The error does not prevent globus-connect-server-setup from continuing with the rest of the GCS setup process.
This behavior has also been reproduced on CentOS 6 and Ubuntu 14.04.
# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.9 (Final)
# yum -q list installed \*globus-connect-server\*
Installed Packages
globus-connect-server.noarch 4.0.46-1.el6+gt6 @Globus-Toolkit-6-el6
globus-connect-server-common.noarch 4.0.46-1.el6+gt6 @Globus-Toolkit-6-el6
globus-connect-server-id.noarch 4.0.46-1.el6+gt6 @Globus-Toolkit-6-el6
globus-connect-server-io.noarch 4.0.46-1.el6+gt6 @Globus-Toolkit-6-el6
globus-connect-server-web.noarch 4.0.46-1.el6+gt6 @Globus-Toolkit-6-el6
# globus-connect-server-setup
Unable to get version info from: https://downloads.globus.org/toolkit/gt6/packages/GLOBUS_CONNECT_SERVER_LATEST
[Errno socket error] [Errno 1] _ssl.c:492: error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure
Skipping version check.
# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
# dpkg -l | grep .*globus-connect-server.*
ii globus-connect-server 4.0.46-1+gt6.trusty all Globus Connect Server Installation Tool
ii globus-connect-server-common 4.0.46-1+gt6.trusty all Globus Connect Server Installation Tool
ii globus-connect-server-id 4.0.46-1+gt6.trusty all Globus Connect Server Installation Tool
ii globus-connect-server-io 4.0.46-1+gt6.trusty all Globus Connect Server Installation Tool
ii globus-connect-server-web 4.0.46-1+gt6.trusty all Globus Connect Server Installation Tool
# globus-connect-server-setup
Unable to get version info from: https://downloads.globus.org/toolkit/gt6/packages/GLOBUS_CONNECT_SERVER_LATEST
[Errno socket error] [Errno 1] _ssl.c:510: error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure
Skipping version check.
User reports that running
globus-connect-server-setup
generates SSL handshake failure during version check on RHEL 6, see:https://globusonline.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/309375
The error does not prevent
globus-connect-server-setup
from continuing with the rest of the GCS setup process.This behavior has also been reproduced on CentOS 6 and Ubuntu 14.04.