Download the server certificate to access the failover web console

To establish a secure connection with the failover web console, you need a certificate that your browser trusts. To learn more about the server certificate, see Server certificate for the failover web console.

You must install the server certificate on every computer that needs access to the failover web console.

If you have a running recording server on Node 1, you must stop the XProtect Recording Server service on that node until you have completed the steps. Then, you must manually start the service. See Start or stop a VMS service.

You can only download the server certificate from Node 1.

To download the server certificate after you have configured the failover cluster:

1. In the notification area, right-click the Management Server Manager tray icon and select Configure failover management server.

2. Select Download server certificate on your computer and then select Continue.

3. On the Select a destination folder for the server certificate page, select a destination folder. If you do not select a destination folder, the wizard will export the certificate to C:\Users\{user}\Documents.

4. Select Continue. The wizard downloads the server certificate to the selected destination.

You can now install the server certificate, see Install the server certificate on a computer.