Using the SSL protocol for database communications

You can enable the secure sockets layer (SSL) protocol for communications between IBM® Cognos® Analytics and databases that are used by the Content Manager, Notification, Mobile, Human Task and Annotation Services, and Logging services.

The databases must already be configured for use with IBM Cognos Analytics. For more information about configuring the supported databases, see the following topics: Guidelines for creating the content store, Change the notification database, Setting up a database for Human Tasks and Annotations, Guidelines for creating a logging database.

SSL must be enabled on the database server, and the database client must be configured to use SSL connections to the database server before you enable SSL encryption in IBM Cognos Configuration.

For more information, review your database vendor documentation and verify which SSL properties must be specified for the different database versions.