SSL Certificate Issue with Tivoli Integrated Portal

Most of the Tivoli Integrated Portal (TIP) users aware of the harmless SSL error.  Whenever one access the Tivoli Integrated Portal login screen, the browser displays a SSL error like the one below.

While it is harmless and just needs an additional click to get to the login screen, you can get rid of this error if you have administrator privileges on the workstation.

Why does this error happen?   Basically the SSL certificate provided by TIP for SSL communication is a self-signed one and therefore not trusted.   There are ways to purchase the certificate from Certificated Authority and import it into TIP but not many sites do that due to cost and maintenance efforts involved.  Here is another way to make your certifcate trusted if you have administrator privileges on client workstations.

1. Click on "Continue to this website (Not recommended).
2. In the login screen, click on the "Certificate Error", next to URL bar and click the "View Certificate" link.
   
   
3. In the Certificate Windows, click on "install certificate" to run Certificate Import wizard. 
4. Click Next and when prompted to choose the Certificate Store location, choose "Place all certificates in the following store" option.
   
   
5. Click on Browse button and choose "Trusted Root Certification Authorities" store and click ok.
6. Finish the wizard and confirm your selection.   
7. Restart the browser and next time you access the web page SSL error should be gone.

The downside of the above solution is it is browser & client specific and you will have to do this on each one of your clients (and browsers).  

Hope this helps.