Calling a Secure Site Using HTTPS That Requires a Client Certificate Fails With: HTTP Error 403.7 - Forbidden: SSL client certificate is required (Doc ID 1531441.1)

Last updated on APRIL 21, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

Accessing a secure site with UTL_HTTP and HTTPS that requires a client certificate fails with:

HTTP Error 403.7 - Forbidden: SSL client certificate is required

For Example:

SELECT utl_http.request('https://httpssite.com/resource', 'myproxy,com|null', 'file:path_to_directory_containing_wallet', 'wallet_password') FROM dual;

Handles no Oracle Errors but the HTML response packet contains the following:

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<h2>HTTP Error 403.7 - Forbidden: SSL client certificate is required.<br>Internet Information Services (IIS)</h2>
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Cause

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