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Generating Certificates and Keys Using openssl

Before using the openssl executable provided with Oracle BI to generate certificates and keys, a directory structure must be set up as shown in the following procedure.

To generate certificates and keys using openssl

1. Create a directory where all the certificates will be located. For example, D:\ssl. This directory will be referred to as $DIR.
2. Create the following folders under $DIR:

   private
   newcerts
   demoCA

3. Copy the openssl.exe and openssl.cnf file to $DIR.

   NOTE:  The openssl.exe and openssl.cnf files are located in the OracleBI_HOME\server\Bin directory and also in the OracleBI_HOME\web\bin directory.

4. Create an empty file called .oid under $DIR\demoCA.
5. Create an empty file called index.txt under $DIR.
6. Create a file called serial under $DIR. In this file, input any number that has an even number of digits. For example, numbers such as 01 or 73 are valid entries, while the numbers 1 and 173 are not.

   NOTE:  The openssl executable commands outlined in the following procedures must be executed in the directory $DIR.