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Basic

The Web Manager uses a predefined startup configuration to listen on a set of endpoints to be accessible from a web browser.
In order to access the Web Manager in a secure manner via HTTPS, the application also uses an automatically generated certificate.

IP addresses / host names

The Web Manager always listens on the following IP addresses and host names:

  • localhost
  • 127.0.0.1
  • Computer name (for example john-pc)
  • Full computer name (for example john-pc.company, in case your computer is part of a domain)
  • All available IP addresses (for example 172.16.1.150)

Ports

To avoid conflicts with other web applications on the same machine, the Web Manager uses the following ports by default:

  • 21000 (http)
  • 21001 (https for secure access)

Emerging URLs

For each pair of IP address/host name and port, the Web Manager listens on the http port as well as on the https port using the respective protocol.
Remember to always use the https protocol in combination with the secure port and vice versa. The URLs are concatenated as follows: <http|https>://<ip|host>:<port|secureport>

Some examples are:

http://localhost:21000

https://john-pc:21001

http://127.0.0.1:21000

https://172.16.1.150:21001

and so on ...


Advanced

If you wish to use different ports or a custom certificate to access the web manager, you can change the configuration file accordingly.

  • In the insallation folder of BMS Platform 2018 (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\NETxAutomation\BMS.Platform.2018), open the folder WebManager\global_config
  • Open the file config.xml in a notepad



  • The file should look similar to this

Ports

If you want to access the Web Manager or Visualization on different ports, just change them accordingly

Certificate

As mentioned in the basic setup above, the Web Manager uses an automatically generated certificate by default in order to access the Web Manager using https.
However, if you want to use a custom certificate for the web manager, for example when accessing the Web Manager externally, change the configuration as follows:

  • Remove the start and end of the comment ("<!–" and "-->" in the certificate section) so that it looks like this:



  • Use "storename" and "subject" to point to the certificate you want to use from your local machine's certificate store.

Help

How do I find out my IP address(es)?

  • Open a command line window (Press the windows key or click the windows button in the taskbar, enter "cmd" and open the command prompt)



  • Type "ipconfig" and press enter, then note the "IPv4 Address" (in this case "172.16.1.150")

How do I find out my computer name?

  • Press and hold the windows key, then press the "pause" key => the system configuration opens, note the computer name and full computer name

How do I find out all URLs the Web Manager is listening on?

  • Have a look at the Web Manager log file


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