Creating Web Server roles - Security Center 5.10

Security Center Administrator Guide 5.10
Product
Security Center
Content type
Guides > Administrator guides
Version
5.10
Language
English
Last updated
2023-06-12

Create a Web Server role to host a Web Client and to define the web address (URL) that users enter in their web browser to access Security Center Web Client.

Before you begin

What you should know

  • If there is only one Web Server role in your system, you can create the role using the default settings. However, if you have a complex system involving multiple private networks, you might choose to deploy multiple Web Server roles, in which case, you might need to change the default settings of each role.
  • When the Web Server role is created, it is deployed to the main server. If you have multiple Web Server roles, move each role to an expansion server so that traffic loads are well distributed.

Procedure

  1. From the Config Tool home page, open the System task, and click the Roles view.
  2. Click Add an entity (), and then click Web Server ().
  3. (Optional) Turn on the Unlimited session time option so that users remain logged on to Web Client as long as they keep their browser window open.
    Turn off the Unlimited session time option so that users are automatically signed out of Web Client after 12 hours of inactivity.
  4. On the Basic information page, enter a name and description for the role.
  5. If there is a Partition field, select the partition this role is a member of.
    Partitions determine which Security Center users have access to this entity. Only users who have been granted access to the partition can see this role.
  6. Click Next > Create > Close.
    The Web Server role () is created.
  7. In the Web Server page, click the Properties tab.
  8. If you have multiple Web Server roles, verify that the default URL under Communications settings does not match the URL of other Web Server roles in your system. If it does, change the Web address or the port settings so that the URL of this Web Client is unique.
    The default URL of a Web Client is https://host:443/SecurityCenter, where host is the IP address or computer host name of the server that hosts the Web Server role.
  9. Click Apply.

After you finish

  • If this is one of many Web Server roles, move this role to its own server.
  • To view video, ensure the Media Gateway role is running on the server that hosts the new Web Server role. If required, you can add the server to the existing Media Gateway role.
  • To configure failover for this role, add a standby server.
  • If the default port settings conflict with other applications on your system, you can change the ports used by the Web Server role and the Media Gateway roles. In the Web Server role, on the Properties page, turn off the Use the default web ports of the server option, then change the HTTP and HTTPS ports. The default settings are HTTP port 80 and HTTPS port 443. Click Apply to save your changes. Then make the same changes to the REST port settings in the Media Gateway role.