Updating the default self-signed SSL certificate

A self-signed SSL certificate was created when you installed Data Studio web console with SSL support. You can generate a new self-signed SSL certificate to replace a certificate that is expired or near its expiration.

About this task

Run the setupcredentials script to create a new self-signed SSL certificate for your web application server. The certificate is valid for 365 days after its creation.

Procedure

To update the default self-signed SSL certificate:

  1. Stop Data Studio web console.
    • On Linux and UNIX: From the installation directory, run the command stop.sh.
    • On Windows: From the Start menu, click All Programs > IBM Data Studio > IBM Data Studio web console V3.1 > Stop Web Console Server.
  2. Using the command line, run this command from the bin subdirectory of the installation directory.
    • On Linux and UNIX: setupcredentials.sh -updateUser admin_ID password
    • On Windows: setupcredentials.bat -updateUser admin_ID password

    Where admin_ID is the user ID of the default administrative user, and password is the user password.

  3. Verify that the command-line console shows a message that indicates that the self-signed certificate was successfully updated.
  4. Start Data Studio web console.
    • On Linux and UNIX: From the installation directory, run the command start.sh.
    • On Windows: From the Start menu, click All Programs > IBM Data Studio > IBM data Studio web console V3.1 > Start Web Console Server.
  5. Verify that you can log in to the web console with the secure URL.
    https://IP_address:port_number/datatools/console

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