Cognos SSL connection

To connect to a Cognos Analytics server with HTTPS and an SSL secured port, you must first change some of the Cognos internal and external dispatcher settings. For details on how to make the required changes, see the Cognos Server Configuration and Administration guide.

After you change the dispatcher settings, import the SSL certification that you created in Cognos into the SPSS® Modeler JRE by following these steps:

1. In Cognos configuration, define a password for the IBM Cognos key store:
   1. In the Explorer window, click Cryptography > Cognos.
   2. In the Properties window, under Encryption Key Settings, set the Encryption key store password.
   3. From the File menu, select Save.
   4. From the Actions menu, select Restart.
2. From the command line, go to the c10_location\bin directory.
3. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the Java™ Runtime Environment location used by the application server that is running Cognos. For example:

   set JAVA_HOME=c11_location\bin\jre\<version>

4. From the command line, run the certificate tool. For example:

   ThirdPartyCertificateTool.bat -E -T -r ca.cer -k ..\configuration\encryptkeypair\jEncKeystore
    -p <password>

5. Copy the ca.cer file to the SPSS Modeler Server location.
6. Open a command line and switch to the <ModelerInstallationLocation>\jre\bin folder.
7. Run the command to import the certificate. For example:

    .\keytool -import -alias ca -file <Directory where ca.cer is located>\ca.cer
    -keystore "<ModelerInstallationLocation>\jre\lib\security\cacerts"

You can then use HTTPS and the SSL secured dispatcher to connect to Cognos. For example:

https://9.119.83.37:9343/p2pd/servlet/dispatch