Creating Web Client Server roles - Security Center 5.12

Security Center Administrator Guide 5.12
Product
Security Center
Content type
Guides > Administrator guides
Version
5.12
Language
English
Last updated
2024-09-13

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

Before you begin

What you should know

  • If there is only one Web Client 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 Client Server roles, in which case, you might need to change the default settings of each role.
  • When the Web Client Server role is created, it is deployed to the main server. If you have multiple Web Client Server roles, move each role to an expansion server so that traffic loads are well distributed.
  • It is possible to simultaneously run the Genetec Web App and the Web Client on separate Web App Server and Web Client Server roles.

Procedure

  1. From the Config Tool homepage, open the System task and click the Roles view.
  2. Click Add an entity (), and then click Web Client Server ().
  3. In Web Client, you can turn on the Unlimited session time option so users remain logged in on the Web Client as long as their browser window stays open. Otherwise, users are automatically signed out of the 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 that the role belongs to.
    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 Client Server role () is created.
  7. In the entity browser, select the Web Client Server role, then click Properties tab.
  8. If you have multiple Web Client Server roles, verify that the default URL under Communications settings does not match the URL of other Web Client Server roles in your system. If it does, change the Web address or the port settings so that the URL of the Web Client is unique.
    The default URL of the Web Client is https://host:433/SecurityCenter, where host is the IP address or computer host name of the server that hosts the Web Client Server.
  9. Click Apply.

After you finish

  • If this is one of many Web Client Server roles, move this role to its own server.
  • To view video using the Web Client, ensure that the Media Gateway role is running on the server that hosts the new Web Client Server role. If required, you can add the server to the existing Media Gateway role.
  • To configure load balancing 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 Client Server role and the Media Gateway roles. In the Web Client 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.