How to create an HTTPS site for SDMS client app downloads in NuGenesis WebVision - WKB124470

OBJECTIVE or GOAL

To ake the SDMS client applications available for download from an HTTPS site rather than the default unsecured FTP site.

ENVIRONMENT

• NuGenesis 9 SDMS
• NuGenesis 8 SDMS

PROCEDURE

1. In IIS Manager, create a new web site and configure it for HTTPS and to use the FTP root path:
   1. Right-click Sites and choose Add Web Site
   2. Enter a site name, "SDMS Downloads Secure"
   3. Set the Physical Path to the FTP root path (example: D:\inet\ftproot)
   4. Select https as the site binding. Enter a port number
      • Note: in NG8 SR2 and later versions, the default HTTPS port 443 is taken by the Default Web Site.  In NuGenesis 9.1, port 444 is bound to the web site for the SDMS Audit Trail Viewer.  The exact port number does not matter as long as no other process on the web server listens on that port
   5. Select a valid SSLcertificate for the site
   6. Click OK. If the site does not start immediately, then check the other web sites for ones that are already listening on the chosen port number
   7. Select the new web site in the list, and choose MIME Types
   8. Scroll through the list and look for the extension .INI.
   9. If found, specify the MIME Type "text/plain" for it; if not in the list, click the Add button and add the extension .ini to the list, with the MIME Type text/plain.
2. Configure WebVision to use the new site:
   1. Browse to the WebVision.ini file. It will be in the Apache Tomcat folder.
      • NuGenesis 8 example: Drive:\Program Files (x86)\apache-tomcat-6.0.29\webapps\WebVision\ngvision
      • NuGenesis 9 example: Drive:\Program Files (x86)\Waters\apache-tomcat-9.0.8\webapps\WebVision\ngvision
   2. Open the WebVision.ini file in Notepad.
   3. Look for the "WebVisionFTP" line.
   4. Set that line to: WebVisionFTP='https://servername:port"; where servername is the name of the web server and "port" is the binding port as selected during the website creation process.
   5. Save and close the WebVision.ini file.
   6. Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services, and restart the Apache Tomcat service.
3. Test the SDMS downloads:
   1. Log in to WebVision.
   2. Click the tools menu > Install UNIFY printer.
   3. Position the pointer over the "UNIFY Web configuration file" link. Confirm that the URL in the status bar is "https:" and not "ftp:".
   4. Click the link to download UNIFYWeb.ini. If .ini is not added to the MIME Types list for the site, an error will occur when downloading the file; otherwise, IE will prompt the user to approve the download.
   5. Repeat the process for the NG80UNIFY.exe file.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION