Starting Deployment Manager

When you start Deployment Manager, you need to know this information about the TDV instance connection information.

Deployment Manager runs on the browsers supported by TDV as listed in the TDV Installation and Upgrade Guide.

The TDV and Business Directory servers require a secure connection. So when you first connect a browser to any TDV web-based application, you might get a warning about connecting to an untrusted site.

Depending on your browser:

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You might be asked to allow the connection process to continue.

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You might want to configure the browser to trust the site so that warning messages no longer appear. For some site configurations this might require configuration of SSL connections for your entire TDV environment.

TDV provides a configuration option that can be tuned to override the “Select a certificate” popup. In TDV Studio, choose Administration > Configuration > Server > Communications > Want Client Authentication.

Default value for this setting is True. When True, Server will send client certificate request for SSL authentication.

You can set this configuration to false to avoid the popup "Select a Certificate" in Web Manager. TDV server must be restarted to take effect.

Note: If you have mutual authentication configured in any of your published web services, setting this configuration to false will disable it.

To start Deployment Manager

Start TDV, if necessary.

Use one of these methods to start Deployment Manager:

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In Studio, select Launch Deployment Manager (Web) from the Administration menu.

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Use a supported browser to access a URL similar to one of the following.

http://<cishostname>:<portnumber>/deploy/

For example:

http://localhost:9400/deploy

The port you specify when using http: is automatically redirected to a secure port by adding 2 to the port number. So, you could directly type a secure URL as in this example for port 9400:

https://localhost:9402/deploy

Enter your user credentials and information for the TDV server to which you are connecting. For example:

Field	Notes	Example Value
domain	“composite” is the default domain. Click this value to change it to another domain.	composite
username	Deployment Manager users must be user 'admin' or members of the 'admin' group. Note: All users share access to the same defined sites, plans, and so on in this version of Deployment Manager.	admin
password	Click the default value and enter a password.	@#$%!-#

Click Login.

After starting Deployment Manager, see these topics:

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Defining Sites

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Defining Deployment Plans