Enabling Secure Communication to the Active Directory Server

If you are using an SSL connection to the Active Directory Server, you must copy the certificate from the Active Directory Server to the Content Manager location.

Procedure

  1. In every Content Manager location, use your Web browser to connect to the Active Directory Server and copy the CA root certificate to the Content Manager location.
  2. Add the CA root certificate to the certificate store of the account that you are using for the current IBM® Cognos® session:
    • If you are running the IBM Cognos session under a user account, use the same Web browser as in step 1 to import the CA root certificate to the certificate store for your user account.

      For information, see the documentation for your Web browser.

    • If you are running the IBM Cognos session under the local account, use Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to import the CA root certificate to the certificate store for the local computer.

      For information, see the documentation for MMC.

  3. In IBM Cognos Configuration, restart the service:
    • In the Explorer window, click IBM Cognos services, IBM Cognos.
    • From the Actions menu, click Restart.