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Steps to install a trusted certificate (SSL) for cognos with Windchill 9.1

When you order a SSL certificate from a 3rd

party company you receive 2 files . (rename them as

stated below)

The certificate dor your host ( here windchilleducation) (encrypt.cer)

The 3rd

party company certificate ( here COMODO) (cacert.cer)

From the 3rd

party certificate,open it ( double click) and from here you can extract the ROOT

Certificate. ( called rootca.cer)

Then, reimport those 3 files into cognos keystore using the command below 

Of course, it is also important to add those certificate using the keytool command into each java

 jre/lib/security folder ( Java used by windchill and Cognos)

D:\ptc\Tools\Reporting\bin>thirdpartycertificatetool -T -i -r D:\cert\rootca.cer -D

../configuration/signkeypair -p NoPassWordSet

Looking in: D:\ptc\Tools\Reporting\bin\jre\1.4.2\bin...

Executing:

D:\ptc\Tools\Reporting\bin\jre\1.4.2\bin\java.exe

com.cognos.accman.jcam.utilities.ThirdPartyCertificateTool -T -i -r D:\cert\rootca.cer -D

../configuration/signkeypair -p NoPassWordSet

log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (Trace.CAM.CRP.jcam).

log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.

Loaded CA certificate: 'C=SE,O=AddTrust AB,OU=AddTrust External TTP Network,CN=AddTrust

External CA Root'.

Stored CA certificate(s).

D:\ptc\Tools\Reporting\bin>thirdpartycertificatetool -T -i -r D:\cert\cacert.cer -D

../configuration/signkeypair -p NoPassWordSet

Looking in: D:\ptc\Tools\Reporting\bin\jre\1.4.2\bin...

Executing:

D:\ptc\Tools\Reporting\bin\jre\1.4.2\bin\java.exe

com.cognos.accman.jcam.utilities.ThirdPartyCertificateTool -T -i -r D:\cert\cacert.cer -D

../configuration/signkeypair -p NoPassWordSet

log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (Trace.CAM.CRP.jcam).

log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.

Loaded CA certificate: 'C=GB,ST=Greater Manchester,L=Salford,O=COMODO CA

Limited,CN=COMODO High-Assurance Secure Server CA'.

Stored CA certificate(s).

D:\ptc\Tools\Reporting\bin>thirdpartycertificatetool -T -i -r D:\cert\encrypt.cer -D

../configuration/signkeypair -p NoPassWordSet

Looking in: D:\ptc\Tools\Reporting\bin\jre\1.4.2\bin...

Executing:

D:\ptc\Tools\Reporting\bin\jre\1.4.2\bin\java.exe

com.cognos.accman.jcam.utilities.ThirdPartyCertificateTool -T -i -r D:\cert\encrypt.cer -D

../configuration/signkeypair -p NoPassWordSet

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log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (Trace.CAM.CRP.jcam).

log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.

Loaded CA certificate: 'C=RO,2.5.4.17=060044,ST=Bucharest,L=Bucharest,2.5.4.9=6th

District,2.5.4.9=14th floor,O=PTC,OU=PTC Education,OU=Hosted by Intellectual Property

Management Company\, Inc.,OU=Comod

Stored CA certificate(s).