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Chapter 4: Configuring ReportNet 5. Under the Certificate Authority settings property group, set the Password property to correspond to the one configured on the Content Manager computer. 6. Ensure that all other cryptographic settings correspond to the ones you set on the Content Manager computer. 7. From the File menu, click Save. After you completed the required configuration tasks for each gateway computer in your environment, you can continue to configure the gateway computers by changing the default property settings so that they better suit your environment. For example, you can configure a gateway to use a namespace. Finishing the Configuration of Distributed Installations After you complete the required configuration tasks, you can perform some additional configuration tasks to customize the behavior of ReportNet to better suit your reporting environment (p. 40). Ensure that you configured the Content Manager computer before you change default configuration settings on other ReportNet computers. • For distributed installations, we recommend that you specify the amount of resources the ReportNet service uses to ensure performance is optimized. If you are satisfied with your configuration, you can now install and configure Framework Manager. Changing Default Configuration Settings When you install ReportNet components, the installation uses default configuration settings. If you have any reason not to use these default values, such as a port is being used by another process, use Cognos Configuration to change the value. If you change the value of a property, you must save the configuration and then restart the ReportNet service to apply the new settings to your computer. You can also change the default behavior of ReportNet. For example you can • change a port number • use an authentication provider • configure cryptographic settings • configure SSL protocol • configure temporary file properties • specify where to send log messages • configure ReportNet to use alternate gateways • configure the gateway to use a namespace • enable and disable services • specify the amount of resources the ReportNet service uses • change global settings, such as product and content locales • configure fonts • change the default font for reports • configure Cognos Portal Services After you change the default behavior of ReportNet to better suit your reporting environment, you can test the installation and configuration or install and configure Framework Manager. Change a Port Number If you have any reason not to use a default port, such as it is used by another process, you can change it. 40 Cognos ReportNet TM
Chapter 4: Configuring ReportNet When you change the port used by the local dispatcher, you must change the value of the Internal dispatcher URI property. Because the change affects all the URIs that are based on the local dispatcher, you must change the URIs of all local components. By default, local components contain localhost in the URI. For example, if you install all components on one computer and you change the dispatcher port, you must also change the port in the local Content Manager URI and local SDK URI. If you change the dispatcher port in the local Dispatcher URI, ensure that you specify the new port numbers when you configure remote computers that use the Dispatcher URI, Content Manager URI, and SDK URI properties. Steps 1. Start Cognos Configuration. 2. In the Explorer window click the appropriate group or component: • To change the port number for the dispatcher, click Environment. • To change the port number for the local log server, under Environment, click Logging. 3. In the Properties window, click the Value box next to the property that you want to change. 4. If you change the dispatcher port, ensure that you change the ports in other URIs that contain localhost. 5. From the File menu, click Save. Using an Authentication Provider ReportNet runs with or without authentication providers. By default, anonymous access is enabled. You can configure multiple namespaces for authentication and then choose at run time which namespace you want to use. For more information, see the Administration and Security Guide. If you enable security, you must configure security settings immediately after you complete the installation and configuration process. For more information, see the Administration and Security Guide. Important: We recommend that you do not disable security after you enable it. If you previously configured a namespace that is no longer in the current configuration, when you start ReportNet, the namespace, including the user accounts, are permanently deleted from the content store. Restoring the namespace definition, by using a previously saved crnstartup.xml file for example, does not restore the user accounts. This means that for the users defined in the deleted namespace, their preferences, My Folders and My Pages entries are permanently lost. Existing policies will continue to refer to users, groups or roles that no longer exist. While this will not affect how the policies work, a user administering the policy may see "unknown" entries. Because these entries refer to users, groups, and roles which no longer exist, you can safely delete them. To use an authentication provider and to require users to authenticate: ❑ Disable anonymous access. ❑ Configure ReportNet to use an authentication provider. Disable Anonymous Access By default, ReportNet does not require user authentication. Users can logon anonymously. You can use Cognos Configuration to disable anonymous access. Steps 1. On the computer where you installed Content Manager, start Cognos Configuration. 2. In the Explorer window, under Security, Authentication, click Cognos. The Cognos resource represents the Cognos namespace. The Cognos namespace stores information about Cognos groups, such as the Anonymous User, contacts, and distribution lists, and refers to objects in other security namespaces. For more information, see the Administration and Security Guide. Installation and Configuration Guide 41
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