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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