HTTPS Setup not working with specific Java 1.8 versions such as 1.8.0_74

Products

• CA Continuous Delivery Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

Affects Release version(s): 6

Error Message :
https://ARAhost/ara/service/CreateSsoToken.ashx": Check failed. cannot create sso token Error requesting Deployment Manager Single-Sign-On endpoint...

HTTPS setup is not working consistently when using Java version 1.8.0_74.

Investigation

• Browsing to https://ECChost/ecc works fine. 
• Browsing to https://ARAhost/ara works fine (and redirects to https://ECChost/ecc) 
• Browsing to https://ARAhost/ara/service/DeploymentService.svc works fine 
• Browsing to https://ARAhost/ara/service/CreateSsoToken.ashx fails and the ecc_LOG reports the following error:

Sending 'POST' request to URL: "https://ARAhost/ara/service/CreateSsoToken.ashx": Check failed. cannot create sso token Error requesting Deployment Manager Single-Sign-On endpoint...

Cause

Cause type:
Configuration
Root Cause: Suspect that this error may be related to the TLS setting as discussed in the following link: https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/entry/diagnosing_tls_ssl_and_https

Environment

OS Version: N/A

Resolution

Downgrade Java from version 1.8.0_74 to version 1.7.79

Fix Status: No Fix

Fix Version(s):
N/A

Additional Information

Workaround :
N/A