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l This article will explain how to generate the keystore file and the certificate required to setup STS with BI 4.0. l In the below example the keystore file name is keystore.p12 and the certificate file name is cert.der. l The keystore file keystore.p12 has to be imported in BI 4.0 CMC on SAP Authentication Option tab l The certificate file cert.der has to be imported in SAP BW with STRUSTSSO2 transaction. l plamtree in the below example is host name of machine where BI 4.0 running l mywin in the below example is alias name that you can name the way you want.

Environment

l SAP Business Intelligence 4.0 l UNIX / LINUX / WINDOWS

Resolution

1. Run PKCS12Tool program to generate keystore PKCS12Tool Windows location: <INSTALLDIR>\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI4.0\java\lib PKCS12Tool Unix location      : <INSTALLDIR>/sap_bobj/enterprise_xi40/java/lib

l  Windows command line example: 

C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI4.0\java\lib>"C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win64_x64\sapjvm\bin\java" -jar PKCS12Tool.jar -alias mywin -storepass admin1 -dname CN=palmtree 

 

l  Unix/Linux command line example :

*/sap_bobj/enterprise_xi40/java/lib>/sap_bobj/enterprise_xi40/linux_x64/sapjvm/bin/java -jar PKCS12Tool.jar -alias mywin -storepass admin1 -dname CN=palmtree

 

 

2. Generate certificate with keytool Enter keystore password which is defined in the previous step. (In this example the password is: admin1)

l Windows command line example:

C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI4.0\java\lib>"C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win64_x64\sapjvm\bin\keytool" -exportcert -keystore keystore.p12 -storetype pkcs12 -file cert.der -alias mywin

    1670073 - How -To: Generate keystore and certificate in the process of configuring STS for SAP BI4.0  

Version   1     Validity: 03.01.2012 - active   Language   English

 

l  Unix/Linux command line example : 

 */sap_bobj/enterprise_xi40/java/lib>/sap_bobj/enterprise_xi40/linux_x64/sapjvm/bin/keytool -exportcert -keystore keystore.p12 -storetype pkcs12 -file cert.der -alias mywin

 

 

 

See Also

http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Generate+keystore+and+certificate+for+SAP+BO+BI4.0

 

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sts unix linux windows certificate keystore

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Released On 10.01.2012 10:18:20

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Component BI-BIP-AUT Authentication, ActiveDirectory, LDAP, SSO, Vintela

Priority Normal

Category How To

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SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0

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