Manually Configuring an Inventory Beacon

To manual configure an inventory beacon:

1. In the FlexNet Beacon interface (on the inventory beacon), from the Beacon configuration group, select the Parent connection tab.
2. In the Configure inventory beacon connection group, select Configure connection manually, and click Enter configuration details.
   The Parent connection dialog opens.
3. Complete the following fields as required:

   Control	Comments
   Current parent	Displays the parent identified to this inventory beacon by the central application server when the inventory beacon was last registered. For top-level inventory beacons, this displays Application server, since top-level inventory beacons report directly. Child inventory beacons that report to another inventory beacon higher up the hierarchy (a 'parent') display the name of that parent. The names of all other known inventory beacons are also included in the list. To re-parent this inventory beacon, moving it to a new spot in your hierarchy of inventory beacons, simply choose the new parent from this list. The following URL fields are automatically updated to the URL of the new inventory beacon (all three URL fields should be identical when the parent is another inventory beacon).
   Parent URL	The path to the parent device from this inventory beacon. Include the protocol (http and https are supported for child-to-parent links between inventory beacons. For the link from a top-level inventory beacon to the application server in the cloud, the https protocol is mandatory). If the inventory beacon is in the same domain as its parent, just the server name is sufficient; but for separate domains, include the fully qualified server name. Examples: http://myParentIB/ https://app.flexera.com https://app.flexera.eu https://app.flexera.au
   User Name	The account name with which this inventory beacon accesses its parent (the parent displays in the Current parent control). For a top-level inventory beacon, this is the UID for FlexNet Beacon to access the application server in the cloud, and must not be edited. For a child inventory beacon lower down the hierarchy, the following considerations apply. If this field is left blank, FlexNet Beacon uses the account executing the inventory beacon services to access the parent inventory beacon. This may be acceptable if you are using Windows authentication, and the account is trusted in the domains of both this inventory beacon and its parent inventory beacon. Where a user name is provided for child inventory beacons, this account may be completely independent of the account executing the inventory beacon services on the child inventory beacon. Either as the service account or an independent account, the account must be recognized in the domain of the parent inventory beacon (otherwise an HTTP 401 error will result).
   Password	The password for the above user name, completing the credentials for inventory beacon access to its parent. For top-level inventory beacons accessing the cloud application server, this password is supplied when you download the inventory beacon configuration file, and must not be changed.
   Use the same account and password for the following specialized URLs	Typically, this check box should be selected. If the parent is another inventory beacon, only one set of credentials is required If the Current parent is Application server, the cloud implementation uses a single set of credentials for inventory beacon access to all parts of the central application server.
   Download URL	If Current parent displays another inventory beacon, leave this value identical to the one for Parent URL. If Current parent displays Application server, this URL is set by the configuration downloaded from the cloud application server, and should not be changed. This is the URL where the ManageSoftDL web service supplies inventory beacons with their rules, control files (policy), and so on.
   User Name	For top-level inventory beacons, this is the UID for FlexNet Beacon to access the inventory server in the cloud (supplied in the configuration that was downloaded and imported), and must not be edited.
   Password	For top-level inventory beacons, this password is supplied when you download the inventory beacon configuration file, and must not be changed.
   Upload URL	If Current parent displays another inventory beacon, leave this value identical to the one for Parent URL. If Current parent displays Application server, this URL is set by the configuration downloaded from the cloud application server, and should not be changed. This is the URL where the ManageSoftRL web service receives uploaded data from inventory beacons.
   User Name	For top-level inventory beacons, this is the UID for FlexNet Beacon to access the inventory server in the cloud (supplied in the configuration that was downloaded and imported), and must not be edited.
   Password	For top-level inventory beacons, this password is supplied when you download the inventory beacon configuration file, and must not be changed.

4. Click Test Connection.
   • If the inventory beacon can successfully connect to the nominated parent using the details supplied, a success message displays. Click OK to close the message. Click Ok to save the configuration.
   • If the compliance server cannot connect, a failure message displays, with information about why that connection could not be made. Click OK to close the message. Edit the configuration details and retest the connection.
   You cannot save the configuration details if the connection test fails. If you cannot get the connection test to succeed, click Cancel to cancel the manual configuration.

   Once the edited configuration has been successfully saved, the changed details are sent to the application server typically within the next 15 minutes.