Migration of CJAP from CBI 10.2.2 to CA 11.2.4 FP2

[paidgeek]

Forum,

I have a client moving from Cognos BI 10.2.2 to Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 and using a Customer Java Authentication Provider/CJAP.

First things first, I have the .jar files and everything available from the CBI 10.2.2 install. Still, I cannot find any good documentation on configuring the new CJAP in CA 11.2.4 in the .../cognos/analytics directory, as in where to place the files and what files to edit.

Secondly, I have Cognos Configuration for CA 11.2.4 FP2 mirroring what CBI 10.2.2 has, but I am getting the error below:

['***** Namespace']
[ ERROR AAA-CFG-0008 The handler class '
com.***.***.***NamespaceAuthProvider' cannot loaded.
[ ERROR java. lang. ClassNotFoundException:
com.***.***.***NamespaceAuthProvider

So can anyone point me in the right direction?

[MFGF]

Forum,

I have a client moving from Cognos BI 10.2.2 to Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 and using a Customer Java Authentication Provider/CJAP.

First things first, I have the .jar files and everything available from the CBI 10.2.2 install. Still, I cannot find any good documentation on configuring the new CJAP in CA 11.2.4 in the .../cognos/analytics directory, as in where to place the files and what files to edit.

Secondly, I have Cognos Configuration for CA 11.2.4 FP2 mirroring what CBI 10.2.2 has, but I am getting the error below:

['***** Namespace']
[ ERROR AAA-CFG-0008 The handler class '
com.***.***.***NamespaceAuthProvider' cannot loaded.
[ ERROR java. lang. ClassNotFoundException:
com.***.***.***NamespaceAuthProvider

So can anyone point me in the right direction?

Hi,

It definitely looks like custom java authentication providers are still supported. They are mentioned here in the Installation and Configuration Guide:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.2.0?topic=providers-configuring-cognos-use-custom-java-authentication-provider

There is also still a Custom Authentication Provider Developer Guide:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.2.0?topic=developing-custom-authentication-provider-developer

Sadly, I don't have first-hand experience of setting up a cjap, but I'm wondering if the VMs you can spawn in TechZone use one. If so, you could set one up (if you are an IBM business partner) and look at how it's configured?

https://techzone.ibm.com/collection/ibm-business-analytics-demo-server/environments

Cheers!

MF.