If you use the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for Cognos components, you must also enable SSL in the application server environment. You then identify the SSL server certificate to Cognos components.
Configure the application server to use SSL.
An SSL server certificate is generated by a third-party Certificate Authority (CA). The certificate of the CA that generated the SSL server certificate is also provided.
For more information about configuring the application server to use SSL, refer to the application server documentation. For information about using CA certificates with your application server, see the CA documentation.
Copy the CA certificate to the installation_location/bin directory and rename the file to ca.cer.
This file must be Base-64 encoded X.509 format.
From the installation_location/bin directory:
On Windows, type:
ThirdPartyCertificateTool.bat -T -i -r ca.cer -k ../configuration/signkeypair/jCAKeystore -p password
On UNIX or Linux, type:
ThirdPartyCertificateTool.sh -T -i -r ca.cer -k ../configuration/signkeypair/jCAKeystore -p password
Important: You must type jCAKeystore as the name of the CA key store.