Oracle XML DB Web Services Fails With HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized (Doc ID 2602673.1)

Last updated on APRIL 12, 2022

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Symptoms

Digest authentication for Oracle XML DB Web Services is resulting in a HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

Thu Sep 26 16:06:21 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Getting wsdl component from [https://<hostname>:8443/orawsv?wsdl]
Thu Sep 26 16:06:21 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Attempt 1 to execute request
Thu Sep 26 16:06:21 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Sending request: GET /orawsv?wsdl HTTP/1.1
Thu Sep 26 16:06:21 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Receiving response: HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
Thu Sep 26 16:06:21 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Connection can be kept alive indefinitely
Thu Sep 26 16:06:21 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Target requested authentication
Thu Sep 26 16:06:21 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Authorization challenge processed
Thu Sep 26 16:06:21 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Authentication scope: DIGEST 'XDB'@oraa-pdm1.rjr.com:8443
Thu Sep 26 16:06:21 EDT 2019:INFO:oraa-pdm1.rjr.com:8443 requires authentication with the realm 'XDB'
Thu Sep 26 16:06:43 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Found credentials
Thu Sep 26 16:06:43 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Attempt 2 to execute request
Thu Sep 26 16:06:43 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Sending request: GET /orawsv?wsdl HTTP/1.1
Thu Sep 26 16:06:43 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Receiving response: HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
Thu Sep 26 16:06:43 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Connection can be kept alive indefinitely
Thu Sep 26 16:06:43 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Target requested authentication
Thu Sep 26 16:06:43 EDT 2019:WARN:Authentication error: digest authorization challenge expected, but not found
Thu Sep 26 16:06:43 EDT 2019:ERROR:Failed to load url [https://<hostname>:8443/orawsv?wsdl]
Thu Sep 26 16:06:43 EDT 2019:ERROR:An error occurred [com.eviware.soapui.impl.support.definition.support.InvalidDefinitionException], see error log for details
Thu Sep 26 16:07:16 EDT 2019:DEBUG:Connection closed

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