SAP Knowledge Base Article
1670073 - How -To: Generate keystore and certificate in the process of configuring STS for SAP BI4.0
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Validity: 03.01.2012 - active
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This article will explain how to generate the keystore file and the certificate required to setup STS with BI 4.0.
In the below example the keystore file name is keystore.p12 and the certificate file name is cert.der.
The keystore file keystore.p12 has to be imported in BI 4.0 CMC on SAP Authentication Option tab
The certificate file cert.der has to be imported in SAP BW with STRUSTSSO2 transaction.
plamtree in the below example is host name of machine where BI 4.0 running
mywin in the below example is alias name that you can name the way you want.
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SAP Business Intelligence 4.0
UNIX / LINUX / WINDOWS
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
1656989 - Using OLAP BICS connection with SSO for AD/LDAP users in BI 4.0
Keywords
sts unix linux windows certificate keystore
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Released On 10.01.2012 10:18:20
Release Status Released to Customer
Component
BI-BIP-AUT Authentication, ActiveDirectory, LDAP, SSO, Vintela
Priority
Normal
Category
How To
Product
Product
Product Version
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform 4.0
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