Cognos ReportNetTM Installation and Configuration Guide

Chapter 4: Configuring ReportNet
Configure Environment Properties for the Report Server Computer
If you install the report server component on a different computer than Content Manager, you
must configure the report server computer so that it knows the location of Content Manager. The
distributed components can then communicate with each other.
Steps
1. Start Cognos Configuration.
2. In the Explorer window, click Environment.
3. In the Properties window, specify the appropriate value for the Gateway URI, by changing
the localhost portion to the name of the ReportNet gateway computer.
4. In the Properties window, specify the appropriate value for the Content Manager URI, by
changing the localhost portion to the name of the Content Manager computer.
5. In the Explorer window, under Cryptography, click Cognos, the default cryptographic
provider.
6. Under the Certificate Authority settings property group, set the Password property to
correspond to the one configured on the Content Manager computer.
7. Ensure that all other cryptographic settings correspond to the ones you set on the Content
Manager computer.
8. From the File menu, click Save.
9. From the Actions menu, click Start.
After you completed the required configuration tasks for each report server computer in your
environment, you can now perform the required configuration tasks on other computers, such as
the gateway computers. Otherwise you can continue to configure the report server computers
by changing the default property settings so that they better suit your environment. For example,
you can enable and disable services (p. 53), configure where to send log messages (p. 49) or
configure the amount of resources the ReportNet service uses (p. 54).
Configuring Gateway Computers
You can install the ReportNet gateway on one or more Web server computers.
The gateway computer must know the location of a dispatcher. The dispatcher can be located
on the Content Manager or report server computer. You must configure the Environment
properties.
Other configuration tasks are optional and may be performed later.
Ensure that the Content Manager computer is configured and available before you configure
gateway computers.
After you do the required configuration tasks, the gateway computer can work in your
environment.
Configure Environment Properties for the Gateway Computer
If you install the gateway component on a different computer than Content Manager or report
servers, you must configure the gateway computer so that it knows the location of a dispatcher.
The distributed components can communicate with each other.
Steps
1. Start Cognos Configuration.
2. In the Explorer window, click Environment.
3. In the Properties window, specify the appropriate value for the External Dispatcher URI,
by changing the localhost portion to the name of the Content Manager or report server
computer.
4. In the Explorer window, under Cryptography, click Cognos, the default cryptographic
provider.
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