How do I suppress the digital certificate for NetIQ Vulnerability Manager Web Console? (NETIQKB39522)

  • Document ID:7739522
  • Creation Date:02-Feb-2007
  • Modified Date:08-Sep-2008
    • Micro Focus Products:
      Secure Configuration Manager

Resolution

goal
How do I suppress the digital certificate for NetIQ Vulnerability Manager Web Console?

fact
NetIQ Vulnerability Manager 5.5

fact
NetIQ Vulnerability Manager 5.0

fix
There may be an occasion where the server should no longer be accessing the digital certificate.

To suppress a digital certificate:

  1. Open Services from Control Panel. 
  2. Right-click NetIQ Vulnerability Manager Web Console and click Stop. 
  3. Open the server.xml file in a DOS environment. 
  4. Delete the following lines:
    <!-- to disable HTTPS, remove the following parameters -->
    <Parameter name=?socketFactory? value=
    ?org.apache.tomcat.net.SSLSocketFactory?/>
    <Parameter name= ?keystore? value= ? ... /conf/keystore.dat?/>
    <Parameter name= ?keypass? value= ?policy?/>
  5. Save the file.
  6. Restart the NetIQ Vulnerability Manager Web Console service.



note
After adding or suppressing a digital certificate, the Start menu shortcut for the NetIQ Vulnerability Manager Web Console service will no longer work. A new shortcut must be created.

Additional Information

Formerly known as NETIQKB39522