Server Configurator (Utility)

Encryption tab properties

This tab allows you to specify the following properties:

In a cluster environment, you must set up your cluster and ensure that it is running before you create certificates for all the computers in the cluster environment. After that you can install the certificates and do the registration using the Server Configurator for all the nodes in the cluster. For more information, see the certificates guide about how to secure your XProtect VMS installations.

Name	Description	Task
Server certificate	Select the certificate to be used to encrypt the two-way connection between the management server, data collectors, log server, and recording servers.	Enable encryption to and from the management server Enable server encryption for recording servers or remote servers
Event server and extensions	Select the certificate to be used to encrypt the two-way connection between the event server and the components that communicate with the event server, including the LPR Server.	Enable event server encryption
Streaming media certificate	Select the certificate to be used to encrypt communication between the recording servers and all clients, servers, and integrations that retrieve data streams from the recording servers.	Enable encryption to clients and servers
Mobile streaming media certificate	Select the certificate to be used to encrypt communication between the mobile server and the mobile and web clients that retrieve data streams from the mobile server.	Enable encryption on the mobile server

Registering servers

Name	Description	Task
Management server address	The address of the management server typically includes the hostname or the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the computer. By default, this address is only active from a computer in the XProtect VMS where the management server is not installed. As a rule of thumb, the management server address should not be changed from a computer that has the management server installed. However, if, for example, you use the Server Configurator in a failover setup, you might have to change the address from the management server computer. This could be within a cluster failover environment or in another failover setup scenario. To activate the Management server address field from a computer with the management server installed, click the pen () symbol. If you update the management server address, you need to access each of the computers that have components installed and update the management server address with the new address information.	Click for more information about the implications of changing the management server address from a computer that has the management server installed: Changing the host name of the management server computer
Register	Register the servers that are running on the computer with the designated management server.	Register a recording server

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Description

Task

Management server address

The address of the management server typically includes the hostname or the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the computer.

By default, this address is only active from a computer in the XProtect VMS where the management server is not installed.

As a rule of thumb, the management server address should not be changed from a computer that has the management server installed.

However, if, for example, you use the Server Configurator in a failover setup, you might have to change the address from the management server computer. This could be within a cluster failover environment or in another failover setup scenario.

To activate the Management server address field from a computer with the management server installed, click the pen () symbol.

If you update the management server address, you need to access each of the computers that have components installed and update the management server address with the new address information.

Click for more information about the implications of changing the management server address from a computer that has the management server installed:

Changing the host name of the management server computer

Language selection

Use this tab to select the language for the Server Configurator. The set of languages for the Server Configurator corresponds to the set of languages for the Management Client.

Name	Description
Choose language	Choose the language of the user interface.

If you work in a failover cluster environment, it is recommended that you pause the cluster before you start tasks in the Server Configurator. This is because the Server Configurator may need to stop services while applying changes and the failover cluster environment may interfere with this operation.