1. Security Configuration Guide
  2. SSL-Enabling EPM System Components
  3. Full SSL Deployment of EPM System
  4. Configuring EPM System for Full SSL
  5. Reconfiguring EPM System Common Settings

Reconfiguring EPM System Common Settings

During this process, you select the settings that force Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System components to use SSL communication.

Note:

If you are SSL-enabling the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management web server: Before configuring Financial Management, you must make the cookie secure by editing the session-descriptor of HFM WebApp in weblogic.xml.

  1. Expand the Financial Management web archive using a tool such as 7 Zip. Location of weblogic.xml in the archive is EPM_ORACLE_HOME\products\FinancialManagement\AppServer\InstallableApps\HFMWebApplication.ear\HFMWeb.war\WEB-INF\weblogic.xml.
  2. Include the following directive in the session-descriptor of HFM WebApp in weblogic.xml:

    <cookie-secure>true</cookie-secure>

  3. Save weblogic.xml
  4. Click Yes when 7 Zip queries whether you want to update the archive.

To reconfigure EPM System for SSL:

  1. Launch EPM System Configurator.
  2. On Select the EPM Oracle Instance to which the configuration will be applied, complete these steps:
    1. In EPM Oracle instance name, enter the instance name that you used while originally configuring EPM System components.
    2. Click Next.
  3. On the Configuration screen, complete these steps:
    1. Clear Uncheck All.
    2. Expand Hyperion Foundation configuration task, and then select Configure Common Settings.
    3. Click Next.
  4. In Configure Common Settings, complete these steps:

    Caution:

    Before selecting the settings to use SSL to communicate with the email server, ensure that the email server is configured for SSL.


    EPM System common settings screen where you select options to enable for application server, web server, and e-mail server
    1. Select Use SSL for Java web application server communication (requires manual configuration) to specify that EPM System should use SSL for communication.
    2. Optional: Enter information in Mail Server Host and Port. To support SSL communication, you must specify the secure port used by the SMTP mail server.
    3. Optional: To support SSL communication with the SMTP mail server, select Use SSL to communicate with mail server.
    4. Select or enter settings in the remaining fields.
    5. Click Next.
  5. Click Next on subsequent EPM System Configurator screens.
  6. When the deployment process is complete, the Summary screen is displayed. Click Finish.