Enable the external certificate authority (CA) certificate

Configure each computer where an IBM® Cognos® Analytics component is installed to use the certificate authority (CA).

Before you begin

Ensure that the following steps were completed:

  1. Delete the existing keystore
  2. Import the existing certificate authority (CA) certificates

About this task

The keystore locations and passwords in IBM Cognos Configuration must match the ones that you typed in ThirdPartyCertificateTool.

Procedure

  1. Open IBM Cognos Configuration as an administrator.
  2. In the Explorer window, under Cryptography, right-click the cryptographic provider name, and select Delete.
    Note: Cognos is the default cryptographic provider. However, it is possible to rename the default provider, so the provider name that you see might be different. This can also be en external provider name.
  3. In the Explorer window, under Security, right-click Cryptography, then select New resource > Certificate authority.
  4. In the New Resource - Certificate authority box, enter a name for the CA and, in the Type(Group) field, select Third party certificate authority.
  5. For the Key store password property, enter the password that you used for the crypto key.
  6. Click File > Save to save the configuration.
  7. Start your Cognos Analytics service.