Enable the external certificate authority (CA)

After you import the external certificate authority (CA) certificates, use IBM® Cognos® Configuration to configure each computer where a IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson component is installed to use the external CA.

About this task

Ensure that the key store locations and passwords in IBM Cognos Configuration match the ones that you typed in the ThirdPartyCertificateTool tool.

Procedure

  1. Open IBM Cognos Configuration as an administrator.
  2. In the Explorer window, under Security > Cryptography, click Cognos.
  3. Under Certificate Authority settings, click the Use third party CA property, and set its Value to True.
  4. For the Key store password property, enter the password that you used for the crypto key.
  5. Click File > Save to save the configuration.
  6. Restart your IBM Cognos services.