How to create a new security certificate for AE

Products

• CA Workload Automation AE - Scheduler (AutoSys)
• Autosys Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

After a new installation of WA AE we get the following error messages when trying to access the EEM Security Server:

CAUAJM_E_10436 Security server unreachable or invalid authentication certificate file.
CAUAJM_E_10434 Error initiating security session.
[EE_BADOBJECT Bad Object]
[ISE_BADOBJECT bad object data]
[Authenticate Error: Authentication Failed]
[Identity Attempted: ]
[CertificateReader::loadPEM  - cannot read certificate]

 

Environment

Release: r12.x r24.x
Component: ATSYS

Resolution

The solution is to proceed by the following steps to activate EEM security for your WAAE AutoSys instance and to create a new security certificate :

1. Log on to CA Workload Automation AE as the EDIT superuser and enter the following command at the UNIX operating system prompt or the Windows instance command prompt:
   $ autosys_secure

Please select from the following options:
[1] Activate EEM instance security. < =====
[2] Manage EDIT/EXEC superusers.|
[3] Change database password.
[4] Change remote authentication method.
[5] Manage user@host users.
[6] Get Encrypted Password.
[0] Exit CA WAAE Security Utility.

2. Enter 1 ( Activate EEM instance security) and press the Enter key.

3. Enter the CA EEM server details when prompted ( CA EEM server name ..... )

The security certificates are created, and the following message is displayed:

CAUAJM_I_60201 EEM instance security successfully set. <=====