Connect Plant SCADA Studio to a Deployment Server

To deploy project versions to selected deployment clients, you need to connect the computer running Plant SCADA Studio to a deployment server.

There are two different scenarios to consider.

• Connect Plant SCADA Studio to a local deployment server

  If you have successfully configured a local deployment server on the computer where Plant SCADA Studio is running, the local computer should be added to the Deployment Servers on Deployment activity's Settings view. You just need to confirm that your local computer is set as the active deployment server (see Make a Deployment Server Active).

  If the local computer was removed from the list of deployment server at some point, you will have to add it again. See Add a Deployment Server.

  If you do not have a deployment server configured at all, the Deployment activity you will prompt you to set one up. You can select Configure Local Server on the Command Bar to launch the Configurator. See Configure a Deployment Server for further instructions.

  Note: If a different Windows™ user was logged on to the local computer at the time the deployment server was configured, you may not have access to the deployment server. If this is the case, your Windows user profile needs to be added to the user groups that restrict access to the deployment server. See Provide Deployment Access to Additional Users for more information.

• Connect Plant SCADA Studio to a remote deployment server

  The connection between the computer hosting Plant SCADA Studio and a remote deployment server needs to be encrypted. You firstly need to connect the development workstation running Plant SCADA to the System Management Server used by the deployment server (see Connect a Computer to a System Management Server).

  You can then connect Plant SCADA Studio to a remote deployment server by following the procedure described in Add a Deployment Server.

  You will also need to confirm that your Windows user has appropriate access to the deployment server (see Provide Deployment Access to Additional Users).

When you have connected Plant SCADA Studio to a deployment server (and established appropriate access permissions), you will able to perform the tasks described in Use the Deployment Activity.

Note: If you would like to synchronize your source Plant SCADA projects across a number of engineering workstations, you need to use the Back Up a Project and Restore a Project functionality. Deployment only delivers the runtime components of a project.

See Also

Deployment in Plant SCADA Studio