Gateway Tier Installation

Procedure to Install the Gateway for IBM® Cognos® Analytics 11.1.x.

Install the gateway if you plan on setting up advanced options such as single sign-on with Kerberos security with IIS, or an architecture where the web server is publicly available outside a firewall. IBM Cognos Analytics uses the web server for load balancing certain requests in addition to hosting and serving static content like icons and image files.

Important: You must specify fully qualified host names in the values for the following Cognos Configuration fields. Each value you specify must also appear in either the field Subject Alternative Name > DNS names or the field Subject Alternative Name > IP addresses.
  • Environment
    • Gateway URI
    • External dispatcher URI
    • Internal dispatcher URI
    • Dispatcher URI for external applications
    • Content Manager URIs
  • Environment > Configuration Group
    • Group contact host
    • Member coordination host
  • Security > Cryptography > Cognos
    • Server common name
    • Subject Alternative Name > DNS names
    • Subject Alternative Name > IP addresses

Procedure

  1. Download installer and repository.
    Download from Passport Advantage.
  2. Double click installer file and point to repository, when prompted.
  3. Select IBM Cognos Analytics and desired Install location.
  4. Select Gateway when prompted and complete installation steps.
  5. Navigate to shortcut location and launch Cognos Configuration
  6. Click Environment
  7. Under Gateway Settings set the Dispatcher URI's for the Gateway to the server/port where the Application Tier was installed.
    Example format <http://applicationTierServer:applicationTierPort/bi/v1/disp>
  8. Click on Local Configuration > Action Menu > Test to test the configuration.
  9. Save the configuration.
  10. Start the Content Tier.