Using the Deployment assistant on a worker machine
Use the Deployment assistant on a
worker machine to install a signed SSL
certificate or to connect a worker machine to a
master machine.
To install a signed SSL certificate on a worker machine:
2. Click Import Certificate.
•For Signed Certificate File, click Browse and select the SSL certificate file that you received from the certificate authority.
•For
Private Key File, click
Browse and select the private key file (serverKey.pem) created in the CStore directory when you created the certificate signing request (CSR). See
Creating a certificate signing request.
If you use a different method to create the CSR, for example using a CA’s website, then select the private key file you obtained through that method.
•If your custom SSL certificate requires an intermediate certificate file, for Intermediate Certificate File, click Browse and select the intermediate certificate file. You may get a CA certificate bundle from your CA. You can use this file as the intermediate certificate file.
•For Private Key Password, enter the password used for your private key file when you created it.
3. Click Import to import the signed certificate.
4. If you need to import a different certificate, click Start Over and delete the existing certificate and private key files.
Note Certificate filenames should not include unsupported characters. For example, a certificate filename should not include an asterisk (*) character.
To connect a worker machine to a master machine:
2. For Connection Setup, enter:
•the master machine’s host name or IP address. If you use a host name, it should be the fully-qualified host name specified in the custom SSL certificate installed on the master machine.
•the worker machine’s host name or IP address. If you use a host name, it should be the fully-qualified host name specified in the custom SSL certificate installed on the worker machine.
•the server administrator user name and password that you use to log in to Admin Console on the master machine
3. Click Add to Master to connect the worker machine to the master machine.
When you see a message that the worker is successfully connected, then worker has been added to the master machine. You can verify the connection in the Web Publishing Engine section of Admin Console on the master machine. See
Web Publishing Engine information.
Notes
•If you are using the FileMaker default certificate or a certificate that does not verify the server’s host name, you may see an error message. To allow the unverified certificate, select Connect using the unverified certificate and click Add to Master again.
•If you receive an error saying that the connection timed out, verify that the worker machine has network access to the master machine.
•You cannot change the FileMaker WebDirect settings (any of the settings described in the
FileMaker WebDirect settings topic) on the worker machines. On the worker machines, these settings remain the installation default settings.
•You cannot change the
Automatically start Web Publishing Engine setting (described in
Startup settings) for the worker machines. The Web Publishing Engine will always automatically start when the worker machine restarts.
•If you change the host name on the master machine, you need to disconnect all worker machines, redeploy the master machine, and then reconnect the worker machines using the new host name.
•To change the host name of a worker machine: first remove it from the master machine, then change the host name, then reconnect it to the master machine.
•If a worker machine is connected to the master machine using an IP address, then redirects to the master machine will use an IP address. If a worker machine is connected to the master machine using a fully-qualified host name, then redirects to the master machine will use a fully-qualified host name.
•If a FileMaker WebDirect solution uses the Print, Print Setup and Save Records as PDF script steps, all required fonts must be installed on the master machine and on the worker machines.