To avoid security exceptions when launching Management Cockpit, set up security certificates correctly.
This task is required when:
- The browser session starts from a host computer that is remote from the Management Cockpit installation.
- The browser session starts on the same computer as
Management Cockpit and reports a Certificate Error. The
installer automatically sets up a local security certificate, but the certificate
installed for https in the web container keystore is a self-signed root
certificate, which is not recognized by the client browser.
- The host computer does not have Visual Studio Certificate Manager SDK installed.
Follow the steps below to add the certificate to the Windows certificates store.
Alternatively, follow browser-specific instructions to accept the certificate into the
Windows certificates store.
- Extract the self-signed certificate:
SMP_HOME\JDKX.X.X_XX\bin\keytool.exe -exportcert -alias jetty
-keystore SCC_HOME\services\EmbeddedWebContainer\keystore -file cert.crt
- Click , type mmc, and then click
OK to import the cert.crt file into
the host computer’s Windows store with the Windows Certificate Manager. The default
password for both the keystore and the alias is "changeit".