Configure Cognos Insight to use custom certificates

You can enable custom certificates for IBM Cognos Insight.

Procedure

  1. Stop the IBM Cognos service.
  2. Rename the custom certificate files from new_cert_name.* to ibmtm1.*.
  3. Copy the files to the following locations:
    • ci_install_directory\bins\bin_10.xxxx\tm1\bin\ssl
    • ci_install_directory\bins\bin_10.xxxx\tm1\bin\tm1api101\ssl
    • ci_install_directory\bins\bin_10.xxxx\tm1\bin\tm1api102\ssl
    • ci_install_directory\plugins\com.cognos.pmta.tm1.distributed.bin.win32.x86_64_xxxx\extract_bin\tm1\bin\ssl
    • ci_install_directory\plugins\com.cognos.pmta.tm1.distributed.bin.win32.x86_64_xxxx\extract_bin\tm1\bin\tm1api101\ssl
    • ci_install_directory\plugins\com.cognos.pmta.tm1.distributed.bin.win32.x86_64_xxxx\extract_bin\tm1\bin\tm1api102\ssl
  4. Restart the IBM Cognos service.
  5. Start Cognos Insight and select Connect to IBM Cognos TM1.
  6. Enter the URL for the IBM Cognos TM1 system and click Next.
  7. When you are prompted for the security certificate, select Trust this certificate and click OK.
    Connect to the TM1 Server.
    For example, Planning Sample.