For people trying to install or upgrade Java on Ubuntu, this should work for Ubuntu 14.10 and above:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
sudo update-alternatives --config java

If you are on Ubuntu 14.04, do this before apt-get update:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa

Best regards,
Pieter

On 14 March 2017 at 14:02, Peter Desmet <peter.desmet.work@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Matt,

Same problem. I can reach http and https GBRDS from my machine, so not
a firewall issue. When I do "java -version" I get "java version
"1.7.0_51", so I guess that is 7 and I need to upgrade to 8? Any good
tutorial for this and does that mean I'd have to update Tomcat too?

Cheers,

Peter

On 14 March 2017 at 12:23, Matthew Blissett <mblissett@gbif.org> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> The IPT has changed from accessing the GBIF registry over a non-secure HTTP
> connection, to using a secure HTTPS connection.  If there is a firewall
> between your IPT server and the internet, you may need to ask for access
> through it for secure connections.
>
> On the Ubuntu (or other Linux) server, first verify that you can see the
> registry over a non-secure HTTP connection using this command:
>
>     curl http://gbrds.gbif-uat.org/
>
> There should be some HTML, ending with "You have connected to the GBRDS
> API!", and it should appear quickly -- typically in less than a second.
>
> Then try again, but with a secure (https) connection:
>
>     curl https://gbrds.gbif-uat.org/
>
> You should see the same result.  If you do not, you probably need to ask the
> system administrator to open port 443 on the firewall for you.
>
>
> On a Windows server, you can check both URLs using a web browser.
>
>
> On both Linux and Windows, if you can see the HTTPS page but the IPT still
> doesn't work, check you are using Java 8.  Java 7 and earlier do not support
> the newer encryption standards.
>
> I've updated the IPT FAQ with this information:
> https://github.com/gbif/ipt/wiki/FAQ.wiki#7-what-outgoing-connections-does-the-ipt-make
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Matt
>
>
> On 13/03/17 23:21, Marie Elise Lecoq wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I tried to update the IPT that we used for training (test mode) with the new
> version that Kyle sent and I got the same error than Marta.
> For information, I work with Tomcat 7 and java 8. I'm running the IPT on
> Ubuntu 14.04.
>
> You will find attached the log of the error.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help !
> Best regards,
> Marie
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 11:52 AM, CALDENTEY Marta <MCALDENTEY@mincyt.gob.ar>
> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Kyle,
>>
>>
>>
>> We have tried to upgrade our UAT environment and we get the following
>> error.
>>
>>
>>
>> We also tried to request to https://gbrds.gbif-uat.org but we have no
>> answer.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is this environment working?
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Marta
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ing. Marta B. Caldentey
>>
>> Direccion de Sistemas de Informacion
>>
>> Mincyt
>>
>> Int 1014
>>
>>
>>
>>
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