Configuring a secure connection to the Microsoft SQL Server database server

You can configure a secure connection to encrypt transactions between the IBM® Sterling Control Center Monitor engine and Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Edition or Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Enterprise Edition database instances. You can configure the secure connection in either a high availability or non-high availability environment.

  • Before you configure IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor to enable secure connections to the databases, complete the following tasks for the Microsoft SQL Server database server:
    1. Create a self-signed certificate (trusted database server certificate).
    2. Install a certificate in the Microsoft Windows certificate store of the server computer.
    3. Configure SQL Server to use this certificate using the SQL Server Configuration Manager.
    4. Export the self-signed certificate.
  • Create and configure the keystore and truststore files in IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor.
Use this procedure to enable encryption and SSL authentication between the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor engine and Microsoft SQL Server databases. To configure a secure connection between the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor engine and Microsoft SQL Server databases in a high availability or non-high availability environment:
  1. Install IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor.
  2. During the Microsoft Windows installation, select Microsoft SQL Server as the database type and provide information about the Microsoft SQL Server database.
  3. Import the trusted database server certificate you exported during the MS SQL database server set up into the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor engine truststore.
  4. Use one of the following methods to run the configCC utility:
    Microsoft Windows UNIX
    Double-click configCC.bat in installation directory\bin. Run the configCC.sh utility from installation directory/bin.
  5. When you are prompted to secure the connection to each of the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor databases (production and staging), type Y.
  6. Type Y to confirm your configuration changes.