Improvement on the error message when using wrong keystore type

Problem Definition

When user is using PFX keystore type but JIRA is throwing an error message below:

14-Sep-2016 14:30:34.884 SEVERE [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.init Failed to initialize end point associated with ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-xxxx"]java.io.IOException: Failed to load keystore type JKS with path \\xxx\xxx\xxx\xxx.pfx<file://xxx/xxx/xx/xx.pfx> due to Illegal character in path at index 0: \\xx\xx\xx\xx.pfx<file://xx/xx/xx/xx.pfx>

The error messages in the log said it was 'due to Illegal character in path at index 0' which can't be true because it vanished when the correct keystoreType was entered.

Suggested Solution

Improve the error message to more specific like "wrong keystore type configured in server.xml"

Workaround

How to run JIRA over HTTPS with a Personal Information Exchange (PFX) Certificate