Configuring Framework Manager outside the network firewall

When Framework Manager is installed outside the network firewall, you can install and configure a gateway that is dedicated to communications with the dispatcher.

Procedure

  1. Set up a dedicated gateway for Framework Manager.
  2. On the gateway computer, open IBM Cognos Configuration, and change the property Dispatcher URIs for gateway. For more information about this parameter, see Configuring IBM Cognos Framework Manager.
  3. On the Framework Manager computer, start IBM Cognos Configuration.
  4. In the Explorer window, click Environment.
  5. In the Properties window, for Gateway URI, type the appropriate value for the server that you are using as the dedicated gateway.
    • If your web server is configured for the ISAPI gateway, replace cognos.cgi with cognosisapi.dll.
    • If your web server is configured to use Apache modules, use the following syntax:

      http://host_name:port/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/module_alias

  6. Change the localhost portion of the Gateway URI to either the IP address or the host name of the dedicated gateway server.
  7. For the Dispatcher URI for external applications, type the URI that is specified for Internal dispatcher URI on the server where application tier components are installed.
    For more information about this parameter, see Configuring IBM Cognos Framework Manager.
  8. In the Explorer window, under Cryptography, click Cognos, the default cryptographic provider.
  9. Under the Certificate Authority settings property group, for the Password property, type the same password that you configured on the default active Content Manager computer.
  10. From the File menu, click Save.

Results

Framework Manager is configured to communicate with IBM Cognos Analytics and its components.