IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, Version 7.4

Receiving the certificate

Receive the certificate that you obtained from the CA:

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane of the Tivoli Integrated Portal, click Settings > WebSphere Administrative Console, and click Launch WebSphere administrative console.
  2. Click Security > SSL certificate and key management.
  3. On the "SSL certificate and key management" page, click Manage endpoint security configurations.
  4. On the "Manage endpoint security configurations" page, expand the Inbound node, if necessary, then click on TIPNode(NodeDefaultSSLSettings) under that node.
  5. On the "TIPNode" page, click Key stores and certificates. On the page that appears, click NodeDefaultKeyStore in the table at the center of the page.
  6. On the "NodeDefaultKeyStore" page, click Personal certificates. On the page that appears, click Receive a certificate from a certificate authority.
  7. In the displayed form, type the path of the file that contains the certificate from the CA then click Apply. For example:

    /opt/IBM/tivoli/tipv2/profiles/TIPProfile/config/cells/TIPCell/nodes/cert-from-ca.p12

  8. On the "SSL certificate and key management" page, click Back.
  9. Restart the Tivoli Integrated Portal server.

Results

The new certificate appears in the list of certificates on the "Personal certificates" page.

If there is a problem with the new SSL certificate you will be unable to log in to the Tivoli Integrated Portal server.