr: x.x.x.x] [tid: 139792039495424] [user: oracle] [ecid: 004uuJlqBdlBx0O_Uh0Fyc0004ox00000H] [rid: 0] [VirtualHost: server.uk.oracle.com:4443] weblogic: Trying GET /console at backend host 'x.x.x.x/7002; got exception 'NO_RESOURCES: [os error=0, line 1799 of URL.cpp]: Could not open secure connection'

[2013-11-20T17:26:15.5366-07:00] [OHS] [ERROR:32] [OHS-9999] [mod_weblogic.c] [host_id: server.uk.oracle.com] [host_addr: x.x.x.x] [tid: 139792039495424] [user: oracle] [ecid: 004uuJlqBdlBx0O_Uh0Fyc0004ox00000H] [rid: 0] [VirtualHost: main] weblogic: Connection mod_wl SSL handshake failed (28860)

[2013-11-20T17:26:15.5366-07:00] [OHS] [ERROR:32] [OHS-9999] [mod_weblogic.c] [host_id: server.uk.oracle.com] [host_addr: x.x.x.x] [tid: 139792039495424] [user: oracle] [ecid: 004uuJlqBdlBx0O_Uh0Fyc0004ox00000H] [rid: 0] [VirtualHost: main] weblogic: SSL Handshake failed

[2013-11-20T17:26:15.5366-07:00] [OHS] [ERROR:32] [OHS-9999] [mod_weblogic.c] [client_id: x.x.x.x] [host_id: server.uk.oracle.com] [host_addr: x.x.x.x] [tid: 139792039495424] [user: oracle] [ecid: 004uuJlqBdlBx0O_Uh0Fyc0004ox00000H] [rid: 0] [VirtualHost: server.uk.oracle.com:4443] weblogic: *******Exception type [NO_RESOURCES] (Could not open secure connection) raised at line 1799 of URL.cpp

[2013-11-20T17:26:15.5367-07:00] [OHS] [ERROR:32] [OHS-9999] [mod_weblogic.c] [client_id: x.x.x.x] [host_id: server.uk.oracle.com] [host_addr: x.x.x.x] [tid: 139792039495424] [user: oracle] [ecid: 004uuJlqBdlBx0O_Uh0Fyc0004ox00000H] [rid: 0] [VirtualHost: server.uk.oracle.com:4443] weblogic: Trying GET /console at backend host 'x.x.x.x/7002; got exception 'NO_RESOURCES: [os error=0, line 1799 of URL.cpp]: Could not open secure connection'

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