Article - CS406840

After Configuring the LDAPS to Active Directory HTTPServer logs reports "simple bind failed" error in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 21-May-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 11.1 to 13.0

Description

  • After  configuration of LDAPS connection to Active Directory in Windchill Apache HTTPServer, user from AD cannot be authenticated successfully  
    • In Apache access.log,it throws  the  error message ldap_simple_bind() failed
  • Method Server Failed to start with the below error after configuring the LDAPS on AD
  • Nested exception is: wt.services.ManagerException: Couldn't initialize Index manager. Nested exception is: wt.org.OrganizationServicesIEException: javax.naming.CommunicationException: simple bind failed: abc.xyz.com:636
  • Method Server Failed to start with the below error after configuring the LDAPS on Windchill DS
    INFO  [main] wt.system.err Administrator - javax.naming.CommunicationException: simple bind failed: <ABC>:636 [Root exception is javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: No name matching <ABC> found]

 

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