Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 用户指南
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Configuring the Cognos Adapter
Configuring the HTTPS Protocol
For complete instructions on configuring Cognos servers to use the HTTP or HTTPS protocol, refer to the Cognos
documentation that ships with the product.
documentation that ships with the product.
Obtain Security Certificates
From a Windows desktop, you can obtain a security certificates for each target Cognos server using the Microsoft
Internet Explorer Certificate Cache.
Internet Explorer Certificate Cache.
Note:
Although other procedures are available for obtaining the required certificates, the procedure below can be
performed from your Windows desktop.
Note:
You need to carry out the following instructions only if your server certificate is generated in-house (that is,
self-signed) or if your server certificate is signed by a Certification Authority that is not trusted by the version of Java you
are using. Alternatively, if your adapter connection fails by reporting the error “unable to find valid certification path to
requested target” you need to carry out the following instructions.
are using. Alternatively, if your adapter connection fails by reporting the error “unable to find valid certification path to
requested target” you need to carry out the following instructions.
To obtain target Cognos server security certificates
1.
Open the Internet Explorer browser and navigate to the following dispatch URL (replacing servername and port as it
applies to your environment).
applies to your environment).
https://<cognos_server:https port>/cognos8/p2pd/dispatch
A
Security Alert
message displays.
2.
Click
View Certificate
to open the
Certificate
dialog.
3.
Click
Install Certificate
.
4.
On the
Certificate Import Wizard
Welcome
panel, click
Next
.
5.
On the
Certificate Store
panel, use the default option
Automatically select the certificate store based on
the type of certificate
and click
Next
.
6.
On the
Completing Certificate Import Wizard
panel, click
Finish
.