ASSERT: make sure you're using JDK7 (it wont happen with JDK6) ASSERT: make sure you have an OpenShift DEVENV instance (ex. ec2-54-226-150-31.compute-1.amazonaws.com) EXEC: Launch JBDS and the OpenShift Application wizard EXEC: In connection dialog: as host provide the OpenShift instance (ex. ec2-54-226-150-31.compute-1.amazonaws.com) and some credentials (DEVENVs dont verify credentials), hit "Finish" Actual results: Cannot connect, unknown error: In the Eclipse logs (<workspace>/.metadata/.log) you'll spot the following: com.openshift.client.OpenShiftEndpointException: Could not request https: //ec2-54-226-150-31.compute-1.amazonaws.com/broker/ rest /api: javax.net.ssl.SSLProtocolException: handshake alert: unrecognized_name at com.openshift.internal.client.RestService.request(RestService.java:115) at com.openshift.internal.client.RestService.request(RestService.java:100) at com.openshift.internal.client.RestService.request(RestService.java:81) at com.openshift.internal.client.AbstractOpenShiftConnectionFactory.getConnection(AbstractOpenShiftConnectionFactory.java:34) at com.openshift.client.OpenShiftConnectionFactory.getConnection(OpenShiftConnectionFactory.java:134) at com.openshift.client.OpenShiftConnectionFactory.getConnection(OpenShiftConnectionFactory.java:103) at org.jboss.tools.openshift.express.internal.core.connection.Connection.createUser(Connection.java:219) at org.jboss.tools.openshift.express.internal.core.connection.Connection.connect(Connection.java:199) at org.jboss.tools.openshift.express.internal.ui.wizard.connection.ConnectionWizardPageModel.connect(ConnectionWizardPageModel.java:252) at org.jboss.tools.openshift.express.internal.ui.wizard.connection.ConnectionWizardPage$ConnectJob.run(ConnectionWizardPage.java:474) at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:53) Caused by: com.openshift.internal.client.httpclient.HttpClientException: javax.net.ssl.SSLProtocolException: handshake alert: unrecognized_name at com.openshift.internal.client.httpclient.UrlConnectionHttpClient.createException(UrlConnectionHttpClient.java:213) at com.openshift.internal.client.httpclient.UrlConnectionHttpClient.write(UrlConnectionHttpClient.java:180) at com.openshift.internal.client.httpclient.UrlConnectionHttpClient.get(UrlConnectionHttpClient.java:111) at com.openshift.internal.client.RestService.request(RestService.java:151) at com.openshift.internal.client.RestService.request(RestService.java:107) ... 10 more Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLProtocolException: handshake alert: unrecognized_name at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:525) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$6.run(HttpURLConnection.java:1664) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$6.run(HttpURLConnection.java:1662) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getChainedException(HttpURLConnection.java:1660) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1243) at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(HttpURLConnection.java:468) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getResponseCode(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:338) at com.openshift.internal.client.httpclient.UrlConnectionHttpClient.createException(UrlConnectionHttpClient.java:196) ... 14 more Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLProtocolException: handshake alert: unrecognized_name at sun.security.ssl.ClientHandshaker.handshakeAlert(ClientHandshaker.java:1292) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.recvAlert(SSLSocketImpl.java:1970) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:1093) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1328) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1355) at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1339) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(HttpsClient.java:515) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:185) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1299) at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:254) at com.openshift.internal.client.httpclient.UrlConnectionHttpClient.write(UrlConnectionHttpClient.java:178) ... 13 more Expected results: You can connect to the server.