Environment:
LDMS 9.0+
Question:
For security or monitoring reasons, you need to download the Packages on a specific port other than the default Http port 80 or Https port 443 from a preferred server.
How can I set that up?
Here is the setup details;
1- Source Server: Hostname "CORE95SP2" - where the data are stored (In this example; on the Core Server on http://CORE95SP2/landesk/files/TESTREP1/)
2- Preferred Server: Hostname "CORE95SP2RS"
3- IP Address range of Nodes concerned: 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.254
4- Port: 8093
- Configuration of the Port 8093 on the web server where files are stored:
ATTENTION: In this example, I used IIS 7 for the Web Server but it can be other system. The idea is to allow an access to a directory on the Web Server through a port (In this example, 8093)
a- Go on the Web Server, then open the IIS manager
b- Go on "Default Web Site", and be sure that "Directory Browsing" is installed on the Feature View in section "IIS" (Otherwise you may need to install this feature as a Role Service)
c- In the Actions pane (Right side), click on Bindings and a popup will open called "Site Bindings"
d- Click on the button "Add..." and choose the following;
- Type: http
- IP address: All Unassigned
- Port: 8093
d- Click on the button "OK", then "Close" (see below a printscreen of the configuration)
e- From an Internet Explorer, test if it works by typing the URL, in this example, http://CORE95SP2RS:8093/landesk/files/TESTREP1/
- Configuration of the Source Server:
a- Go on the LDMS Console > Tools > Distribution > Content replication / Preferred servers
b- On Content replication - Sources, click on New to create a new Source server configuration
c- On the tab "Configuration":
- Input the server name; In this example CORE95SP2
- Input the UNC or http path; In this example http://CORE95SP2/landesk/files/TESTREP1/
- Input the credentials in Connect as User; In this example sebdomain\administrator
- Click on the button "Test credentials" to be sure this account/password is correct
d- Click on the "Save" button to record your configuration (see below a printscreen of the configuration)
- Configuration of the Preferred Server CORE95SP2RS:
a- Go on the LDMS Console > Tools > Distribution > Content replication / Preferred servers
b- On Content replication - Preferred servers (Targets), click on New to create a new preferred server configuration
c- On the tab "Configuration",
- Input the server name; In this example CORE95SP2RS:8093
- Input the Read-Only credential; In this example sebdomain\administrator
- ATTENTION: Don't click on the button "Test credentials...", it won't work and it won't be a valid test. Just be sure that this account has read access to the folder concerned through http protocol on port 8093
d- On the tab "IP address ranges", input the IP address range concerned; In this example 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1-254
e- On the tab "Sources", select the Source server; In this example CORE95SP2
f- Click on the "Save" button to record your configuration (see below a printscreen of the configuration)
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