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Chapter 7: Advanced Configuration Options Preparing Your Environment If ReportNet Previously Used Tomcat If you previously configured ReportNet to run in your environment using Tomcat, the default servlet container, and now plan to use WebSphere or WebLogic, you must: ❑ stop the Cognos ReportNet service ❑ delete any existing cryptographic keys before you configure the alternative application server ❑ unregister dispatchers that are no longer used after you configure ReportNet to run on WebSphere or WebLogic Delete Cryptographic Keys Before you configure ReportNet to use a third-party application server, ensure that any cryptographic keys that were previously created are deleted. This ensures that the correct security and Java environment is used. Remove Dispatchers Steps 1. Stop the Cognos ReportNet service using Cognos Configuration. 2. Save and close Cognos Configuration. 3. Back up the contents of the following directories: • crn_location/configuration/csk • crn_location/configuration/encryptkeypair • crn_location/configuration/signkeypair 4. Ensure that the startup configuration does not contain encrypted passwords: • If timestamped versions of the crnstartup.xml files are available in the crn_location/configuration directory, rename the crnstartup_timestamp.xml file with the earliest timestamp to crnstartup.xml. Note: To allow you to undo some configuration changes, ReportNet creates a timestamped version of crnstartup.xml before applying any changes to the file. The file with the earliest timestamp should be the original version of the file and does not contain encrypted passwords. • If the timestamped versions of the files are not available, in Cognos Configuration, re-enter the passwords for the following resources or components, if they exist: Content Manager database, the Notification database, the Notification mail server, log database, and your LDAP authentication source. 5. Delete the csk, encryptkeypair, and signkeypair directories. After you start the application server, remove ReportNet services that have been previously registered and that are no longer used. To access the server administration tool, you must have execute permissions for the Administration secured function. Steps 1. Open the ReportNet portal. 2. On the portal toolbar, click Server Administration. 3. Click the Monitor tab. 4. Under Type, click Dispatchers. A list of dispatchers appears. 5. Select the check box for the dispatcher you want to unregister and, on the toolbar, click the unregister button. Tip: You can also unregister dispatchers by clicking More in the Actions column. A message confirms the action. 6. Click OK. 86 Cognos ReportNet TM
Chapter 7: Advanced Configuration Options The dispatcher information is removed from Content Manager. Configuring ReportNet to use a Third-Party Certificate Authority By default, ReportNet uses its own certificate authority (CA) service to establish the root of trust in the ReportNet security infrastructure. You can configure ReportNet to use another certificate authority, if you already have an existing third-party certificate authority, such as iPlanet or Microsoft, in your reporting environment. When you configure ReportNet to use a third-party certificate authority, ensure that you specify the same information in both the command line utility tool and in Cognos Configuration. To configure ReportNet to use your third-party certificate authority, you must ❑ generate ReportNet security keys and certificate signing requests to use with your third-party CA ❑ add the ReportNet security keys and signing certificates to your third-party certificate authority ❑ configure ReportNet to use a third-party certificate authority. Generate Keys and Signing Requests Use the command line utility to generate all the keys for the ReportNet key stores and to generate the certificate signing requests (CSR). Ensure that the encryption key store and the certificate authority key store are in the same location. You must run the command line tool once for each certificate request. The following table lists the options for the command-line tool used to generate keys and signing requests. Command Main operation mode Description -c Create a new CSR -i Import a certificate Operation modifiers -s Work with the signing identity -e Work with the encryption identity -T Work with the trust store (only with -i) Installation and Configuration Guide 87
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