Initial Troubleshooting of the Error "JPS-01055: Could not create credential store instance" (Doc ID 3067884.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 27, 2025

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Symptoms

The error JPS-01055: Could not create credential store instance is sometimes found when a Weblogic server fails to start.

Even though the error mentions a credential store problem, which relates to the OPSS security platform, it is generally caused by an underlying Database connection problem and can be followed in the stack by errors like these:

• Can not connect DB with URL <URL>
• The Datasource Jdbc/<DATA_SOURCE> Is Not Found.
• ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
• JPS-01013: The credential store DN <DN> is missing in the store; the target DN must be pre-configured
• JPS-00260: Database access error. SQL state: 42S02, error code: 208.
• JPS-10000: There was an internal error in the policy store.
• JPS-00027: There was an internal error: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

and others.

Weblogic is trying to connect to the DB to make sure that the security stores are present for a valid startup and this is done through the JPS (Java Platform Security) component, which, when the connection fails, throws its own exception "JPS-01055: Could not create credential store instance".

Cause

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