Make the contentuploader run under java 11.

Owned by Olivier Deschrijver
Nov 08, 2022
1 min read

Since java 11, you can no longer start the MediaHaven contentuploader.
This is caused by the fact that Oracle increased the security for Java Web Start applications.

MediaHaven is moving away from java and from version 22.4 on, there will no longer be a need to use our contentuploader.

However, should you for some reason require our contentuploader, there is a workaround to get it started again:

  1. Locate your java installation folder.
    - In Windows it can be found at:
    C:\Program Files\Java\jre<version>
    - In MacOS it’s located at
    /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

  2. Navigate to the security folder:
    - In Windows:
    lib\security\java.security
    - In MacOS:
    Contents/Home/lib/security/java.security

  3. Open the file “java.security“

  4. In this file, search for “jdk.jar.disabledAlgorithms“
    You should find something looking like this:

  5. Edit these 3 lines out by adding a # to the beginning of the line:

  6. Save the file.
    You should now be able to start our contentuploader again.