Role of private certificates in TrueSight Operations Management

Security certificates play a significant role in securing the infrastructure environment. You must create and apply a security certificate on your servers to initiate a secure session with the browsers. After a successful implementation of the security certificate, you can observe that the HTTP changes to HTTPS format on your browser address bar, as shown in the following screenshot:

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Best practice
To add the transport layer protection and to secure the communication between TrueSight Operations Management components, BMC recommends the following actions:

  • Replace the self-signed certificates with CA-signed certificates for all the TrueSight Operations Management components.  
  • Configure TLS communication between the TrueSight Operations Management components. 

For more information about how to create signed certificates for the TrueSight Operations Management components, see Implementing-private-certificates-in-TrueSight-Operations-Management.

For more information about how to configure TLS for TrueSight Operations Management components, see Configuring-TrueSight-Infrastructure-Management-to-enable-TLS-1-2.

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In TrueSight Operations Management, most of the components, including the server and browsers, require secure communication, as illustrated in the following diagram:

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The following diagram represents the overview of certificate implementation process in TrueSight Operations Management.

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For step-by-step instructions on how to create and import signed certificates for each of the components, see Implementing-private-certificates-in-TrueSight-Operations-Management.

Where to go from here

Implement private certificates in TrueSight Operations Management.

 

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