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[13:14:55 CDT(-0500)] <suntzu> I fixed it*
[16:38:42 CDT(-0500)] <suntzu> FYI, when receiving this error: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
[16:39:11 CDT(-0500)] <suntzu> this is because the key that was generated at the beginning of the BEST Practices Guide isn't put into the trusted keystore.
[16:39:33 CDT(-0500)] <suntzu> the initial key that is generated is put into the ~userhome/.keystore