Setting Up Security Certificates

To avoid security exceptions when launching Sybase Control Center, set up security certificates correctly. If you are opening a browser on the same computer as Sybase Control Center, this step is not required as the installer effects required changes locally for you.

This task is required when:

The browser session starts from a host computer that is remote from the Sybase Control Center installation.
The host computer does not have Visual Studio Certificate Manager SDK installed.

Alternatively, follow browser-specific instructions to accept the certificate into the Windows certficate store.

Change the default shortcut to use full host name of the computer on which Sybase Control Center has been installed.
The host name is required because the default self-signed generated certificate the installer issues is assigned to an actual host name and not “localhost.”
For example, instead of using:
```
"%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://localhost:8283/scc
```
Change the shortcut URL to:
```
"%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://SCChost.mydomain.com:8283/scc
```
Add the certificate to the Windows certificates store.
1. Extract the self-signed certificate using the keytool utility.
```
<UnwiredPlatform_InstallDir>\JDK1.6.0_16\bin\keytool.exe -exportcert -alias jetty 
-keystore <UnwiredPlatform_InstallDir>\services\EmbeddedWebContainer\keystore -file cert.crt
```
2. Click Start > Run, type mmc, and then click OK to import the cert.crt file into the host computer’s Windows store with the Windows Certificate Manager.

Next

You can now open Sybase Control Center from any browser without generating a security exception.