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

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).