Configuring BMC AMI Ops Analytics Datastore for SSL connections


This section describes how to configure the BMC AMI Ops Analytics Datastore component for SSL connections.

This component uses the TLS authentication to communicate between BMC AMI Ops Analytics Datastore and other components (BMC AMI Ops UI Discovery server, BMC AMI Ops UI Server, and BMC AMI Ops Analytics Agent). For the Keystore, you can either use a self-signed certificate or a CA-signed certificate.

To configureBMC AMI Ops Analytics Datastore SSL connections

  1. On the BMC AMI Ops Analytics Datastore server, add a Keystore file to the ~ /datastore install directory/conf directory.
  2. Set the Keystore file name in the env.properties file in the /datastore install directory/conf directory.
    After the installation, configure the SSL connections for BMC AMI Ops Analytics Datastore properties in the env.properties file using the following table:

    Property

    Value

    Description

    AMIADS_SSL

    true

    SSL connection

    To use an HTTPS connection, you must set the value as true.

    AMIADS_PROTOCOL

    https

    Type of communication protocol

    It should be set as https.

    AMIADS_KEYSTORE_TYPE

    JKS

    Type of Keystore

    The SSL certificate (Keystore) type must be set to either JKS or PKCS12.

    AMIADS_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD

    <password>

    Keystore password

    AMIADS_KEYSTORE

    <keystore.jks>

    Keystore name

    Keystore file name must be located in the BMC AMI Ops Analytics Datastore configuration directory.

    AMIADS_ALIAS

    <aliasName>

    Keystore alias

    AMIADS_SECURED

    true

    Secure connection 

    Set the value to true for secure connection to BMC AMI Ops UI Discovery.

    AMIADS_UNSECURED

    false

    Unsecure connection

    Set the value to false for secure connection to BMC AMI Ops UI Discovery.

    AMIADS_TRUSTSTORE

    <truststore.jks>

    Truststore name

    Truststore file name must be located in the BMC AMI Ops Analytics Datastore configuration directory.

    AMIADS_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD

    <password>

    Truststore password

    AMIADS_TRUSTSTORE_TYPE

    JKS

    Type of Truststore

    The Truststore value must be set to either JKS or PKCS12.

  3. Restart the BMC AMI Ops Analytics Datastore.
    For information, see Starting-and-stopping-analytics-components

 

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