[root@dogtag-ext1 fedora]# curl -k --request GET https://localhost:9443/ca/rest/certs Apache Tomcat/7.0.47 - Error report

HTTP Status 500 - java.lang.NullPointerException

type Exception report

message java.lang.NullPointerException

description The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception 

org.jboss.resteasy.spi.UnhandledException: java.lang.NullPointerException
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.handleApplicationException(SynchronousDispatcher.java:340)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.handleException(SynchronousDispatcher.java:214)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.handleInvokerException(SynchronousDispatcher.java:190)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.getResponse(SynchronousDispatcher.java:540)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:502)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:119)
        org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.ServletContainerDispatcher.service(ServletContainerDispatcher.java:208)
        org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher.service(HttpServletDispatcher.java:55)
        org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher.service(HttpServletDispatcher.java:50)
        javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
        sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
[root@dogtag-ext1 fedora]# hostname
dogtag-ext1.novalocal
[root@dogtag-ext1 fedora]# curl -k --request GET https://dogtag-ext1.novalocal:9443/ca/rest/certs
Apache Tomcat/7.0.47 - Error report 
HTTP Status 500 - java.lang.NullPointerException
type Exception report
message java.lang.NullPointerException
description The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception 
org.jboss.resteasy.spi.UnhandledException: java.lang.NullPointerException
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.handleApplicationException(SynchronousDispatcher.java:340)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.handleException(SynchronousDispatcher.java:214)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.handleInvokerException(SynchronousDispatcher.java:190)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.getResponse(SynchronousDispatcher.java:540)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:502)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:119)
        org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.ServletContainerDispatcher.service(ServletContainerDispatcher.java:208)
        org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher.service(HttpServletDispatcher.java:55)
        org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher.service(HttpServletDispatcher.java:50)
        javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
        sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
        org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil$1.run(SecurityUtil.java:277)
[DEFAULT]
[root@dogtag-ext1 fedora]# curl -k --request GET https://dogtag-ext1.novalocal:9443/ca/rest/certs
Apache Tomcat/7.0.47 - Error report 
HTTP Status 500 - java.lang.NullPointerException
type Exception report
message java.lang.NullPointerException
description The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception 
org.jboss.resteasy.spi.UnhandledException: java.lang.NullPointerException
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.handleApplicationException(SynchronousDispatcher.java:340)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.handleException(SynchronousDispatcher.java:214)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.handleInvokerException(SynchronousDispatcher.java:190)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.getResponse(SynchronousDispatcher.java:540)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:502)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:119)
        org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.ServletContainerDispatcher.service(ServletContainerDispatcher.java:208)
        org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher.service(HttpServletDispatcher.java:55)
        org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher.service(HttpServletDispatcher.java:50)
        javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
        sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
        org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil$1.run(SecurityUtil.java:277)
        org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil$1.run(SecurityUtil.java:274)
        java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        javax.security.auth.Subject.doAsPrivileged(Subject.java:536)
        org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.execute(SecurityUtil.java:309)
        org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.doAsPrivilege(SecurityUtil.java:169)

root cause 
java.lang.NullPointerException
        com.netscape.cms.servlet.cert.CertService.<init>(CertService.java:92)
        sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
        sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
        java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:526)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.ConstructorInjectorImpl.construct(ConstructorInjectorImpl.java:82)
        org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.resourcefactory.POJOResourceFactory.createResource(POJOResourceFactory.java:43)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.ResourceMethod.invoke(ResourceMethod.java:210)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.getResponse(SynchronousDispatcher.java:525)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:502)
        org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:119)
        org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.ServletContainerDispatcher.service(ServletContainerDispatcher.java:208)
        org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher.service(HttpServletDispatcher.java:55)
        org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher.service(HttpServletDispatcher.java:50)
        javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728)
        sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
        org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil$1.run(SecurityUtil.java:277)
        org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil$1.run(SecurityUtil.java:274)
        java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        javax.security.auth.Subject.doAsPrivileged(Subject.java:536)
        org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.execute(SecurityUtil.java:309)
        org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.doAsPrivilege(SecurityUtil.java:169)

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/7.0.47 logs.
Apache Tomcat/7.0.47