5 Enabling SSL for HTTPS

The IBM Tivoli Netcool/Omnibus REST Event Connector supports HTTPS protocol. This chapter describes how to establish a connection between the external system and Enterprise Manager

• Importing the Web Service Certificate into Enterprise Manager

Importing the Web Service Certificate into Enterprise Manager

1. Obtain the root certificate for the OMNIbus Server. The following article describes both how to create and find your certificates:

   https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/configuring-nhttpd-ssl

2. Append the external Certificate Authority's certificate to:

    $INSTANCE_HOME/sysman/config/b64LocalCertificate.txt

3. Ensure that only the following is appended to the b64LocalCertificate.txt file (that is, do not include blank lines or comments or any other special characters):

    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- <<<Certificate in Base64 format>>> -----END CERTIFICATE-----

4. Restart the OMS. Run the following commands:

    emctl stop oms

    emctl start oms 

Note:

Do not run the emctl secure oms/agent command after adding the external certificate to the b64LocalCertificate.txt file. If you run the emctl secure command later, then repeat the steps 1 through 3 to make sure the external certificate exists on the b64certificate.txt file.