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Configure the Connection to CA User Activity Reporting

CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management communicates with CA User Activity Reporting to display reports with CA ControlMinder related information. To display these reports you need to configure the connection to CA User Activity Reporting.

To configure the connection to CA User Activity Reporting

  1. In CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management, do as follows:
    1. Click System.
    2. Click Connection Management subtab.
    3. Expand the UARM tree in the task menu on the left.

    The Manage CA User Activity Reporting Connection task appears in the list of available tasks.

  2. Click Manage CA User Activity Reporting Connection .

    The Manage CA User Activity Reporting Connection: PrimaryCALMServer task page appears.

  3. Complete the fields in the dialog. The following fields are not self-explanatory:
    Connection name

    Identifies the name of the CA User Activity Reporting connection.

    Description

    (Optional) Defines a description for this connection.

    Host Name

    Defines the name of the CA User Activity Reporting host you want CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management to work against.

    Example: host1.comp.com

    Port #

    Defines the port that the CA User Activity Reporting host uses for communication.

    Default: 5250

    Certificate Authority Signed SSL certificate

    Specifies whether the connection to CA User Activity Reporting uses an SSL certificate signed by a certificate authority.

    Certificate name

    Defines the name of the certificate.

    Password

    Defines the certificate password.

  4. Click Submit.

    CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management saves the CA User Activity Reporting connection settings.

Example: Obtain the CA User Activity Reporting Certificate Information

The following example shows you how to obtain the CA User Activity Reporting certificate information that you need to provide when creating and managing the CA User Activity Reporting connection settings in CA ControlMinder Enterprise Management.

  1. Enter the CA User Activity Reporting URL in a web browser using the following format:
    https://host:port/spin/calmapi/products.csp
    

    Example: https://localhost:5250/spin/calmapi/products.csp

  2. Enter a valid user name and password to log in to CA User Activity Reporting.
  3. Select the Register option to register a certificate with CA User Activity Reporting.

    The New Product Registration screen appears.

  4. Enter the certificate name and password and select Register.

    A message appears informing you that the certificate registered successfully.