Problem: Adding a new SonarQube server configuration I got an error complaining about the ssl handshake. This is how it looked in atlassian-bitbucket.log: 2018-09-10 09:03:24,796 ERROR [http-nio-50002-exec-10] bitadmin @HBVN6Wx543x650x0 1lam9n2 10.87.50.248,10.32.10.80,0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 "POST /rest/sonar4st ash/1.0/sonar-server-configs HTTP/1.1" c.m.s.s.sonar.DefaultSonarClient SONAR: Could not connect Sonar server at GET http://amdev.somecompany.com/sonarqube//api/server/version HTTP/1.1 javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure ... Since we are using a companywide PKI with our own issuer certificates I rechecked if the whole certificate chain was imported into the truststore jdk1.8.0_121/jre/lib/security/cacerts/, but everything seemed ok. Solution: The problem was a missing cipher. See https://confluence.atlassian.com/stashkb/list-ciphers-used-by-jvm-679609085.htm for the solution. Short: Download http://www.oracle.com/t