Configure MES Web Portal

MES Web Portal configuration includes the following:

• To set up MES Web Portal, you must configure the MES Web Portal component in Configurator. The configuration process:

  • Installs the MES Web Portal web site in Internet Information Services (IIS) and creates the required directories and files on the server node.

    Note: You must add IIS 6 scripting tools and IIS 6 Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) compatibility manually. These components are not automatically enabled with the MES Web Portal configuration.

  • Performs the Identity Manager client registration for the MES Web Portal

  • Sets the SSL certificate and HTTPS port for the MES Web Portal.

    See Configure the MES Web Portal component.

• Once the component is configured, you can change the Web Portal user session cache refresh rate. See Set the Web Portal user session cache refresh rate.

• Changing MES Security Mode requires that the MES middleware be restarted. See Restart the MES Middleware if MES Security Mode is changed.

  Note: The primary System Management Server must be active when configuring AIM for MES Web Portal.