Configure a Deployment Client

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Configure a Deployment Client

To configure a deployment client, you use the Configurator. This tool allows you to:

Locate the certificate required to authenticate a connection to the deployment server
Enter the login credentials required to register the client.

Note: Before you can configure a deployment client on a computer, you need to install the deployment client components. This is an option on the Deployment Components installation profile when you run the Citect SCADA installer.

The Configurator can be launched at the completion of the installation procedure, or from the Schneider Electric "Common" programs group on the Windows™ Start menu.

To configure a deployment client (on a local computer):

In the panel on the left side of the Configurator, select Deployment Client.The [START] page will display.
You can choose one of the following options:

Configure the Deployment Client

This option is available when no deployment client has been configured.

Update the configuration of the current Deployment Client

This option is available once a deployment client has been configured.

Import configuration file from previous version of the Deployment Server

If you have a deployment client configured for Citect SCADA 2016, you can import the client settings. In the field provided browse for the following Configurator file: "SE.Asb.Deployment.Node.WindowsService.exe.config".

Note: The default location is : “C:\ProgramData\Schneider Electric\Citect SCADA 2016\Config”

Click the [Next] button. The CONNECT page will display.

In the File Path field, enter the location of the authentication file generated by the deployment server to which you would like to connect.

To change the deployment server to which a deployment client is connected, repeat the steps needed to configure a deployment client.

If the deployment client is also configured as a deployment server, the deployment client should only connect to the local deployment server.

Click the Next button. The TRUST page will display.
The options available will vary according to whether the system is using system generated certificates or locally installed certificates.

Select Use system generated certificates to use the authentication certificate generated by the Configurator during configuration of the deployment server. This option is only available if you selected "Create unique security certificates for me" when configuring the deployment server.

Select Use my own installed certificate to use the locally installed certificates. This option is only available if you selected "I have my own installed certificates" when configuring the deployment server.

Note: If using your own locally installed security certificates, you need to confirm that the certificates used on both the deployment server and deployment client will trust the certificates selected by each other.

Click the Next button. The AUTHORIZE page will display.

Enter the User Name and Password for the Windows user account that will be used to register the client computer with the deployment server. The user account you enter needs to be part of the "Deployment Admin Role" Windows user group that is configured locally on the deployment server.

Click the Next button. The SETTINGS page will display.

On the SETTINGS page you can set the Unpack Rate, and add the Port number to the firewall exception list.

In the Unpack rate (KB/s) field, enter a value between 0 and 2147483647 (0 being unrestricted). If you limit the unpack rate, your system will still be able to run other processes. This value may affect the overall duration of a deployment operation.
If the Port Number specified on the deployment server is not in your Windows firewall exception list, you may need to select the option Add Port to the Windows firewall exception list. If this option is not selected, you may not be able to start the deployment client service.
Click the Next button. The FINISH page will display.

This page informs you that the Configurator is ready to send a request to the deployment server for registration.

If required, you can use the Previous button to make any changes to your settings before you initiate the registration process.

Click the Configure button.

If registration is successful, the configured client information will be stored on the computer and a connection will be established. If registration is not successful, you will be notified via the Configuration Messages panel.

Note: If you run the Configurator a second time on a deployment client, you can use the File Path setting on the CONNECT page to do one of the following:
1) Select a different authentication file, which will connect the client to the deployment server associated with the file you select. If you choose this option, the existing configuration settings for the deployment client will be overwritten.
2) Leave the file path blank. This will allow you to reconfigure the existing connection to the deployment server. If you choose this option, you will only be able to change the SETTINGS page. Use the Next button to go to the SETTINGS page.

You can also use the Configurator to adjust some runtime environment settings for a deployment client, see Set Up a Runtime Computer for Deployment.