IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, Version 7.4

Notes for SSL connections in FIPS 140–2 mode

To use the nc_gskcmd command-line utility for setting up SSL communications in FIPS 140-2 mode, set up your operating system correctly.

Before you begin

The utility is provided by IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit). The path to the GSKit libraries must appear in the environment variable applicable to your operating system, as shown in the following table:

Table 1. Location of GSKit libraries and corresponding environment variables
Operating system	Location of libraries	Environment variable
UNIX	On 32-bit operating systems: $NCHOME/platform/`arch`/lib On 64-bit operating systems: $NCHOME/platform/`arch`/lib64 Where `arch` is your operating system directory.	LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Windows	%NCHOME%\platform\win32\lib	PATH

About this task

The nc_gskcmd utility is located at :

$NCHOME/platform/arch/bin or $NCHOME/platform/arch/bin64, where arch is your operating system directory
%NCHOME%\platform\win32\bin

Procedure

To set up your operating system for the use of the nc_gskcmd utility:

Change to the $NCHOME/bin location and create a symbolic link to the nc_gskcmd utility by running the following command:

ln -s nco_run nc_gskcmd

Results

You can now use the nc_gskcmd command-line utility to perform the tasks required to set up SSL communication.