Extracting the OMNIbus ObjectServer Signer Certificate to a file

If the OMNIbus ObjectServer to which Predictive Insights forwards alarms uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, you must configure Predictive Insights to connect to the ObjectServer over SSL.

About this task

You can configure alarm forwarding to an OMNIbus ObjectServer when you are installing the Predictive Insights Analytics component. If the ObjectServer requires an SSL connection, you must specify the directory path to the SSL certificate that the ObjectServer uses. Before you install the Analytics component, you must export the ObjectServer certificate to a file so you can specify the directory path to the file when you install the Analytics component.

Procedure

  1. To log in to IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub, use the following URL: 
    https://<host>:<port>/ibm/console/logon.jsp

    where <host> is the host name of the server that your visualization application runs on and <port> is the port number that the application listens on. The default port number is as 16311.

  2. Click Console Settings > WebSphere Administrative Console.
  3. Click Launch WebSphere Administrative Console.
  4. Click Security > SSL Certificate and key management > > Key stores and certificates.
  5. Click NodeDefaultTrustStore.
  6. Click Signer Certificates.
  7. Click Retrieve from port.
  8. In the Host field, enter the host name of the OMNIbus ObjectServer.
  9. In the Port, enter the SSL port number that is used by the OMNIbus ObjectServer.
  10. In the Alias field, enter an alias for the OMNIbus ObjectServer. You can enter an arbitrary string, which becomes the name of the credentials.
  11. Click Apply.
  12. Click Save.
  13. Click Signer Certificates.
  14. Click Extract.
  15. In the File name field, assign a name to the certificate file.
  16. Click Apply.