Configure Environment Properties for Content Manager Computers

The Content Manager computers must know the location of the content store, the other Content Manager computers, and the database that is used for notification.

After installing Content Manager on the computers you are using for failover protection, you must configure Content Manager on those computers. If you installed more than one Content Manager, you must list all Content Manager URIs on each Content Manager computer.

After you complete the required configuration tasks and start the IBM® Cognos® Analytics service, the certificate authority service is available to issue certificates to other computers. You can then perform the required configuration tasks on other computers, such as the Application Tier Components computer and gateway computers. Otherwise, you can continue to configure the Content Manager computers by changing the default property settings (see Changing Default Configuration Settings) so that they better suit your environment. For example, you can configure IBM Cognos Analytics components to use an authentication provider (see Configuring authentication providers), enable and disable services (see Enable and Disable Services) on the Content Manager computers, or change global settings (see Changing Global Settings).

Note that if you change global settings on one Content Manager computer, you must make the same changes on the other Content Manager computers.