我在ubuntu 15.10上也有同样的问题。请尝试在本地下载插件，例如https://github.com/lmenezes/elasticsearch-kopf/archive/master.zip，并使用以下命令安装:

sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin install file:/home/dev/Downloads/elasticsearch-kopf-master.zip

路径可能不同，取决于你的环境。

的问候。

我的情况略有不同，当时我的系统上同时存在JDK和JRE 1.8.0_112。

我导入新的CA证书到[JDK_FOLDER]\jre\lib\security\cacerts使用已知的命令:

keytool -import -trustcacerts -keystore cacerts -alias <new_ca_alias> -file <path_to_ca_cert_file>

尽管如此，我仍然得到相同的PKIX路径构建失败错误。

我在java命令行中添加了调试信息，使用java -Djavax.net.debug=all…> debug.log。在debug.log文件中，以trustStore开头的行实际上指向[JRE_FOLDER]\lib\security\cacerts中找到的cacerts存储。

在我的案例中，解决方案是将JDK使用的cacerts文件(添加了新的ca)复制到JRE使用的cacerts文件上，这样就解决了问题。

我偶然发现了这个问题，花了很多时间研究来解决，特别是自动生成的证书，与官方证书不同，它非常棘手，Java不太喜欢它们。

请检查以下链接:用Java解决证书问题

基本上，您必须将服务器上的证书添加到Java Home certs中。

Generate or Get your certificate and configure Tomcat to use it in Servers.xml Download the Java source code of the class InstallCert and execute it while the server is running, providing the following arguments server[:port]. No password is needed, as the original password works for the Java certs ("changeit"). The Program will connect to the server and Java will throw an exception, it will analyze the certificate provided by the server and allow you to create a jssecerts file inside the directory where you executed the Program (If executed from Eclipse then make sure you configure the Work directory in Run -> Configurations). Manually copy that file to $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security

遵循这些步骤之后，与证书的连接将不再在Java中生成异常。

下面的源代码很重要，它从(Sun) Oracle博客中消失了，我发现它的唯一页面是在提供的链接上，因此我将它附加在答案中以供参考。

/*
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 *
 *   - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 *
 *   - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 *     documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 *
 *   - Neither the name of Sun Microsystems nor the names of its
 *     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
 *     from this software without specific prior written permission.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
 * IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 * THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
 * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
 * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
 * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
 * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
 * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 */
/**
 * Originally from:
 * http://blogs.sun.com/andreas/resource/InstallCert.java
 * Use:
 * java InstallCert hostname
 * Example:
 *% java InstallCert ecc.fedora.redhat.com
 */

import javax.net.ssl.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.security.KeyStore;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;

/**
 * Class used to add the server's certificate to the KeyStore
 * with your trusted certificates.
 */
public class InstallCert {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String host;
        int port;
        char[] passphrase;
        if ((args.length == 1) || (args.length == 2)) {
            String[] c = args[0].split(":");
            host = c[0];
            port = (c.length == 1) ? 443 : Integer.parseInt(c[1]);
            String p = (args.length == 1) ? "changeit" : args[1];
            passphrase = p.toCharArray();
        } else {
            System.out.println("Usage: java InstallCert [:port] [passphrase]");
            return;
        }

        File file = new File("jssecacerts");
        if (file.isFile() == false) {
            char SEP = File.separatorChar;
            File dir = new File(System.getProperty("java.home") + SEP
                    + "lib" + SEP + "security");
            file = new File(dir, "jssecacerts");
            if (file.isFile() == false) {
                file = new File(dir, "cacerts");
            }
        }
        System.out.println("Loading KeyStore " + file + "...");
        InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
        KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
        ks.load(in, passphrase);
        in.close();

        SSLContext context = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
        TrustManagerFactory tmf =
                TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
        tmf.init(ks);
        X509TrustManager defaultTrustManager = (X509TrustManager) tmf.getTrustManagers()[0];
        SavingTrustManager tm = new SavingTrustManager(defaultTrustManager);
        context.init(null, new TrustManager[]{tm}, null);
        SSLSocketFactory factory = context.getSocketFactory();

        System.out.println("Opening connection to " + host + ":" + port + "...");
        SSLSocket socket = (SSLSocket) factory.createSocket(host, port);
        socket.setSoTimeout(10000);
        try {
            System.out.println("Starting SSL handshake...");
            socket.startHandshake();
            socket.close();
            System.out.println();
            System.out.println("No errors, certificate is already trusted");
        } catch (SSLException e) {
            System.out.println();
            e.printStackTrace(System.out);
        }

        X509Certificate[] chain = tm.chain;
        if (chain == null) {
            System.out.println("Could not obtain server certificate chain");
            return;
        }

        BufferedReader reader =
                new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

        System.out.println();
        System.out.println("Server sent " + chain.length + " certificate(s):");
        System.out.println();
        MessageDigest sha1 = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA1");
        MessageDigest md5 = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
        for (int i = 0; i < chain.length; i++) {
            X509Certificate cert = chain[i];
            System.out.println
                    (" " + (i + 1) + " Subject " + cert.getSubjectDN());
            System.out.println("   Issuer  " + cert.getIssuerDN());
            sha1.update(cert.getEncoded());
            System.out.println("   sha1    " + toHexString(sha1.digest()));
            md5.update(cert.getEncoded());
            System.out.println("   md5     " + toHexString(md5.digest()));
            System.out.println();
        }

        System.out.println("Enter certificate to add to trusted keystore or 'q' to quit: [1]");
        String line = reader.readLine().trim();
        int k;
        try {
            k = (line.length() == 0) ? 0 : Integer.parseInt(line) - 1;
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            System.out.println("KeyStore not changed");
            return;
        }

        X509Certificate cert = chain[k];
        String alias = host + "-" + (k + 1);
        ks.setCertificateEntry(alias, cert);

        OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("jssecacerts");
        ks.store(out, passphrase);
        out.close();

        System.out.println();
        System.out.println(cert);
        System.out.println();
        System.out.println
                ("Added certificate to keystore 'jssecacerts' using alias '"
                        + alias + "'");
    }

    private static final char[] HEXDIGITS = "0123456789abcdef".toCharArray();

    private static String toHexString(byte[] bytes) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(bytes.length * 3);
        for (int b : bytes) {
            b &= 0xff;
            sb.append(HEXDIGITS[b >> 4]);
            sb.append(HEXDIGITS[b & 15]);
            sb.append(' ');
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

    private static class SavingTrustManager implements X509TrustManager {

        private final X509TrustManager tm;
        private X509Certificate[] chain;

        SavingTrustManager(X509TrustManager tm) {
            this.tm = tm;
        }

        public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
        }

        public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType)
                throws CertificateException {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
        }

        public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType)
                throws CertificateException {
            this.chain = chain;
            tm.checkServerTrusted(chain, authType);
        }
    }
}

在浏览器中进入URL:

点击HTTPS证书链(URL地址旁边的锁图标)。点击“更多信息”>“安全”>“显示证书“>”详细信息“>”导出。拾取名称并选择文件类型example.cer chrome -点击网站图标左侧地址栏，选择“证书”->“详细信息”->“导出”并保存为“Der-encoded binary, single Certificate”格式。

现在您有了带有密钥存储库的文件，并且必须将其添加到JVM中。确定cacerts文件的位置，例如。 C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\ jre1.6.0_22\lib\security\cacerts。 接下来导入示例。在命令行中将Cer文件转换为cacerts(可能需要管理员命令提示符):

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.6.0_22\lib\security\cacerts" -file example.cer

您将被要求输入密码，默认为changeit

重新启动JVM/PC。

来源: http://magicmonster.com/kb/prg/java/ssl/pkix_path_building_failed.html

如果您在Spring Tools Suite或Eclipse等IDE中遇到此错误，请首先尝试使用URL的HTTP版本而不是HTTPS版本。

当我试图将SonarQube链接添加到Spring Tools Suite时，我遇到了这个错误。我将我的URL替换为:

http://sonarqube...

而不是

https://sonarqube...

我已经成功连接SonarQube。

我希望它能对那些像我一样在寻找这个问题答案的人有所帮助。

如果您的存储库URL也可以在HTTP上工作，并且安全性不是问题，您可以访问settings.xml(通常，但不总是，位于%USERPROFILE%/.m2)，并将<repository>和<pluginRepository> URL的HTTPS替换为HTTP。

例如，这个:

<repository>
    <snapshots>
        <enabled>false</enabled>
    </snapshots>
    <id>central</id>
    <name>libs-release</name>
    <url>https://<artifactory>/libs-release</url>
</repository>

应改为:

<repository>
    <snapshots>
        <enabled>false</enabled>
    </snapshots>
    <id>central</id>
    <name>libs-release</name>
    <url>https://<artifactory>/libs-release</url>
</repository>