Importing the Accela GIS Server Certificate

To ensure that Accela GIS functions properly in Civic Platform, you must import the SSL certificate from the Accela GIS server into the Civic Platform biz server. Follow the steps in this section to import the Accela GIS server certificate.

Before you import the Accela GIS server certificate, you must set up a Certificate Server on the machine which hosts the Accela GIS server. Make sure the Certificate Server issues the certificate to the Accela GIS server. And then verify whether the Issue to field on the General tab of the certificate indicates the same domain name with the service URL for a GIS map service in Civic Platform Classic Administration Tools.

To import the Accela GIS server certificate

  1. Export the Accela GIS certificate file in .cer format from IIS Manager or your browser.

    • To export the certificate from IIS Manager, do these tasks:

      1. In the Default Web Site Properties window, click the Directory Security tab.

      2. On the Directory Security tab, click the View Certificate button.

      3. In the Certificate dialog box, click the Details tab.

      4. In the Details tab, click Copy to File... to export the certificate in the format that you want.

    • To export the certificate from Internet Explorer, do these tasks:

      1. Open the SSL-enabled Accela GIS server.

      2. At the top of the address bar, click Certificate Error.

      3. In the Details tab of the certificate, click Copy to File... to export the certificate in the format that you want.

  2. Log in to the Civic Platform biz server.

  3. Copy the certificate file to a directory on the biz server, such as E:\705IST_MSSQL_I18N_BIZ.

  4. Open a command prompt window and then navigate to the certificate directory by typing in a command such as cd/d E:\705IST_MSSQL_I18N_BIZ.

  5. Call the batch script av-env.cmd in the certificate directory to set the environment by typing in a command such as E:\705IST_MSSQL_I18N_BIZ\av.biz\bin\av-env.cmd.

    In the script, you can set the JAVA_HOME and the AA_AS_HOME variables.

  6. Import the certificate by typing in the following command: %JAVA_HOME%\bin\keytool -import -alias AGIS -file “AGIS.cer” -keystore “%AA_AS_HOME%\conf\certs\trusted_cacerts” -storepass “changeit”.

    Be sure to replace “AGIS.cer” in the command string with the file name of your Accela GIS certificate.

  7. Enter “Y” when prompted to confirm.

  8. Restart the server.