Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 User Guide

Configuring the UCS Manager Adapter

Configuring the HTTPS Protocol

Click 

 on the 

 dialog. You can close your browser now.

Repeat the process for each Cognos server that you want to connect to with the Cognos adapter.

Export Security Certificates 

After you have obtained the security certificates for the target servers, you must export them from the Internet Explorer 
cache to a local directory. 

On the local computer, create the following directory for the certificates: 

C:\ucsm-Certs 

In Internet Explorer, select 

. 

On the 

 dialog, select the 

 tab. 

In the Certificates area, click 

. 

On the 

 dialog, select the 

tab to display the list of trusted 

certificates. This list should contain the certificates for the target servers that were obtained in the previous 
procedure (see 

). 

Scroll through the list of certificates to find the certificates. 

Perform the following procedure for each target server certificate: 

Select the certificate and click 

 to launch the Certificate Export Wizard. 

On the 

 panel, click 

. 

On the 

 panel, use the default option DER encoded binary X.509 (.CER) and click 

. 

On the File To Export panel, enter the complete path to the ucsm-Certs directory and a unique name for the 
certificate: 

C:\ucsm-Certs\servername.cer 

Click 

. 

On the 

 panel, click 

 to complete the export. 

A message stating The export was successful displays. 

Click 

 to close the message box. 

After all target server certificates have been exported, click 

 to exit the 

 dialog. 

Click 

 to close the 

 dialog. 

Import Target Server Certificates Into a Java Keystore

You must now import the target server certificates into a local Java keystore.

These instructions assume that a JRE or JDK is in your system PATH.

Open a Windows 

 window.

Change to the directory where the certificates are stored by entering the following commands: